World Forum
on Democracy & Pace
"The Growing Threats for Democracy and
Global Peace"
Academy for Cultural
Diplomacy
Berlin, 27-30 July 2022
Hans Köchler, President of the
International Progress Organization, introduces lecture series on
"Afghanistan Quo Vadis?"
ICD Campus, Berlin, 27 July 2022
Lecture Series "The Russia-Ukraine War
and its Global Implications"
Deutscher Bundestag / German Parliament, 28 July 2022
Seated, from
left: Dr. Hans Köchler, Moderator of the session; Dr. Didem Aydurmus,
Faculty Member, ICD (Germany); Mr. Mark Donfried, President of ICD
(USA); H.E. Mr. Thomas Silberhorn, Member of Deutscher Bundestag, former
Parliamentary State Secretary (Ministry of Defense), Spokesperson for
Transatlantic Relations (Germany); H.E. Dr. Hrant Bagratyan, former
Prime Minister of Armenia.
Transcript of Hans
Köchler's introductory remarks
Deutscher Bundestag, roof terrace
Dr. Hans Köchler and Dr. Hrant Bagratyan (former Prime Minister
of Armenia), center, with conference delegates at the roof terrace of
Deutscher Bundestag
Dr. Hans Köchler (left) in conversation with the Hon. Thomas
Silberhorn (right), Deutscher Bundestag, 28 July 2022
Panel Discussion "The Rise of Identity Politics and Populism as
a Threat to Democracy"
ICD Campus, Berlin, 30 July 2022
From left: Mr. Jaydeep Purkar, ICD (India), moderator; Dr. Didem
Aydurmus, ICD (Germany); Dr. Hrant Bagratyan, former Prime Minister of
Armenia; Dr. Hans Köchler, President of the International Progress
Organization (Austria); Dr. Weronika Priesmeyer-Tkocz, Deputy Director,
European Academy Berlin (Poland/Germany).
Panel Discussion "Threats for Democracy and Global Peace,"
Embassy of Croatia, Berlin, 28 July 2022
From right: H.E. Dr. Gordan Bakota, Ambassador of Croatia in Germany;
Prof. Dr. Hans Köchler, President of the International Progress Organization
(Austria), Moderator; Prof. Dr. Ulrich Brückner, Stanford University
Berlin (Germany).
Conference speakers at ICD dinner party, 28 July 2022
From left: H.E. Prof. Dr. Lufter Xhuveli, former Minister of
Environment, Forests and Water, Agriculture and Food (Albania); Dr. Hans
Köchler, President of the International Progress Organization (Austria),
H.E. Dr. Hassan Diab, former Prime Minister of Lebanon; Mr. Mark
Donfried, President of the Institute for Cultural Diplomacy (USA); from
right: Dr. Dragoljub Popovic, former Judge at the European Court of
Human Rights (Serbia); H.E. Katalin Bogyay, former Ambassador of Hungary
to the United Nations, President of thec 36th General Conference of
UNESCO (Hungary); Prof. Dr. Ulrich Brückner, Stanford University Berlin
(Germany).
Moderator's desk, opening session, ICD Campus, Berlin, 27 July
2022 -- Dr. Hans Köchler, Moderator (right); Mr. Michael Asiedu-Adjei,
ICD (Ghana)
Hans Köchler, center, interviewed by students of the Institute
for Cultural Diplomacy
Campus of Academy for Cultural Diplomacy: Hans Köchler, left,
with delegate from Afghanistan
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