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Date: Fri, Mar 27, 2009 at 09:08<br>Subject: PR/CP (2009)040 - Youth Forum<br>To: <a href="mailto:NATODATA@listserv.cc.kuleuven.ac.be">NATODATA@listserv.cc.kuleuven.ac.be</a><br><br><br>
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<div><font size="2" face="Arial"><span>PR/CP
(2009)040</span></font></div>
<div><font size="2" face="Arial"><span>27 March/mars
2009</span></font></div>
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<p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 6pt;"><a name="120484eba04602b2_Comments"></a><a name="120484eba04602b2_Title"></a><span><b><font size="3"> </font></b></span><a name="120484eba04602b2_Start"></a><span lang="EN-GB"><b><font size="3">Youth Forum</font></b></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: center;" align="center"><span lang="EN-GB"><b><font size="3">“NATO in 2020: What Lies Ahead?”</font></b></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: center;" align="center"><b><span lang="EN-GB"><font size="3">2-3 April
2009</font></span></b></p>
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<p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;"><b><u><span lang="EN-GB"><font size="3">General</font></span></u></b></p>
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</span></span></span><font size="3"><span lang="EN-GB">On 2-3 April, together with the Atlantic Treaty
Association, the U.S. Atlantic Council, the Office franco-allemand pour la
Jeunesse, the Ecole Nationale d’Administration (ENA) and France3 Alsace, NATO’s
Public Diplomacy Division (PDD) will host a Youth Forum entitled “NATO in 2020:
What Lies Ahead?”. The conference will take place on the margins of the
</span><span lang="EN-GB">Alliance</span><span lang="EN-GB">’s 60th Anniversary Summit, which
will be held from 3-4 April in </span><span lang="EN-GB">Strasbourg</span><span lang="EN-GB">, </span><span lang="EN-GB">France</span><span lang="EN-GB"> and
</span><span lang="EN-GB">Kehl</span><span lang="EN-GB">, </span><span lang="EN-GB">Germany</span><span lang="EN-GB">. </span></font></p>
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<p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 18pt; text-indent: -18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Symbol;" lang="EN-GB"><span><font size="3">·</font><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;">
</span></span></span><font size="3"><span lang="EN-GB">The Secretary General of NATO, Mr. Jaap de Hoop
Scheffer, will make remarks followed by a question-and-answer session on
Thursday, 2 April at </span><span lang="EN-GB">06:00 p.m.</span><span lang="EN-GB"></span></font></p>
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</span></span></span><span lang="EN-GB"><font size="3">The Forum will bring together some 300 students and young professionals
from more than 50 countries in order to discuss future security challenges and
NATO’s role in an evolving security environment.</font></span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 18pt; text-indent: -18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Symbol;" lang="EN-GB"><span><font size="3">·</font><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;">
</span></span></span><font size="3"><span lang="EN-GB">The official opening of the conference will
take place on Thursday, 2 April at </span><span lang="EN-GB">15:00</span><span lang="EN-GB">h with media presence. On Friday, 3
April, the participants will discuss broader perspective on security issues
together with well-known security experts and high-level speakers from fields
such as philosophy, human rights, economics and
journalism</span></font></p>
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</span></span></span><font size="3"><span lang="EN-GB">The French philosopher Mr. Bernard-Henri Lévy
will give an opening keynote on Friday, 3 April at </span><span lang="EN-GB">08:45
a.m.</span><span lang="EN-GB"></span></font></p>
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</span></span></span><span lang="EN-GB"><font size="3">Confirmed speakers are: Mr. Claudio Cordone, <i>Amnesty International</i>, Dr. Dan Hamilton,
<i>Johns Hopkins University</i>, Dr. Irina
Kobrinskaya, <i>PSI Foundation,</i> Mr.
Bernard-Henri Lévy, <i>Philosopher</i>, Mr.
Edward Lucas, <i>The Economist</i>, Mr.
Gideon Rachman, <i>The Financial Times</i>,
Mr. Ahmed Rashid, <i>Author</i>, Dr. Tomas
Ries, <i>Swedish Institute for International
Affairs</i>, Mr. Ari Vatanen, <i>Member of
European Parliament</i> . The panels will be moderated by Mr. Cherno Jobatey, <i>Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen</i> and Mr.
Steven Erlanger, <i>The New York
Times</i>.</font></span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;"><b><u><span lang="EN-GB"><font size="3">Venue</font></span></u></b></p>
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<p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="EN-GB"><font size="3">The Forum will take place at
the</font></span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt;"><span lang="FR"><font size="3">Maison de la
Radio</font></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt;"><span lang="FR"><font size="3">France 3
Alsace</font></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt;"><font size="3">Place de
Bordeaux</font></p>
<p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt;"><font size="3">Strasbourg</font></p>
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<p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;"><b><u><font size="3">Access to the
Events</font></u></b></p>
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<p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-GB"><font size="3">The Youth Forum will be
open to all media accredited to the NATO Summit without prior registration.
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<p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;"><b><u><span lang="EN-GB"><font size="3">Further
Information</font></span></u></b></p>
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<p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><font size="3"><span lang="EN-GB">For further details please contact Ms.
Antonella Cerasino at <a href="mailto:cerasino.antonella@hq.nato.int" target="_blank">cerasino.antonella@hq.nato.int</a> or +32 </span>476
650385<span lang="EN-GB">.</span></font></p>
<p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="EN-GB"><font size="3">+32 474/963 833
(mobile).</font></span></p>
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