World Summit 2017 Conference Schedule

: Sunday, February 05, 2017; Written by: UPF International

Seoul, Korea—World Summit 2017, organized by the Universal Peace Federation from February 1 to 5, 2017, provided a comprehensive assessment of peace, security and human development around the world.

For an executive summary of the proceedings, click here.

Schedule
February 1, 2017 Photo Gallery
	Opening Banquet Emcee: Mr. Richard De Sena, Secretary General, UPF North America Invocation: Dr. Wu-Hsien Chu, Chairman, Taiwan Interfaith Foundation Welcome Address: Dr. Thomas Walsh, President, UPF International Speakers Amb. Christopher Hill, Ambassador to Korea (2004-2005), USA; was head of the U.S. delegation to the Six Party Talks
February 2 Photo Gallery
	Concurrent Program: Korean National Assembly SPECIAL SESSION OF THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF PARLIAMENTARIANS FOR PEACE Speakers addressed the general World Summit 2017 theme of “Addressing the Critical Challenges of our Time: Peace, Security and Human Development,” offering their analysis and recommendations as it applies to the critical challenges of our time—environmental degradation, violent conflict, extremism, extreme poverty—with emphasis on practices and action steps that should be taken in order to transform our world into a world of peace and mutual prosperity. Moderator: Dr. Thomas Walsh, President, UPF International Speakers Hon. Sye-kyun Chung, Chair, National Assembly, Korea Hon. Dan Burton, Congressman, House of Representatives (1983-2013), USA Hon. Jose de Venecia, Jr., Speaker, House of Representatives (1992-1998), (2001-2008), Philippines H.E. Milan Dunovic, Vice President, Bosnia and Herzegovina Hon. Matt Salmon, U.S. House of Representatives (1995-2001), (2013-2017), USA Hon. Dr. Rachel Carling-Jenkins, Member of the Legislative Council (MLC), Parliament of Victoria, Australia Rt. Hon. Richard Msowoya, Speaker, National Assembly, Malawi Hon. Hilik Bar, Deputy Speaker, Knesset, Israel Hon. Alberto Alfaro Jimenez, President, Legislative Assembly, Costa Rica Hon. Yoo-chul Won, Member, Foreign Affairs and Unification Committee, National Assembly, Korea [Slide Presentation]
	Concurrent Program: Lotte ADDRESSING THE CRITICAL CHALLENGES OF OUR TIME: PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICES FOR PEACE AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT Moderator: Mr. Robert Williamson, Special Envoy to South Africa, UPF Speakers Mr. Jacques Marion, Secretary General, UPF Europe Mr. David Fraser Harris, Secretary General, UPF Middle East Commentator: Hon. Mardo Djabir Issa, Member of Parliament, Chad [French]
	Concurrent Program: InterContinental ADDRESSING THE CRITICAL CHALLENGES OF OUR TIME: PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICES FOR PEACE AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT Moderator: Mr. Gregory Stone, Secretary General, UPF Oceania Speakers Dr. Lek Thaveetermsakul, Vice Chair, UPF Asia Mr. Tuo-Huan Chen, Secretary General, UPF Chinese Region Commentator: Hon. Chandrani Bandara, Minister, Ministry of Women and Child Affairs, Sri Lanka
February 3 Photo Gallery
	SUNHAK PEACE PRIZE AWARD CEREMONY Chair: Dr. Il-Sik Hong, Chairman, Sunhak Peace Prize Committee Laureates Dr. Sakena Yacoobi, Chief Executive Director, Afghan Institute for Learning, Afghanistan Dr. Gino Strada, Executive Director, EMERGENCY, Italy Congratulatory Remarks: H.E. Anote Tong, President (2003-2016), Kiribati; Sunhak Laureate 2015
