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UNITED NATIONS NATIONS UN INTEROFFICE MEMORANDUM Ms UNITED NATIONS NATIONS UN INTEROFFICE MEMORANDUM TO: Ms. Carol Bellamy DATE: 13 November 2000 A: Executive Director, UMCEF New York THROUGH: SIC DE: FROM: S. Iqbal Riza, DE: Chef de Cabinet f, / New York /f / cxy SUBJECT: fobel Peace Prize Centei Lposium 1. We understand that UMCEF, DPKO and UNHCR have all been invited to participate in the celebration referenced above, to be held in Oslo from 4-11 December 2001. 2. The Secretary-General has authorized the participation of a representative at the USG level from each office, for two days, at an appropriate time in the schedule. Thank you. Note to Mr. Guehenno Nobel Peace Prize Centennial Symposium 1. I refer to your note of 20 October, regarding participation in the event referenced above, to be held in Oslo from 4-11 December 2001. 2. The Secretary-General has authorized your participation in this celebration for two days, at an appropriate time in the schedule. Thank you. S. $3bal Riza 13 November 2000 UNITED NATIONS NATIONS UNIES OUTGOING FACSIMILE EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY-GENERAL CABINET DU SECRETAIRE GENERAL DATE: 13 November 2000 sj TO: Mrs. Sadako Ogata FROM: S. Iqbal Riza /?\ // High Commissioner for Refugees Chef de Cabinet ////>/ Geneva New York f/ /?/ t /j FAX NO: 41-22-739-7346 FAX NO: (212) 963-2155^<=^/ SUBJECT: Nobel Peace Prize Centennial Symposium TOTAL NUMBER OF TRANSMITTED PAGES INCLUDING THIS ONE: 1 1. We understand that UNICBF, DPKO and UNHCR have all been invited to participate in the celebration referenced above, to be held in Oslo from 4-11 December 2001. 2. The Secretary-General has authorized the participation of a representative at the USG level from each office, for two days, at an appropriate time in the schedule. Thank you and best regards. Note to the Secretary-General Nobel Peace Prize Centennial Symposium 1. The heads of UNHCR, DPKO and UNICEF have all been invited, presumably as representatives of Nobel Laureates, to take part in a centennial celebration of the first Nobel Prize, including a symposium entitled "Conflicts of the 20th Century and solutions of the 21st century". The events will be held in Oslo from 4-11 December 2001. 2. Given the symbolic value of the occasion, your approval is requested for the participation of all three at the USG level, perhaps for two days each at an appropriate time in the schedule. Thank you. S. I-qbal Riza 26 October 2000 "• "' "I .. t& DET NORSKE NOBELINST1TUTT United Nations Peacekeeping Forcesr. „ . - ---,.;- The Norwegian Att: Peter Schmitz. Special Assistink.tO.the Under-Secretary-Genera! Nobel Institurc United Nations New York, NY 10017 U.S.A. September 13,2000 Dear Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, We are delighted that you have agreed to join us for the celebration of the 100[' .anniversary of the Nobel prizes in December 2001. Indeed, so have most of our distinguished Peace Prize Laureates. (See the enclosed list.) We are pleased to present to you the program we have formulated for our week of celebration, from December 4 to 11. The program will consist of three main parts: 1) University visits. December 4 and 5. On these two days we break down the borders between the various Nobel prizes and between Norway and Sweden. The primary universities of these two countries will have the opportunity to invite, from the list of attending Laureates, a few of them to come to their university. The Nobel Foundation in Stockholm will coordinate this so that these university visits are handled as efficiently and as fairly as possible. By February 2001 we hope to know who will be going where. (If you do not want to take part in the university program, there is no need to arrive in Oslo before December 5 in the afternoon.) 2) The Nobel symposium. December 6-8. Enclosed you will find the tentative program for the Peace Prize symposium. The idea is that distinguished academics will address the question of what went wrong in the 20 century; the Laureates will then try to deal with the harder question of how we can do better in the 21st century. We have put the various attending Laureates under the headings you see. If you feel that you would rather appear under a different heading, let us know, but the Laureates have to be divided among the various topics. To allow time for discussion, the ideal length of this symposium intervention would be about 10 minutes. A cultural program will also be worked out for these days, but the requirements of the symposium wiil be such that this cultural program will he somewhat limited. 