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What has happened in 2008

The 9th World Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates

President Gensei was invited to and attended the 9th World Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates in Paris, France with ASCA as a part of organizer, on 11 through 13 of December, 2008. The Theme of the year was "Human Rights and a World without violence".

 

  • Just Before the Opening of the First Session
  • First Session
  • First Session
  • First Session
  • (Center) Ms. Mary Ellen McNish (General Secretary of AFSC) Dr. Ime Akpan John ( Co-President of IPPNW)
  • Dr. Paul A. Lacey (AFSC National Board of Directors)
  • Secretary General of UN, Ban Ki Moon’s Televised Message to the Summit
  • Alexander Likhotal, President and CEO of Green Cross International
  • Walter Veltroni Co-Chairman of the Summit
  • The Second Session
  • Mairead Corrigan Maguire, Nobel Peace Laureate
  • Thomas Magnusson, President, International Peace Bureau
  • Jahan Rounaq, adjunct Prof. International Studies, Columbia University.
  • President of an Italian fablic company.
  • Bono Vox receiving “Peace Summit Award 2008" for his work to raise awareness to the plight of Africa as well as the rest of the third world. He is the vocalist of U2.
  • Appeal to the government of Myanmar for the release of Aung San Suu Kyi (Nobel Peace Laureates in 1991) and restoring a democratic political system in Myanmar.
  • The Representatives of the Burma’s government-in-exile
  • Ingrid Betancourt
  • (L) Vappu Taipale, President of STAKES, Finland , Co-President of IPPNW
  • John Hume , Nobel Peace Laureate for Contributing to restoring peace in N. Ireland
  • Betty Williams, Nobel Peace Laureate.
  • Frederik Willem de Klerk, Nobel Peace Laureate for Contributing to abolishing apartheid in South Africa
  • Adrienne Germain, President　of　 International Women’s Health Coalition
  • Lourdes Portillo, Visual Artist
  • Son of Late Martin Luther King
  • Son of Late Martin Luther King
  • Ingrid Betancourt, former candidate for President of Colombia jailed for 6 years for her democratic cause. (Representative of Ingrid Betancourt Foundation)
  • Ingrid Betancourt