	PLENARY SESSION I: WORLD SUMMIT 2017 KEYNOTE ADDRESS ADDRESSING THE CRITICAL CHALLENGES OF OUR TIME Keynote Speakers addressed the general World Summit 2017 theme of “Addressing the Critical Challenges of our Time: Peace, Security and Human Development,” offering their analysis and recommendations as it applies to the critical challenges of our time—environmental degradation, violent conflict, extremism, extreme poverty—with emphasis on practices and action steps that should be taken in order to transform our world into a world of peace and mutual prosperity. Moderator: Dr. Charles S. Yang, Secretary General, UPF International Speakers Hon. Bubhaneswar Kalita, Member of Parliament, India Hon. Kessai Note, Senator and Former President (2000-2008), Marshall Islands Rt. Hon. Parmanand Jha, Vice President (2008-2015), Nepal H.E. Federico Franco Gomez, President (2012-2013), Paraguay H.E. Moustapha Cisse Lo, Regional President, ECOWAS Parliament, Senegal Hon. Michael G. Aguinaldo, Chairman, Commission on Audit, Philippines Amb. Joseph DeTrani, Former Special Envoy to the Six Party Talks, USA
	PLENARY SESSION II: WORLD SUMMIT 2017 KEYNOTE ADDRESS ADDRESSING THE CRITICAL CHALLENGES OF OUR TIME: PERSPECTIVES ON PEACE, SECURITY AND DEVELOPMENT Moderator: Mr. Tageldin Hamad, Chair, World Association of NGOs (WANGO) Speakers Hon. Molana Haideri, Deputy Chairman of the Senate, Pakistan Hon. Shim-jae Kwon, Foreign Affairs and Unification Committee, National Assembly, Korea Hon. Professor Akiko Yamanaka, Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs (2005-2006), Japan H.E. Prof. Dioncounda Traore, President (2012-2013), Mali [French] Dr. Asmaa Mahmood Kftarou, UN Commission for Syria, UAE Hon. Ranjith Madduma Bandara, Minister, Ministry of Public Administration & Management, Sri Lanka Dr. Po-Ya Chang, President, The Control Yuan, Taiwan
	PLENARY SESSION III: SUNHAK PEACE PRIZE LAUREATES Moderator: Hon. Erna Hennicot-Schoepges, President, Chamber of Deputies (1989-2009), Luxembourg Laureates Dr. Sakena Yacoobi, Chief Executive Director, Afghan Institute for Learning, Afghanistan Dr. Gino Strada, Executive Director, EMERGENCY, Italy
February 4 Photo Gallery
	PLENARY SESSION IV: IAPP GLOBAL ASSEMBLY Moderator: Hon. Dan Burton, Co-Chair of IAPP, International Speakers Hon. Dr. Silvia del Rosario Giacoppo, Senator, Commission on Environment and Sustainable Development, Argentina Hon. Dr. Haydee Castillo De Solano, Assemblywoman, Nicaragua [Spanish] Hon. Dr. Olga Bogomolets, Member of Supreme Council, Ukraine Hon. Iliesa Delana, Deputy Minister of Youth and Sports, Fiji Hon. Yoshinori Ohno, Former Minister of Defense, Japan; Member of Committee, SHPP Hon. Paulo Pisco, Assemblyman, Portugal Hon. Khodr Habib, Member of Parliament, Lebanon Hon. Karen Wan-Ju Yu, Member of Legislative Yuan, Taiwan [Slide Presentation] Hon. Ek Nath Dhakal, Member of Parliament and Minster of Peace and Reconstruction (2015), Nepal Hon. Jong-seong Lim, Assemblyman, Land, Infrastructure and Transport Committee, Korea
	PLENARY SESSION V: IAPP GLOBAL ASSEMBLY Moderator: Dr. Thomas Walsh, President, UPF International Remarks Hon. Chitralekha Yadav, Member of Parliament, Nepal Hon. Emilia Alfaro de Franco, Senator and Former First Lady (2012-2013), Paraguay [Spanish] Hon. Myung-chul Cho, Member, National Assembly (2012-2016), Korea Hon. Jose de Venecia, Jr., Co-Chair of IAPP, International Dr. Sun Jin Moon, Chair, UPF International Founder’s Remarks: Dr. Hak Ja Han Moon, Founder, IAPP
	PLENARY SESSION VI: PEACE AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT ICUS: THE ROLE, RESPONSIBILITY AND RELEVANCE OF THE SCIENCES Moderator: Hon. Biman Chand Prasad, Member of Parliament, Fiji Speakers Professor J. Martin Ramirez, Psychobiology Department & Institute for Biofunctional Studies, Universidad Complutense of Madrid, Spain Professor Luc Montagnier, Nobel Laureate in Physiology (2008), France Commentator: Dr. Glen Rein, Senior Researcher, Innovative Biotechnical Studies, USA
	PLENARY SESSION VII: CLOSING SESSION Moderator: Mrs. Genie Kagawa, Executive Office Director, UPF International Speakers Hon. Lawrence John Sichawle, Minister of Chiefs and Traditional Affairs, Zambia Hon. Rafael Mendez, Congressman, Dominican Republic [Spanish] Gen. Dr. Sowath Nem, Director General, Minister of National Defense, Policy and Foreign Affairs, Cambodia Dr. Mohamed Habash, Member of Parliament (2003-2012), Syria