3) The celebration of the Nobel Peace Prize Laureate for 2001. December 9_jz_LL For these three days we follow the ordinary program which you went through when you received the Nobel Peace Pn/e: the auard ceremony and the banquet on the I0'h, the school program and concert on the 111 . In 2001, however, we also invite all the previous Laureates to lake part in this program. Unless you want us to, we will not formulate a special program for the previous Laureates on December 9. You may prefer to rest; to do some sightseeing; friends in Norway may "-am to arrange something for you, etc. In the evening of the 9lh the Norwegian Parliament will be inviting all attending previous Laureates to a banquet. As we have indicated earlier we shall of course be paying business class tickets for you and one additional person when you come to Oslo. SAS will contact you later about the details of your travel arrangements. When in Oslo, you vvsll be staying at the Holmenkollen Park Hotel from arrival and to the 8lh; the symposium will also be held there. On the 9lh we move you all down to the Grand Hotel where you stayed when you received the Nobel Peace Prize. If you have any questions or comments concerning the above, do not hesitate to contact me. This should be done as quickly as possible to ensure the success of our lOO"1 anniversary program. Sincerely THE NORWEGIAN NOBEL INSTITUTE ^, V^A~<£OV ir Lundestad Director Enclosures ««^j ^: ^_" *.^,. **; ' r Nobef Peace Prize Centennial Symposium The Conflicts of the 20Ih century and the Solutions for the 21st century Holmenkollen Park Hotell, Oslo December 6-8, 2001 In 2001 we will celebrate the IOO'1' anniversary of the Nobel Peace Prize, and the long and impressive list of Nobel Peace Prize laureates beginning with Frederic Passy and Henry Dunant in 1901. The Norwegian Nobel Committee nnd the Norwegian Nobel Institute want to commemorate this by staging a symposium in Oslo, the City of Peace, where Nobel Peace Prize laureates and renowned international scholars will meet to discuss why the 20th century was so ridden by war and how the 21s' century may become a more peaceful one. The questions are bold, indeed, but that should not prevent us from addressing them as long as we realize that no easy answers are at hand. Throughout history, peace has never been easily obtained. But that doesn't mean it is unobtainable. As the Norwegian Nobel Peace Prize laureate Fridtjof Nansen liked to remind us, "the difficult is what takes P. little while; the impossible is what takes a little longer". The symposium will be divided into nine sessions, seven of which will focus on important causal "nexuses of war and peace that have been given particular notice by the Norwegian Nobel Committee over the last IOO years. Each session will last for 75 minutes and consist of an introduction by an academic expert followed first by a statement from a chosen Nobel laureate, then by brief comments from a small group of Prize winners and by general debate. The main idea is to let the scholars focus primarily on the problems of the past whereas the laureates are encouraged to apply their insights, convictions and creative thinking on the challenges and promises of the future. Together, we hope, this division of labor will help to make us all a little wiser. Thursday, December 6 Opening of the 2001 Nobel Symposium: Gunnar Berge, Chairman of the Norwegian Nobel Committee Session 1: War and Peace in the 20lh Century: The Over-all Balance S: Eric Hobsbawn L: Mikhail Gorbachev C: International Committee of the Red Cross, Mdiread Maguire Session 2: Totalitarianism and ideological conflict — Help spreading democracy and human rights S: Michael Doyle L: Amnesty International C: Adolfo Perez Esquivel, Medecins sans frontieres Session 3: Ethnic conflict, racism and hatred- End discrimination and protect minority rights S: Mahmood Mamdani L: Rigoberta Menchit Turn C: David Trimble Session 4: Eoaawrme exploitation aii^ .inequalities - Fight famine, promote sustainable development S/L (Economics): Amartya Sen L: International Federations vf Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies C: Norman E. Borltntg, Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, UNICEF Fridav. December 7 Session 5: The rise and fall of great powers - Build institutions to promote peaceful change S: Joseph S. Nye, Jr. L: Oscar Arias Sanchez C: United Nations P?ftrp-kt>fpht<r Ft>m>?. Bettv Williams -— . -"" Session 6: Militarism and arms races — Strengthen collective security and arms control regimes S: Mary Kahlor L: Joseph Rotblat C: International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War, International Campaign to Ban Landmines, Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs, Jody Williams Session 7: Rivalry over territory and resources - Promote economic integration and free trade S: Zara S. Steiner L: Shimon Peres C: Frederik Willem De Klerk, ILO, John Hume Session 8: Misperception, mistrust, fear - Further internalization of peaceful norms S: Akira Iriye L: Dalai Lama C: Carlos Filipe Ximenes Belo, The Friends Service Council/The American Friends Service Committee, Institute of International Law Saturday, Decembers Session 9: The world and the Nobel Peace Prize in the 21b! century S: Geir Lundestad L: Elie Wiesel C: Jose Ramos-Horta Closing speeches: Desmond Mpilo Tnfn and Gunnar Stalsett, Deputy Chairman of the Norwegian Nobel Committee 15.09.00 ON/GL o o cri O _ .
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