Skopje Cultural Diplomacy Forum 2023

Skopje, North Macedonia, 4-6 September 2023

Special panel

"Restoring Multilateralism -- Challenges and Global Power Shift"

Diamond Hall, Hilton Skopje, 5 September 2023
Hans Köchler, President of the International Progress Organization, delivers speech on
"The United Nations and the Multipolar Order of the Future."

Text of speech

Skopje, Cabinet of the President, 6 September 2023
Stevo Pendarovski, President of North Macedonia, in conversation with Hans Köchler

Mosaic Hall, Cabinet of the President, 6 September 2023

President Stevo Pendarovski, seated at the front of the table, meets with participants of the forum; facing him at the opposite end of the table: Hans Köchler, President of the International Progress Organization. At the left side of the table, from left: Petar Stoyanov, former President of Bulgaria; Mladen Ivanić, former Chairman of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina. First at the right side of the table: Dr. Hassan Diab, former Prime Minister of Lebanon.

President Stevo Pendarovski, center, first row, with forum delegates. At his right: Mark Donfried, Director of the ICD (Berlin) and Hassan Diab, former Prime Minister of Lebanon. Second row, second from right: Hans Köchler, President of the International Progress Organization, fourth from right: Petar Stoyanov, former President of Bulgaria; on his right: Mladen Ivanić, former Chairman of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina.