Events > Dortmund Events > SHAHBANOU FARAH PAHLAVI ATTENDS CHALLENGE FUTURE CONFERENCE BY DARIUS KADIVAR
Bochum, Germany June 30th, 2007
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On Saturday June 30th, 2007 the Conference CHALLENGE FUTURE will take place in Bochum. This conference's Patrons are Archbishop Desmond Tutu and Israel’s Vice-Prime Minister Shimon Peres, both Nobel Prize laureates, as well as the Lord Mayor of the City of Bochum, Dr. Ottilie Scholz.
All patrons will be present during the Conference.
National and international personalities are invited. They all have shown great interest in the effort to support a positive development of the future and committed themselves to this work.
The Conference will take place in the „Jahrhunderthalle“ in Bochum and will cover the following topics:
– Dialogue of cultures and religions – joining the multicultural world
– End of poverty – ways to justice in the world
– Europe's role in the world – Germany's role in Europe
– Strong children and women – strengthening children's and women's rights!
– Protection of the creation – a new approach to environment
– United Nations – uniting nations – acting jointly in solving international crises
– Artists as peace makers
Among the guests of the Conference there will be politicians, scientists, intellectuals and artists, representatives of the media and – according to the Patrons' special wish – students and young people. All together we count on more than 2000 participants coming from all parts of Europe.
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The goal of this first Conference is to start a series of prestigious forums to be continued yearly.
Many outstanding and symbolical personalities of our times have confirmed their attending this Conference, among them Michael Gorbachev, Lech Walesa, Vice – Prime Minister of Israel Shimon Peres, Archbishop Desmond Tutu, the President of the German Parliament Norbert Lammert, Betty Williams, HIM Farah Pahlavi, Federal Minister Sigmar Gabriel, HH Begum Aga Khan, the former Secretary General of the United Nations Boutros Boutros-Ghali, Prince Hassan of Jordan, Shashi Tharoor, former First Lady Jehan Sadat, Avi Primor, Rudolf Dressler, Peter Maffay, Carlos Santana, Yusuf Islam, Wolfgang Niedecken and also Archbishop Fouad Twal from Jerusalem.
On Sunday, July 1st, a benefit concert will take place in the Ruhr Congress in Bochum. Numerous stars have already confirmed their performing during this event: Among them Carlos Santana, Peter Maffay, BAP, Yusuf Islam (Cat Stevens), Angelique Kidjo, Tina Dico and Heinz Rudolf Kunze.
The proceeds of this concert will support the humanitarian projects of the MILAGRO Foundation and of the Desmond Tutu Peace Center in South Africa. The honour guests of the Conference will attend this concert.
Main partner of the Conference is WORLD VISION.
For more info: http://www.herausforderungzukunft.de/
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