Hudson Institute and Touro College to Host Historic Conference on Intolerance at the United Nations, Provide "The Response" to Iranian President Ahmadinejad and Palestinians' Unilateral Statehood Move
Mike Huckabee, John Bolton, Elie Wiesel & Many Others are Scheduled to Speak on Sept. 22, 2011 in New York City's Millennium UN Plaza Hotel
NEW YORK, Sept. 20, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee will join 18 other top names – among them former U.S. ambassador to the UN John Bolton and Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Elie Wiesel – at the day-long "counter conference" titled "The Perils of Global Intolerance at Today's United Nations."
The conference will take place on Thursday, September 22, 2011 from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. ET at the Millennium UN Plaza Hotel (2nd floor). NOTE: Broadcast quality lighting provided.
Conference speakers will include leading foreign policy experts, intellectuals, human rights advocates and leading government officials who will directly respond to the Palestinian's unilateral bid for UN-backed statehood and the Iranian President's assault on America and Israel. Speakers will also address the spectacle of the UN commemorating in New York the 10th anniversary of the 2001 "World Conference Against Racism," which provided a global platform to hate speech and ended just three days after 9/11.
IMPORTANT NOTE: There will be an informal media availability on Thursday, September 22, 2011 for journalists with conference speakers from approx. 10:30 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. ET at the conference, and again at approximately 2:40 p.m. ET.
The schedule is as follows:
8:00 – Registration Desk Opens 8:00 – 9:00 Breakfast | |||
8:55 - 9:00 | Anne Bayefsky | Conference Chair, Introductions | |
9:00 - 9:05 | Ron Prosser | Ambassador of Israel to the United Nations | |
9:05 - 9:08 | Alan Kadish | President, Touro College | |
9:08 - 9:10 | Ken Weinstein | President, Hudson Institute | |
9:10 - 9:25 | Ann Bayefsky | Director, Touro Institute on Human Rights and the Holocaust; Senior Fellow, Hudson Institute | |
9:25 - 9:45 | Ron Lauder | President, World Jewish Congress | |
9:45 - 10:05 | John Bolton | Former U.S. Ambassador to the UN | |
10:05 - 10:25 | Elie Wiesel | Nobel Peace Prize Laureate | |
10:30 - 10:55 | COFFEE BREAK + MEDIA AVAILABILITY | ||
11:00 - 11:20 | Yuli Edelstein | Israeli Minister of Information and Diaspora | |
11:20 - 11:40 | Alan Dershowitz | Harvard Professor and best-selling author | |
11:40 - 12:00 | Ed Koch | Former New York City Mayor | |
12:00 - 12:20 | Dore Gold | Former Israeli Ambassador to the UN | |
12:20 - 1:20 | LUNCH BREAK | ||
1:20 - 1:40 | Wafa Sultan | One of Time Magazine's 100 Most Influential People | |
1:40 - 2:00 | Khaled Abu Toameh | Veteran award-winning journalist | |
2:00 - 2:20 | Zudhi Jasser | President, American Islamic Forum for Democracy | |
2:20 - 2:40 | Ruth Wisse | Harvard Professor and National Humanities Medal recipient | |
2:40 - 3:00 | COFFEE BREAK + MEDIA AVAILABILITY | ||
3:20 - 3:40 | Shelby Steele | Hoover Institution Fellow, National Humanities Medal recipient | |
3:40 - 4:00 | Douglas Murray | Best-selling author and award-winning journalist | |
4:00 - 4:20 | Simon Deng | Sudanese human rights activist | |
4:20 - 4:40 | Jon Voight | Academy Award Winning Actor | |
4:40 - 5:00 | Jason Kenney | Canadian Minister of Citizenship, Immigration and multiculturalism | |
5:00 - 5:25 | Mike Huckabee | Former Governor of Arkansas | |
5:25 - 6:00 | CONCLUSION | ||
Media Registration:
- UN resident correspondents may attend throughout the day; on site media check-in begins on Thurs., Sept. 22, 2011 at 8 a.m.; Millennium UN Plaza Hotel, 44th Street between First and Second Ave.; registration desk in lobby.
- Other media who wish to attend the conference must R.S.V.P. by 5 p.m. ET on Wednesday, September 21, 2011 to: [email protected].
To arrange for interviews with speakers, contact [email protected] or Kirsten Fedewa at 202.365.6936. Official photo ID and media credentials required. Cameras and all equipment will be subject to security check. For more information, contact Tim Mather: (516) 581-7441.
Conference Hosts:
The Touro College Institute on Human Rights and the Holocaust aims to understand, explore and evaluate contemporary mechanisms for protecting human rights and the rule of law in view of the lessons of the Holocaust and its aftermath. http://www.touro.edu/ihrh
Hudson Institute is a nonpartisan policy research organization dedicated to innovative research and analysis. Founded in 1961, Hudson is celebrating a half century of forging ideas that promote security, prosperity, and freedom. http://www.hudson.org
For general questions on the "Perils of Global Intolerance" conference, see www.DurbanWatch.com or contact [email protected].
SOURCE Hudson Institute and Touro College
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