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January 27, 2004 - January 29, 2004
The Unipolar World - Can the US lead?
H.E. Prof. Jose Ramos-Horta
Nobel Peace Laureate, Timor-Leste |
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Keynote Speaker
The Hon. Jose Ramos-Horta is Senior Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Cooperation of Timor-Leste. He is also a Visiting Professor at the University of New South Wales, Sydney, and a Distinguished Visiting Professor with the University of Victoria, Melbourne. Prof. Ramos-Horta was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1996. He is the recipient of many other international awards including the Grand Cross of the Order of Freedom awarded by the President of Portugal. He holds more than 10 Doctor Honoris Causa from some of the most prestigious universities in the US, Australia and Portugal and is a patron of the International Peace Foundation. Prof. Ramos-Horta has been active in the pursuit of peace not only in his own country but has been very successfully involved in hostage release negotiations in Columbia and as a mediator in Guinea-Bissau (West Africa).
Tuesday, January 27, 2004:
14:30 Keynote speech and dialogue at the Asian Institute of Technology
His lecture at AIT will also be LIVE webcasted on www.dec.ait.ac.th/nobel
Info and free tickets: Phone (02) 524 6065, Fax (02) 524 5883, E-mail nittaya@ait.ac.th
19:30 Evening talk and dialogue at the Foreign Correspondents Club of Thailand
Info and tickets: Phone (02) 652 0580-1, Fax (02) 652 0582, E-mail fccthai@loxinfo.co.th
Wednesday, January 28, 2004:
10:00 Keynote speech and dialogue at the National Defense Studies Institute (not a public event)
Thursday, January 29, 2004:
09:00 Keynote speech and dialogue at Khon Kaen University
Info and free tickets: Phone/Fax (043) 202 425, E-mail suwit@kku.ac.th
16:00 Keynote speech and dialogue at Chiang Mai University
Info and free tickets: Phone (053) 943 661-5, 224 076 and 941 007, Fax (053) 219 252, 943 666 and 942 666, E-mail opxxo004@chiangmai.ac.th and vpi@chiangmai.ac.th
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