DURBAN/NGO PROGRAM

DURBAN/NGO PROGRAM

9 August 2001

Objectives

Maximize the interlinking of sectors and themes,

Create opportunities for sectors from all regions to share experiences,

Recognize and give visibility to groups of victims,

Deepen understanding of causes, historic and current, of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance

Create specific, concrete measures of prevention and redress and plan joint strategies.

Give visibility to the voices of participants from all sectors and all regions most affected by racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance.

Have a precise, concrete, strong Declaration and Program of Action in which we include our vision, our expectations, citing specific actions to be taken.

Continue building links between different affected sectors from all regions

Schedule of NGO Forum

There will be parallel activities everyday from 9 am: special activities, workshops, cultural events and caucuses.

***Commissions 25 Thematic Commissions (TCs) are planned to address the interconnection between themes, issues and affected sectors. The outcomes of the TCs will be reflected in the Program of Action. The methodology to accomplish that is in the guidelines. Each of them will meet 1 day for 6 to 8 hours long. Interpretation facilities in 3 languages will be assigned to at least 10 TCs each day (if they have special language needs, they ask the Secretariat in advance).

**Caucuses Caucuses are organized by regional or interest sector. During the preparatory process the caucuses organized are: Indigenous Peoples, Africans and Afro-descendants, Asians and Asian Descendants, Women, Roma, Dalits, Jewish, Migration, Criminal Justice, Labour, Youth, Health and Racism, HIV/AIDS, Religious and Spiritual, Sexual Diversity, Poverty and Racism, Palestinians, Reparation, INGOs, Media, Trafficking, Africa, Asia, Europe, the Americas, Environmental Racism, Latin America, Arab-Middle East, African-African Descent Women, Education, Disability, South-South Initiative. Caucuses will not have interpretation.

*Workshops Workshops are planned by organizations or caucuses or interest groups wishing to share information or skills. They can have panel, hearing roundtable or other format. They will not have interpretation.

	August 27th	August 28^th	August 29th	August 30^th	August 31^st	September 1^st
8:15 – 9	Arrival	Cultural event*	Cultural event	Cultural event	Cultural event
9 - 10	&	Briefing for TC officials	NGO brief. Workshops Presentation of Youth Declaration	NGO brief. Workshops	NGO brief. Workshops	NGO brief. Workshops
10 – 13	Registration	Opening ceremony Tee break Plenary for Procedures	Panel discussions Workshops	Panel discussions Workshops	Panel discussions Workshops	Adoption of the NGO de-claration
13 – 15	Lunch	Lunch Panel Discussions	TCs Workshops	TCs Workshops	Lunch Workshops	& Plan of Action Workshops
15-17	Briefing for TC officials	Workshops TCs?	TCs Workshops	TCs Workshops	Workshops	Closing ceremony
17–19			TCs	Plenary (K. Annan)
18 onwards	Welcome & Events*	Cultural activities	Cultural activities	Cultural activities	Cultural Activities	Concert at Kings Park Stadium

* Welcoming to Durban - Mayor of Durban - Metro Cultural Events

Day 1 August 27^th

8 am – 6 pm Registration

2 pm – 5 pm Briefing for chairs and rapporteurs of TCs

6 pm Welcoming to Durban - Mayor of Durban

Day 2 August 28^th

10 am – 12 md OPENING CEREMONY

Mistress of Ceremony: Ms Berhane Ras-Work, ISC Member

Traditional spiritual prayer – South Africa

SANGOCO President Ms Mercia Andrews - Opening and welcoming

Tribute to freedom fighters

"Voices of Victims" Youth regional presentations

Danish Choir

UN HCHR Ms Mary Robinson

South African President Mr Thabo Mbeki

12 - 12:30 pm Tea break

12:30 – 1 pm Plenary Session:

Rules of Procedure of the NGO Forum Secretariat

Mission statement and goals of the NGO Forum ISC Member

1 pm – 4 pm PANEL DISCUSSION (PD) "Colonialism"

Each PD will have a chair, rapporteur and panelists. They will have a theme and will be asked to make references in their presentation on the four main objectives of the WCAR and strategies. There will be two parallel PDs on the same theme.

