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| 9h00–10h00 | Reception and registering of the participants |
| 10h00–12h00 | Plenary Session (Video
 )In these times of globalisation, are the peoples that struggle for their freedom facing different enemies or a common foe? - Welcome address and session hosting: Thierry Meyssan, president of the Voltaire network - Andreas von Bülow, former German minister - Salim El-Hoss, former Lebanese prime minister - Enrique Román Hernández, vice-president of the Cuban Institute for Friendship between the Peoples - John D. Anthony, chairman of the Council on U.S.-Arab Relations and member of the Council on Foreign Relations (USA) - Subhi Toma, co-organizer of the International conferences in support of the Iraqi Resistance (Iraq) |
| 12h00–13h00 | Lunch and press conference |
13h00-15h00 |
Panel discussions: «Preventive wars and the failure of the U.N.» 1. Iraq Is the aggression against Iraq yet another episode in the colonial history of the Near East and the control of its energy resources? How can one interpret the current internal political situation? What are the perspectives on the fractioning of the country or the Coalition withdrawal? - Subhi Toma, co-organizer of the International conferences in support of the Iraqi Resistance (Iraq) - Khales Al-Jalabi, non-violent leader (Iraq) - Shafik Al Samarrai, vice president of Iraq News - Piotr Ikonowicz, journalist and former representative (Poland) - Chair: Bruno Drweski, teacher of Central European languages and civilizations (France) 2. Syria What is really at stake behind the French and United-stater pressures on Syria? What scenarios are possible for a power grab in the country? How can Syrians secure both their independence and their freedoms? - Hassan Salloum, president of Syria Alghad (Syria) - Ayman Abdelnour, spokesperson for the last Ba’ath Congress (Syria) - Charles Saint-Prot, chairman of the Observatoire d’études géopolitiques (France) - Marie-Dominique Bertuccioli, journalist for Radio Habana Cuba - Chair: Diana Johnstone, journalist (UK) 3. The instrumentation of the U.N. Has international law ceased to exist with the collapse of the USSR, replaced by the law of the strongest, that is of United States hyperpower? Has the U.N. become an instrument of recolonisation? - Helga Zepp-LaRouche, president of the Schiller Institute (Germany) - Youssef El Aschkar, political analyst (Lebanon) - Michel Tibon-Cornillot, philosopher (France) - Michel Collon, writer (Belgium) - Testimony: Amir Al-Anbari, former ambassador to the U.N. (Iraq) |
| 15h00–15h30 | Break |
| 15h30-17h30 | Panel discussions: «Modern forms of interference» (Video
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1. Interference by the means of terror Are certain states poising their power on the terror they inspire? Are we witnessing the recreation of an international torture association? - Craig Murray, former ambassador to Uzbekistan (United Kingdom) - Marcin Domagala, chief editor for Glos Samoobrony (Poland) - Alexis Ponce, president of the Human Rights Assembly (Equator) - Chair: Marie-Dominique Bertuccioli, journalist for Radio Habana Cuba 2. Interference by the means of terrorist threat Is terrorism an ideology? Is there such thing as a world Islamic conspiracy? What are the States that finance and manipulate terrorism? - Osama El Mohtar, journalist and researcher (Canada) - Webster G. Tarpley, journalist and writer (USA) - General Leonid Ivashov, vice-president of the Academy of Geopolitical Affairs (Russia) - Salim Lamrani, scholar (France) - Testimony : Philip Berg, lawyer of the families of the Sept 11th 2001 attacks victims (USA) - Chair: Zeina Fayad, journalist for Arab News Broadcast 3. « Democratic » interference Does foreign support to union or political groups ease democracy or spoil it? Should one talk about coloured revolutions or coloured coups? - Jean Bricmont, scholar (Belgium) - Marlin Dick, former chief editor of Daily Star newspaper - Nedal Al Khodari, journalist (Syria) - Father François Houtart, Tricontinental Center (Belgium) - Chair: Diana Johnstone, British journalist |
| 19h00-21h00 | Réception Cocktail in the Fine Arts Palace and private visit of the “Russia at the avant-garde, 1900-1935” exhibition |
Vendredi 18 novembre 2005
| 9h30–11h30 |
Panel discussions: «Sovereignty and resistance» 1. Economic sovereignty Is democracy possible absent economic sovereignty? Are IMF and WTO rules compatible with those of international law? - Jaime Ballesteros, former representative to the Cortes (Spain) - Alberto Velasco, representative in Geneva (Switzerland) - Michel Collon, writer (Belgium) - Chair: Max Lesnik, journalist for Radio Miami 2. Political sovereignty Is national independence a precondition or a consequence of democracy? What are the imperatives for elections to be democratic? Can proper governance fulfil democratic expectations? - Alexis Ponce, president of the Human Rights Assembly (Equator) - Mazen Belal, chief editor of Syria Alghad (Syria) - Attila Melegh, historical demograph (Hungary) - Chair: Aram Aharonian, director of Telesur 3. Cultural sovereignty Is culture a commercial product or an element of identity? Is cultural assertion necessary for democracy? Is cultural levelling inevitable? - Jacques Cheminade, president of the Solidarity and Progress party (France) - Marcin Domagala, chief editor for Glos Samoobrony (Poland) - Dieudonné M’Bala M’Bala, artist (France) Chair: Isabel Pisano, journalist |
| 11h45-13h00 | Panel sessions reports
- Iraq: Ahmad Altinawi, chief editor for Black & White - Syria: Mohammed Almezel, former chief editor for Gulf News - Instrumenting of the U.N.: Marlin Dick, former chief editor of Daily Star - Interference by the means of terror: - Interference by the means of terrorist threat: Christopher Bollyn, journalist for American Free Press - Democratic interference: Mazen Belal, chief editor for Syria-Alghad (Syria) - Economic sovereignty: Ivonne Trias Hernandez, journalist for Brecha - Popular sovereignty: Ghassan El Ezzi, journalist for Confluences Méditerrannée - Cultural sovereignty: Christine Bierre, chief editor for Nouvelle Solidarité (France) |
| 13h00–14h00 | Lunch |
| 14h00–15h30 | Plenary session (Vidéo
) What kind of force balances in the world could bring back equilibrium and guarantee the application of international law? - Chair: Thierry Meyssan, president of Voltaire Network (France) - James Petras, scholar (United States) - Helga Zepp-LaRouche, president of the Schiller Institute (Germany) - David Shayler, former MI5 agent (UK) - General Leonid Ivashov, former chief of staff of the army (Russia) - Général Vargas Pazzos, former chief of staff of the army (Equator) - Général Vinod Saighal, former commander of military training (India) |
| 15h30–16h00 | Break |
| 16h00–17h30 | Plenary session (Video
) Raising public and State awareness to prevent new wars and put an end to current conflicts: how to proceed? - Chair: Prince Issa El-Ayoubi - Philip Berg, lawyer of the families of the Sept 11th 2001 attacks victims (USA) - Antonio Alberto Vulcano, FTV (Argentina) - Giulietto Chiesa, European representative (Italy) - Ahmad Tibi, Knesset representative (Israel) - Jhannett Madriz Sotil, vice-president of the Andean parliament (Venezuela) - Mateusz Piskorski, representative (Poland) - Thierry Meyssan, president of Voltaire Network (France) |
| 17h30–18h00 | Signature of the final declaration |
