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Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu and the Chairperson of the Desmond Tutu Peace Centre Advocate Dumisa Ntsebeza SC will address media at 4.30pm today to respond to the news that His Holiness, the Dalai Lama, has been forced to cancel his visit to South Africa. A press conference has been arranged at the Lagoon Beach Hotel in Milnerton. For inquiries, please call Roger on 083 272 5036.
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The Symposium
Throughout the world civil society is increasingly making its voice heard. Greenpeace, Amnesty International, Medicenes Sans Frontier and many other organisations are lobbying and calling for governments to account, making leaders answerable through mobilising worldwide support.
The results are that those in power can no longer dismiss NGOs as fringe groups or radicals fuelled by passion. Today they have credibility and have vital roles in exposing agendas that are driven by power and economics.
South Africa, thanks to its struggle heritage, has always had a robust civil society and now it must again step up to speak on behalf of those that the politicians can’t or don’t want to hear. Dr Mamphela Ramphele hopes for a civil society that would “become the key to fixing social problems that would become deadly if unaddressed”.
The Symposium planned at the occasion of the 1st visit of the Global Stewardship Group to South Africa aims to:
1) Provide a forum for the sharing of expertise by the international guests and those in SA who are in the business of building peace
2) Find ways in which to pool collective resources that will ensure effectiveness in addressing issues that undermine global peace and stability
3) Counter the intransigence that often results when organisations work in competition and in isolation
4) Contribute to a vibrant and constructive public discourse that begins to close the gap between the policy makers ad civil society.
The Global Stewardship Group (GSG) is a team of global leaders who are lending their knowledge, experience and time to strengthen efforts to end mass atrocities across the world. The GSG provides overall guidance and serves as a cornerstone of leadership for innovation, learning and cross sector engagement to address these pressing issues. Individual members of the GSG are: 1) diverse, 2) strategically connected, 3) cross-sector, 4) multi-level, and 5) dedicated to building a more effective global system to end mass violence and atrocities.
The Format
The Key Note speaker, Ms Yasmin Sooka, Executive Director of the Foundation for Human Rights will address the theme and frame the discussion.
The Respondent, Advocate Dumisa Ntsebeza, Former TRC Commissioner, will reflect on the address and add institutional reflections to the debate.
Four Panellists from the Global Stewardship group will form part of the panel with responsibilities to pose two questions to the key note speaker and the respondent. They will also speak on their own experiences and views on collaborating. They are:
Mr Youk Chang (Director, Documentation Centre of Cambodia)
Ms Gemma Mortensen (Executive Director, Crisis Action, UK)
HE István Lakatos (Ambassador at Large for Human Rights—Hungarian Foreign Ministry, Hungary)
Mr Randy Newcomb (CEO, Humanity United, USA)
The Audience will have an opportunity to comment and pose questions to the speakers.
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