Participants of the World Cup Roundtable on Promoting Understanding among Cultures and Peoples (Seoul, Hotel Hilton, 1 June 2002)

The Roundtable was jointly organized by the Korean National Commission for UNESCO and the Asia-Europe Foundation (ASEF) to mark the opening of the FIFA World Cup 2002.

Seated, from right: Mr. James Laney, former Ambassador of the United States to Korea; Prof. Pan Guang, Director of the Shanghai Center for International Studies, Shanghai, China; Prof. Hans Köchler, President of the International Progress Organization, Vienna, Austria; fifth from right: Mr. Ramos Horta, Nobel Peace Laureate, Foreign Minister of the Republic of East Timor; far left: Mr. Jaques Attali (France), Founder and first President of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), London. Standing: fourth from right: Mr. Adolf Ogi, former President of Switzerland, Special Adviser of the Secretary-General of the United Nations on Sport for Development and Peace; fourth from left: Dr. Yersu Kim, Secretary-General of the Korean National Commission for UNESCO.