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Nobel Peace Laureates
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Human Rights, Conflict, and Reconciliation

Table of Contents

SESSION ONE

Welcoming Remarks by Melvin P. Leffler

Welcoming Remarks by Michele Bohana

Opening Remarks by the Moderator Julian Bond

JOSÉ RAMOS-HORTA, EAST TIMOR: "Democracy and Diplomacy in the Asia-Pacific Region"

BETTY WILLIAMS, NORTHERN IRELAND: "Children's Rights: The Need to Establish Safe Havens for Children of War"

SESSION TWO

DR. RIGOBERTA MENCHÚ TUM, GUATEMALA: "The Role of Indigenous People in a Democratic Guatemala"

ARCHBISHOP DESMOND TUTU, SOUTH AFRICA: "Reconciliation in Post-Apartheid South Africa: Experiences of the Truth Commission"

SESSION THREE

PRESIDENT OSCAR ARIAS SÁNCHEZ, COSTA RICA: "International Code of Conduct for Arms Transfers"

DISCUSSION AMONG THE PARTICIPANTS

HARN YAWNGHWE, Presenting for AUNG SAN SUU KYI, BURMA: "The U.N. Declaration of Human Rights and Its Impact on Asian Values and Democratic Principles"

SESSION FOUR

BOBBY MULLER, UNITED STATES: "The Vietnam Veterans of American Foundation and the International Campaign to Ban Landmines"

DISCUSSION AMONG THE PARTICIPANTS

JODY WILLIAMS, UNITED STATES: "International Organization in the International Campaign to Ban Landmines"

HIS HOLINESS THE DALAI LAMA, TIBET: "The Need for Compassion in Society: The Case of Tibet"

NOBEL PEACE LAUREATE JOINT DECLARATION

Concluding Remarks by John T. Casteen III

Prepared by Steven Weinberger and Nathan F. Piazza

(c) The University of Virginia 1999

Conference Organizer and Director: P. Jeffrey Hopkins, President, Institute for Asian Democracy, and Professor of Religious Studies, University of Virginia

Political Liaison to the Laureates: Michele Bohana, Director, Institute for Asian Democracy

Conference Coordinator: Bryan Phillips, Ph.D. student in the Department of Religious Studies

Sponsored by the President of the University of Virginia, John T. Casteen, III; the Dean of the College and Graduate School of Arts & Sciences at the University of Virginia, Melvyn P. Leffler; the Page-Barbour and Richard lecture series at the University of Virginia (Chair, Daniel J. Ehnbom, Associate Professor of South Asian Art History); Dr. Inder and Vera Vaswani Chawla; Terrence D. Daniels; PMD International, Inc.; Wallace Stettinius; and CFW Intelos.