OHRID FORUM 2024

"Leadership for Peace"

Panel Discussion, 11 October 2024
Hans Köchler delivers speech on the global governance dilemma of the United Nations

Gjorge Ivanov, former President of North Macedonia, center, with panelists of the Ohrid Forum 2024

First row, from right: Ivan Ivanov, Executive Chairman, International Center Alliance of Civilizations (ICAC), Skopje; Rashela Mizrahi, member of Parliament of the Republic of North Macedonia; Hans Köchler, President of the International Progress Organization; Ali Jalali, former Minister of Interior of Afghanistan; Alex Salmond, former First Minister of Scotland (UK); Tasmina Ahmed-Sheikh, Chair of the Alba Party (Scotland); Gjorge Ivanov, 4th President of North Macedonia; Katalin Bogyay, President of the 36th General Conference of UNESCO, former Permanent Representative of Hungary to the United Nations; Miguel Ángel Moratinos, Under Secretary-General of the United Nations, High Representative of the UN Alliance of Civilizations, former Foreign Minister of Spain; Dragoljub Popovic, former Judge at the European Court of Human Rights, Serbia; Yossi Beilin, former Minister of Justice of Israel, leading architect of the Oslo and Geneva Accords; Zoran Ljutkov, Minister of Culture and Tourism of the Republic of North Macedonia; Ivica Bocevski, Ambassador, Special Represenative of Macedonia to the Hungarian Presidency of the European Union, moderator.

Panel 2, from left: Mr. Mark Donfried, Director of the Institute for Cultural Diplomacy (USA); Mr. Davor Filipovic, former Minister of Economy and Sustainable Development (Croatia); Mr. Nondas Metaxas, Founder, Cyprus Stock Exchange (Cyprus); Ms. Tasmina-Ahmed Sheikh, Chair of the Alba Party, Scotland (UK); Prof. Hans Köchler, Prersident of the International Progress Organization (Austria); Mr. Ali Jalali, former Minister of the Interior of Afghanistan.