Schedule

February 1, 2017

Photo Gallery

Opening Banquet

Emcee: Mr. Richard De Sena, Secretary General, UPF North America
Invocation: Dr. Wu-Hsien Chu, Chairman, Taiwan Interfaith Foundation
Welcome Address: Dr. Thomas Walsh, President, UPF International

Speakers

Amb. Christopher Hill, Ambassador to Korea (2004-2005), USA; was head of the U.S. delegation to the Six Party Talks

February 2

Photo Gallery

Concurrent Program: Korean National Assembly
SPECIAL SESSION OF THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF PARLIAMENTARIANS FOR PEACE

Speakers addressed the general World Summit 2017 theme of “Addressing the Critical Challenges of our Time: Peace, Security and Human Development,” offering their analysis and recommendations as it applies to the critical challenges of our time—environmental degradation, violent conflict, extremism, extreme poverty—with emphasis on practices and action steps that should be taken in order to transform our world into a world of peace and mutual prosperity.

Moderator: Dr. Thomas Walsh, President, UPF International

Speakers
Hon. Sye-kyun Chung, Chair, National Assembly, Korea
Hon. Dan Burton, Congressman, House of Representatives (1983-2013), USA
Hon. Jose de Venecia, Jr., Speaker, House of Representatives (1992-1998), (2001-2008), Philippines
H.E. Milan Dunovic, Vice President, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Hon. Matt Salmon, U.S. House of Representatives (1995-2001), (2013-2017), USA
Hon. Dr. Rachel Carling-Jenkins, Member of the Legislative Council (MLC), Parliament of Victoria, Australia
Rt. Hon. Richard Msowoya, Speaker, National Assembly, Malawi
Hon. Hilik Bar, Deputy Speaker, Knesset, Israel
Hon. Alberto Alfaro Jimenez, President, Legislative Assembly, Costa Rica
Hon. Yoo-chul Won, Member, Foreign Affairs and Unification Committee, National Assembly, Korea [Slide Presentation]

Concurrent Program: Lotte
ADDRESSING THE CRITICAL CHALLENGES OF OUR TIME: PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICES FOR PEACE AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT

Moderator: Mr. Robert Williamson, Special Envoy to South Africa, UPF

Speakers
Mr. Jacques Marion, Secretary General, UPF Europe
Mr. David Fraser Harris, Secretary General, UPF Middle East

Commentator: Hon. Mardo Djabir Issa, Member of Parliament, Chad [French]

Concurrent Program: InterContinental
ADDRESSING THE CRITICAL CHALLENGES OF OUR TIME: PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICES FOR PEACE AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT

Moderator: Mr. Gregory Stone, Secretary General, UPF Oceania

Speakers
Dr. Lek Thaveetermsakul, Vice Chair, UPF Asia
Mr. Tuo-Huan Chen, Secretary General, UPF Chinese Region

Commentator: Hon. Chandrani Bandara, Minister, Ministry of Women and Child Affairs, Sri Lanka

February 3

Photo Gallery

SUNHAK PEACE PRIZE AWARD CEREMONY

Chair: Dr. Il-Sik Hong, Chairman, Sunhak Peace Prize Committee

Laureates

Dr. Sakena Yacoobi, Chief Executive Director, Afghan Institute for Learning, Afghanistan
Dr. Gino Strada, Executive Director, EMERGENCY, Italy

Congratulatory Remarks: H.E. Anote Tong, President (2003-2016), Kiribati; Sunhak Laureate 2015

PLENARY SESSION I: WORLD SUMMIT 2017 KEYNOTE ADDRESS
ADDRESSING THE CRITICAL CHALLENGES OF OUR TIME

Keynote Speakers addressed the general World Summit 2017 theme of “Addressing the Critical Challenges of our Time: Peace, Security and Human Development,” offering their analysis and recommendations as it applies to the critical challenges of our time—environmental degradation, violent conflict, extremism, extreme poverty—with emphasis on practices and action steps that should be taken in order to transform our world into a world of peace and mutual prosperity.

