United Nations Alliance of Civilizations

"21 September 2004: HE José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero, President of the Government of Spain, called for the creation of the Alliance of Civilizations during the 59th Session of the General Assembly of the United Nations, New York, USA...

"26 April 2007: Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon appointed HE Jorge Sampaio, former President of Portugal, as High Representative for the Alliance of Civilizations...."
 * Director - Matthew Hodes

Members of the UNAOC High Level Group
Accessed April 2013:
 * Desmond Tutu (Southern Africa, South Africa)
 * Candido Mendes (Latin America, Brazil)
 * Ismail Serageldin (North Africa, Egypt)
 * Mohamed Charfi (North Africa, Tunisia)
 * Nafis Sadik (South Asia, Pakistan)
 * Sheikha Mozah Bint Nasser Al Missned (Middle East, Qatar)
 * Hojjatoleslam Seyyed Mohammad Khatami (Middle East, Iran)
 * Ali Alatas (Southeast Asia, Indonesia)
 * André Azoulay (North Africa, Morocco)
 * Enrique Iglesias (Latin America, Uruguay)
 * Hubert Védrine (West Europe, France)
 * Moustapha Niasse (West Africa, Senegal)
 * Karen Armstrong (West Europe, United Kingdom)
 * Shobana Bhartia (South Asia, India)
 * Federico Mayor (Co-Chair, Spain)
 * John Esposito (North America, United States)
 * Mehmet Aydin (Co-Chair, Turkey)
 * Pan Guang (East Asia, China)
 * Vitaly Naumkin (East Europe, Russian Federation)
 * Arthur Schneier (North America, United States)

Contact
Web: http://www.unaoc.org

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