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Rotary News
RI Conference at Cannes, 28 - 29 March 2008
please receive from your Russian friends a preliminary information on the International RI Conference to be held at Cannes, France, on March 28-29, 2008. The Conference theme shall be “The Peace is possible” Russians Rotarians are going to participate to this important event in great number. So, we look forward to meet many friends from all over the world, while discussing a topic of utmost importance, such as Peace and how people of goodwill, such as Rotarians, may do their best in order to help strengthening Peace, by being committed to service above self Among the organizers of this event there is an old friend of the Russian Rotarians, Past RI Vicepresident and Past RI Director Serge Gouteyron, whose appeal to Rotarians you may read in this message If your Rotarians are interested to attend meeting, please suggest them to check on a regular basis, starting from the next fall, the official event website, Click to Open Web Page ; for the moment there is still nothing but the main page, but soon there shall be an exhausting info on attending fees, suggested hotel accomodation, possible pre- and post-event tours and so on See you at Cannes next March 2008 !!! Gian Paolo Marello Chair, International Friendship Exchange Committee Rotary District 2220, Russia West Dear Rotary friends, It is my great pleasure to invite you to the “Peace Is Possible” International Conference that Rotary International will hold in Cannes, France, on March 28-29, 2008. We will be honored to have Mr. Wilf Wilkinson, RI President 2007-08 as a speaker during this meeting held in cooperation with the Inter-Country Committees. This conference will be open to all Rotarians (with simultaneous translation English/French) and will start on Friday 28 March at 2:30 p.m. to conclude on Saturday 29 March with a Fellowship Dinner. We should mention that, on Sunday, participants will also have the opportunity to attend an Interfaith Service and/or tour the city of Cannes. Those of you who attended the Antibes Juan les Pins conference on 25 October 2005 under the patronage of President Jonathan Majiyagbe, will have another opportunity to meet their friends from Europe, Africa, and the Middle-East, on the magnificent Côte d’Azur. The host organization committee under the leadership of DG Bernard Attard, PDG Lucien Barth, and their team are planning a pleasant event with several choices of hotels and an optional scenic tour. The theme of the conference will be Peace as Rotarians experience it through the programs of R.I. and The Rotary Foundation, and ambassadorial activities such as the Inter-Country Committees, , as well as: · The relations R.I. has with great intergovernmental organizations such as the UN, UNESCO, FAO, etc.; · The expectations of new generations; · Ideas from the RI Board of Directors. Our speakers will include: - Professor Alain Bentolilla who will speak on “Learning how to live together” - Mr. Sergei Ordzhonikidze, Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva, who will talk about the perspectives for his organization - Dr. David Heymann, WHO Representative of the Director-General for polio eradication, who will ask from us a last effort to achieve eradication. Wilf Wilkinson, RI President, will close the conference with his remarks. I encourage you to visit our website Click to Open Web Page and, with my friends from the host organization committee I look forward to seeing you in Cannes. Sincerely, Serge Gouteyron Convener, Cannes International Conference Vice-Chairman 2004-07, Executive Committee, Inter-Country Committees Vice-President 2005-06, Rotary International PROGRAMME Friday 26 March 2008 Afternoon 14.30-15.0 Welcome 15.00-15.15 Conference Objectives 15.15-16.15 ‘The Inter Country Committees of RI: Ambassadors for Peace’ Round Table Discussion 16.15-16.35 Coffee Break 16.35-18.0 ‘Learning to Live Together’ Lecture by Professor Alain Bentolila 20.0 Social Evening - Buffet Saturday 29 March 2008 – Morning 08.30-09.45 ‘Representation of Rotary in Intergovernmental Organisations’ Round Table Discussion 09.45-10.30 ‘Re-enforcing Rotary partnership with IGOs’ Lecture by the UN Director at Geneva 10.30-10.50 Coffee Break 10.50-12.0 ‘The Opinion of the RI Administrators’ Round Table Discussion Saturday 29 March 2008 – Afternoon 14.00-14.40 How ICCs can help combat the problems of water, hunger and poverty Round Table Discussion 14.40-15.30 New Generations and Peace – Round Table Discussion 15.30-15.50 Coffee Break 15.50-16.45 Rotary Proposals to make Peace Possible – Round Table Discussion 16.45-17.30 ‘Polioplus – Rotary’s fight to eradicate Poliomyelitis – a last effort’ Lecture by Dr David Heyman WHO Representative 17.30-17.35 Thanks 17.35.18.0 Closing Remarks by the 2007-2008 RI President Wilf Wilkinson 20.0 Friendship Dinner Sunday 30 March 2008 Inter-religious Service |
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