INTERNATIONAL PEACE UNION PEACEFUL FORUM
PROGRAM
Date: 21 September 2021
Venue: Hotel Devín, Riečna 4, 811 02 Bratislava
Moderator: Pavol Adamka
member of the Board of Directors of OZ Zjednotení za mier
21.9.2021
8:15 – 9:00 Registration of participants
9:00 – 9:10 Introductory speech
Ivan Gašparovič
former president of the SR
9:10 – 9:40 Speeches by invited guests and representatives of political parties
1. PANEL
9:40 – 10:00 Eduard Chmelár
President of OZ United for Peace
Post title: New goals of the peace movement
10:00 – 10:20 Ilona Svihlikova
economist, founder and coordinator of the civic association Alternativa Zdola
Interactive online discussion on: The EU as a peace actor? What to do to support the peace movement?
10:20 – 10:40 Branislav Fábry
lawyer, assistant professor, Comenius University in Bratislava, Faculty of Law, Charles University
Title of the paper: The right to peace and the possibilities of its expression in the legal order
10:40 – 11:00 Discussion
11:00 – 11:20 Coffee break
2. PANEL
11:20 – 11:40 Ján Čarnogurský
former Prime Minister of the Slovak Republic
Title: We need a new security architecture, which will also include states identified as hostile in accordance with the principles of the Paris Charter for a New Europe
11:40 – 12:00 Petr Drulák
Former Secretary of State of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic, former Ambassador of the Czech Republic to France
Interactive online discussion on: Foreign policy in the field of human rights: the hypocrisy of liberal imperialism
12:00 – 12:20 Svetozár Naďovič
Retired Major General, founding member of the Club of Generals of the Slovak Republic, Deputy Chief of Staff of the Eastern Military District, Chief of the Administration for Ensuring the Deportation of Soviet Troops from Czechoslovakia, Deputy Commander of the Ground Forces Command
Article title: Historical experience of the occupation: the permanent presence of foreign troops in the Slovak Republic is undesirable
12:20 – 12:40 Discussion
12:40 – 13:00 Conclusion – evaluation
Eduard Chmelár
President of OZ United for Peace
13:00 – 13:20 Press conference
13:20 – 14:20 Lunch
“Peaceful drop of blood”
As part of the credo “blood should only flow at transfusion stations”, the peace forum will include an event called “Peace Drop of Blood”, where each forum participant will be able to donate blood under the supervision of doctors from the National Transfusion Station.
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