Moderator: Dr. Charles S. Yang, Secretary General, UPF International

Speakers
Hon. Bubhaneswar Kalita, Member of Parliament, India
Hon. Kessai Note, Senator and Former President (2000-2008), Marshall Islands
Rt. Hon. Parmanand Jha, Vice President (2008-2015), Nepal
H.E. Federico Franco Gomez, President (2012-2013), Paraguay
H.E. Moustapha Cisse Lo, Regional President, ECOWAS Parliament, Senegal
Hon. Michael G. Aguinaldo, Chairman, Commission on Audit, Philippines
Amb. Joseph DeTrani, Former Special Envoy to the Six Party Talks, USA

PLENARY SESSION II: WORLD SUMMIT 2017 KEYNOTE ADDRESS
ADDRESSING THE CRITICAL CHALLENGES OF OUR TIME: PERSPECTIVES ON PEACE, SECURITY AND DEVELOPMENT

Moderator: Mr. Tageldin Hamad, Chair, World Association of NGOs (WANGO)

Speakers
Hon. Molana Haideri, Deputy Chairman of the Senate, Pakistan
Hon. Shim-jae Kwon, Foreign Affairs and Unification Committee, National Assembly, Korea
Hon. Professor Akiko Yamanaka, Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs (2005-2006), Japan
H.E. Prof. Dioncounda Traore, President (2012-2013), Mali [French]
Dr. Asmaa Mahmood Kftarou, UN Commission for Syria, UAE
Hon. Ranjith Madduma Bandara, Minister, Ministry of Public Administration & Management, Sri Lanka
Dr. Po-Ya Chang, President, The Control Yuan, Taiwan

PLENARY SESSION III: SUNHAK PEACE PRIZE LAUREATES

Moderator: Hon. Erna Hennicot-Schoepges, President, Chamber of Deputies (1989-2009), Luxembourg

Laureates
Dr. Sakena Yacoobi, Chief Executive Director, Afghan Institute for Learning, Afghanistan
Dr. Gino Strada, Executive Director, EMERGENCY, Italy

February 4

Photo Gallery

PLENARY SESSION IV: IAPP GLOBAL ASSEMBLY

Moderator:

Hon. Dan Burton, Co-Chair of IAPP, International

Speakers
Hon. Dr. Silvia del Rosario Giacoppo, Senator, Commission on Environment and Sustainable Development, Argentina
Hon. Dr. Haydee Castillo De Solano, Assemblywoman, Nicaragua [Spanish]
Hon. Dr. Olga Bogomolets, Member of Supreme Council, Ukraine
Hon. Iliesa Delana, Deputy Minister of Youth and Sports, Fiji
Hon. Yoshinori Ohno, Former Minister of Defense, Japan; Member of Committee, SHPP
Hon. Paulo Pisco, Assemblyman, Portugal
Hon. Khodr Habib, Member of Parliament, Lebanon
Hon. Karen Wan-Ju Yu, Member of Legislative Yuan, Taiwan [Slide Presentation]
Hon. Ek Nath Dhakal, Member of Parliament and Minster of Peace and Reconstruction (2015), Nepal
Hon. Jong-seong Lim, Assemblyman, Land, Infrastructure and Transport Committee, Korea

PLENARY SESSION V: IAPP GLOBAL ASSEMBLY

Moderator: Dr. Thomas Walsh, President, UPF International

Remarks
Hon. Chitralekha Yadav, Member of Parliament, Nepal
Hon. Emilia Alfaro de Franco, Senator and Former First Lady (2012-2013), Paraguay [Spanish]
Hon. Myung-chul Cho, Member, National Assembly (2012-2016), Korea
Hon. Jose de Venecia, Jr., Co-Chair of IAPP, International
Dr. Sun Jin Moon, Chair, UPF International

Founder’s Remarks: Dr. Hak Ja Han Moon, Founder, IAPP

PLENARY SESSION VI: PEACE AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
ICUS: THE ROLE, RESPONSIBILITY AND RELEVANCE OF THE SCIENCES

Moderator: Hon. Biman Chand Prasad, Member of Parliament, Fiji

Speakers
Professor J. Martin Ramirez, Psychobiology Department & Institute for Biofunctional Studies, Universidad Complutense of Madrid, Spain
Professor Luc Montagnier, Nobel Laureate in Physiology (2008), France

Commentator: Dr. Glen Rein, Senior Researcher, Innovative Biotechnical Studies, USA

PLENARY SESSION VII: CLOSING SESSION

Moderator: Mrs. Genie Kagawa, Executive Office Director, UPF International

Speakers
Hon. Lawrence John Sichawle, Minister of Chiefs and Traditional Affairs, Zambia
Hon. Rafael Mendez, Congressman, Dominican Republic [Spanish]
Gen. Dr. Sowath Nem, Director General, Minister of National Defense, Policy and Foreign Affairs, Cambodia
Dr. Mohamed Habash, Member of Parliament (2003-2012), Syria

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