International Anti-War/anti-NATO Conference

Peace activists from all over the world in Dublin

The IAWM along with PANA are hosting a 3-day International Conference (April 15-17) with the participation of over 40 activists from all over the world. The main venue of the Conference will the the Ireland Institute in 27 Pearse Street while a Public Meeting will be held in Liberty Hall on Saturday April 16th at 16.oo - details below.

All welcome - for details and furthjer info please contact Michael at 086 8159487

No to War – No to NATO

Programme of the Annual Meeting, Dublin, April 15th - 17th 2011

Location: Ireland Institute, 27 Pearse Street, Dublin 2

Friday 15th

11.00 Press conference in Dublin

13.00 - 15.30 Meeting of the International Coordinating Committee

15:30 - 17:30 Feminism against NATO

16.00 - 17.00 Common Lunch in Palestinian Restaurant

17.30 - 20:00 Meeting of the international Afghanistan Network
for example: Preparations of the 10th anniversary of Petersberg, Bonn
10 years anniversary of the invasion of Afghanistan

There is a proposal to invite participants to a picket on Libya outside the European Union offices at 18.00

Saturday 16th

10.30 Opening of the Annual Meeting: Welcome
by Michael Youlton, Arielle Denis

10.40 Report of the work of the network
by Reiner Braun
Commentaries: NN Portugal, Andreas Speck, Tobias Pflüger

11.30 - 14.30 Discussion of the work of the past 18 months
main focus: lessons learn from Portugal summit

16.00 – 18..00 Public Event in Liberty Hall
with: Richard Boyd Barrett – recently elected to the Irish Parliament
Paul Murphy – MEP
John Lannon - Shannonwatch
Arielle Denis (ICC)
Kate Hudson (ICC)
Mod: Patricia McKenna (PANA)

18.30 - 20:00 Future work of the network
Short introductions: Joseph Gerson (AFSC, USA), Hannelore Tölke (Germany), Arielle Denis (Mouvement de la Paix, France), Kate Hudson /Dave Webb (CND)

Working groups:
a. NATO summit Washington
b. Feminist aspects of militarization
c. Civil disobedience
d. Afghanistan
e. NATO and the South
f. Nuclear Weapons and Nuclear Energy (IAWM moderator: Glenda Cimino)

20:30 Common dinner and party – Teachers Club

Sunday 17th

9.30 – 10.30 Arab Situation
Claudia (Palestine – Faheem – Libya – Abdullah – Egypt and Bahrein

Short reports of the working groups

10:30 – 11:30 Program of actions for 2011 and 2012
Report on the preparations of the counter activities around the NATO Summit 2012
by: Joseph Gerson

11:30 – 12:00 NATO and Latin America
by Luis Esperza

12:15 - 13.00 Election of the members of the new International Coordinating Committee

13.00 Final words
by Reiner Braun

13.30 - 14.30 First meeting of the new International Coordinating Committee