Room A

Panelists: Ms. Nozipho January Bardill

Joseph KiZebo

Tom Goldtooth

Abdias dos Nascimento

Chair: Wendy Singh

Rapporteur: Udo Enwereuzor

Room B

Panelists: Hanan Ashrawi

Mahmood Mamdani

Adjoa Aiyetoro

an indigenous person from Latin America

Chair: Omer Kebiwou

Rapporteur: Silvia Hill

1 pm – 5 pm Workshops

Day 3 – August 29^th

9 am – 10 am NGO Briefing session

Presentation of Youth Declaration

10 am – 1 pm PANEL DISCUSSION "Institutionalized Racism/Castism"

Room A

Panelists: Irene Fernandez

Kunjiwo Kwanwang

Vasile Ionescu

Ruth Manorama

Luke Harris

Chair: Prosper Deh

Rapporteur: an Afrolatino person

Room B

Panelists: Kenzo Tamanaga

Prof. Penda M’Bow

Akua Benjamin

Boukole Omotoso

an indigenous person from Latin America

Chair: Arlington Trotman

Rapporteur: Nizam Assaf

1 pm – 5 pm Thematic Commissions

Day 4 – August 30^th,

9 am – 10 am NGO Briefing

10 am – 1 pm PANEL DISCUSSION "Self-Determination"

Room A

Panelists: Dr. Barney Pityana

Rigoberta Menchú

Asmi Bishara

Sowan Dagpo

Chair: Pauline Tangiora

Rapporteur: Tseliso Thipanyane

Room B

Panelists: Xanana Gusmão

Mathew Coon Combe

Carlos Rosero

Courtney Mirelle O’Connor

a Mexican

Chair: Chundak Koren

Rapporteur: Malinda Smith

1 pm – 5 pm Thematic Commissions

2 pm or 5 pm Plenary session Mr. Kofi Annan

Day 5 – August 31^st

9 am – 10 am NGO Briefing

10 am – 1 pm PANEL DISCUSSION "Globalization"

Room A

Panelists: Adjoa Aiyetoro

David Nii Addy

Ecitadje Guisse

David Abdullah

Romero Rodriguez

Chair: Fatma Mohammed Alloo

Rapporteur: Usri Mustafa

Room B

Panelists: Theo van Boven

Vicky Tauli Corpuz

Samir Amin
a young person

Chair: Alice Mogwe

Rapporteur: William Jonas

CLOSING CEREMONY

Vote of thanks – Ms. Thandiwe January-McLean

Archbishop Desmond Tutu

Deputy President – Mr. J. Zuma

High Commissioner receives the NGO Declaration and Plan of Action

Closing address - Dr. Nelson R. Mandela *

THEMATIC COMMISSIONS (TCs)

Administration of Justice and Criminal Justice
Africans and African Descendants
Antisemitism
Asians and Asian Descendants
Colonialism/ Foreign Occupation
Dalits and other Caste discriminated communities
Disabled
Displaced Persons/Migration/Refugees/Asylum Seekers
Education, Information, Communication, and Media
Ethnic Cleansing/Conflict/Genocide/Hate Crime and hate/d Groups
Gender
Globalization, poverty, social exclusion, and environmental Racism
Health/HIV/Aids
Indigenous Peoples
Labour
Legal Measures, Policies and Practices
Palestinian/ New forms of apartheid
Religious Intolerance
Ethnic Minorities
Reparations and Compensation
Roma
Sexual Orientation
Slavery and Slave Trade
Trafficking
Youth and Children

Resource persons, facilitators, rapporteurs:

Administration of Justice and Criminal Justice

Resource persons Barbara Arnwine, Petar Antič®, Basil Fernando + a woman from Nigeria

Facilitator Stephen Hawkins

Rapporteur Erik Sotters

ISC member facilitator Margaret
Africans and African Descendants

Resource persons Allianza, Haiti

Facilitator Nzinga Barclay Witt

Rapporteur Sandra Carnegie-Douglas

ISC member facilitators: Margaret and Palmira

Antisemitism

Resource person Rabbi Abraham Cooper

Facilitator Shimon Samuels

Rapporteur Karen Mock

ISC member facilitator: Mirek

Asians and Asian Descendants

Resource person

Facilitator

Rapporteur

ISC member facilitators: Nimalka

Colonialism/Foreign Occupation

Resource persons Agnita Johansen, Ghassan Al Khatib, Allianza, Africa

Facilitator Amir Makhul

Rapporteur Shawqi Issa

ISC member facilitators: Khader and Palmira

Dalits and other Caste Discriminated Communities

Resource person Martin Macwan, Vasile Ionescu®, Africa

Facilitator Prof. S. K. Thorat

Rapporteur Aloysius Irudayam

ISC member facilitator Paul Divakar

Disabled
All proposals are only from North America. To be reconsidered or cancelled!

Resource person Sherene Razack, PhD.

Facilitator Cynthia Pay, Karen K. Narasaki

Rapporteur C. W. Cho, PhD.

