Conference To Be Held on Internal Displacement/Ethnic Cleansing In Iraq 11/12/2002
From: Mike Amitay or Tara Aziz, 202-484-0140, both of the Washington Kurdish Institute (WKI) News Advisory: The Washington Kurdish Institute (WKI), in conjunction with the SAIS Refugee Policy Forum, will sponsor a conference, "Internal Displacement and Ethnic Cleansing in Iraq: Future Implications". WHEN: Thursday, Nov. 14 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) Kenney Auditorium (1740 Massachusetts Avenue, N.W., Washington, DC - Dupont Circle Metro) The conference will feature discussion of a newly released report on displacement in Iraq published by the Brookings/SAIS Project on Internal Displacement and written by John Fawcett and Victor Tanner. Panelists will consider humanitarian implications of military action in Iraq. 9 a.m. Welcoming Remarks and Introductions Najmaldin Karim - president, Washington Kurdish Institute Mike Amitay - executive director, Washington Kurdish Institute 9:30 a.m. International Protections for IDPs and Refugees Roberta Cohen - senior fellow/co-director, Brookings/SAIS Project on Internal Displacement 10 a.m. Displacement in Iraq: Assessment Difficulties John Fawcett - Humanitarian aid consultant, co-author of "The Internally Displaced People of Iraq" (Brookings/SAIS Project on Internal Displacement, October 2002) 11:15 a.m. Ethnic Cleansing/Arabization: Political and Socioeconomic Dimensions -- Abdul Rezzaq Mirza - Minister, Humanitarian Aid and Cooperation, Kurdistan Regional Govt., Suleymania -- Shafiq Qazzaz - Minister, Humanitarian Aid and Cooperation, Kurdistan Regional Govt., Erbil -- Peter Bouckaert - Human Rights Watch, Senior Researcher for Emergencies, just completed IDP research in Iraqi Kurdistan 12:45 p.m. Lunch 1:45 p.m. Other Sources of Displacement: Political and Socioeconomic Dimensions -- Rend Rahim-Francke - executive director, Iraq Foundation -- Rehanna Kirthisingha - Humanitarian aid worker in Iraqi Kurdistan since 1991 3:15 p.m. Discussion on Future Implications: Return Mechanisms, Community Building -- Kenneth Bacon - president, Refugees International (With conference participants and other invited experts) RSVP with name and organization affiliation to: Tara Aziz at 202-484-0140 or taziz@kurd.org |