ISC member facilitator: Margaret

Displaced Persons/Migration/Refugees/Asylum Seekers

Resource person Rowland Biosa (Black Workers for Justice) rolsa@aol.com

Facilitator Patrick Taran, József Krasznai®

Rapporteur Sajida Ally

ISC member facilitators: Vera, Mohamed

Education, Information, Communication, and Media

Resource persons Susanna George – media, Refika Mustafič®, Werner Luedemann, Kazuhiro Fujii, Nancy Flowers – education, Hassan Habarim, Salojini Siwachandran,

Facilitator Irene León or Milton Little

Rapporteur Jerald Joseph - information

ISC member facilitators: Mirek, Myrna, Palmira

Ethnic Minorities
(Stella will finalize the names. Dianne proposed Hassan Gibril.)

Resource persons *Malamine Kourouma, Rumyan Roussinov®

Facilitator *Tseliso Thipanyane, Padma Ratna

Rapporteur Hassan Jakaree

ISC member facilitator: Stella Tamang

Gender

Resource persons Margarita Gutierrez, Casta Tungaraza, Jurema Jerneck, Laura Partridge, Pauline Muchina, Mavic Cabera-Balleza, Epsie Campbell, Slavika Vasič®

Facilitator Kimberle Crenshaw

Rapporteur ?

ISC member facilitator: Berhane

Globalization, Poverty, Social Exclusion and Environmental Racism

Resource persons: Robert Bullard, Samir Amin,Vicky Tauli Corpuz, Éva Orsos®

Facilitator Deborah Robinson

Rapporteur Luciano Scagliotti

ISC member facilitators: Nimalka, Alberto

Hate Crime and Hate(d) Groups/Ethnic Cleansing/Conflict/Genocide

Resource person Wade Henderson, Maria Toc, Muhammad Abu el-Heja, Prof. Imga Bali, MADRE, UNITED

Facilitator ?

Rapporteur Luuk Wallen

ISC member facilitators: Khader, Vera, Alioune
Health, HIV/Aids and Discrimination

Resource person Alta Hooker, Africa

Facilitator Vernellia Randall

Rapporteur Irene Fernandez

ISC member facilitator Myrna
Indigenous Peoples
(Stella will consult the Indigenous Peoples’ caucus.)

Resource person

Facilitator

Rapporteur

ISC member facilitator: Stella Tamang
Labour

Resource persons Hassan Yussuf (CLC Canada), Mahlengi Bhengu

Facilitator Elsa Ramos

Rapporteur Roger MacKenzie (TUC UK)

ISC member facilitators: Myrna, Mirek

Legal Measures, Policies and Practices
(Vera will provide for names.)

Resource person

Facilitator

Rapporteur

ISC member facilitator: Mirek
Palestinian/ New Forms of Apartheid

Resource person Asmi Bishara

Facilitator Ranna Nashashibi

Rapporteur Raji Surani

ISC member facilitators: Khader, Nimalka
Religious Intolerance
(Paul will consult the Spiritual caucus. To be checked with Rev. Tutu in Durban.)

Resource person Lenny Foster, Rabbi Jeremy Milgom

Facilitator

Rapporteur

ISC member facilitator: Mercia, Paul
Reparations and Compensation

Resource persons: Dior Fal Sou, Dudley Thompson, Miceri Muga, Prof. J. F. Adeajayi, Delia Grigore®

Facilitator Romero Rodriguez

Rapporteur Adjoa Aiyetoro

ISC member facilitators: Margaret, Albert, Mercia
Roma/Sinti/Gypsies/Travellers

Resource persons Emil Ščuka, Ian Hancock, Peter Mercer

Facilitator Hristo Kyuchukov

Rapporteur Delia Grigore (+ Morag Godwin)

ISC member facilitator: Delia
Sexual Orientation

Resource person Phumi Mtetwa

Facilitator Nomfundo Luphondwana, Abelardo Araya

Rapporteur Nelly Jitsua

ISC member facilitator: Myrna

Slavery and Slave Trade

Resource persons: Halidou Ouedraogo, Amstious Sou Sididi, Tim Hector, Allianza

Facilitator Roger Wareham

Rapporteur Prof. Akua Benjamin

ISC member facilitators: Stella Makanya, Berhane, Alioune

Trafficking
(Tomorrow.)

Resource person (Berhane proposed Dr. Maaza Ashanafi.)

Facilitator Nelia Sanchez

Rapporteur

ISC member facilitators: Stella Tamang, Nimalka

Youth and Children

Resource person Ivan Ahmed, Monica Carrillo, Lavinia Olmazu®

Facilitator Yea Ashantiwaa

Rapporteur Dennis Campbell

ISC member facilitators: Mohamed, Jalida