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NGO Monitor Conference
"Ethical Norms in a Political World":
NGOs, Human Rights and the Arab-Israeli Conflict
June 14, 2006 - Menachem Begin Heritage Center, Jerusalem
Keynote Address: Natan Sharansky, MK
Summary of Proceedings (PDF)
Photos from the conference
Conference Program: (click on mp3 links to listen to sound recordings of the conference. To download, right-click on the mp3 links, and select "Save Target As" to save the file to your disk)
| 9:30 |
Registration
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| 10:00 |
Opening Remarks (mp3 - 1 min. 20 s. )
Harry Hurwitz, Executive Director, Begin Center (mp3 - 10 min. )
Prof. Gerald Steinberg, Director, Program on Conflict Management and Negotiation, Bar Ilan University, Editor NGO Monitor: The Durban Strategy, NGOs and Human Rights (powerpoint 1 MB) (mp3 - 25 min.)
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| 10:30 - 12:00 |
NGOs, Human Rights and Political Power
Chair: Gerald Steinberg, Editor NGO Monitor
Dr. Avi Bell, Faculty of Law, Bar Ilan University. International legal terminology, politics and human rights (powerpoint 49 kb) (mp3 - 21 min.)
Hillel C. Neuer, Executive Director, UN Watch, Geneva, Switzerland. The United Nations and its Israel Problem: the Role of Civil Society (mp3 - 1 min., and mp3 - 15 min.)
Orli Gil, Head of NGO Unit, Division of International Organizations, Ministry of Foreign Affairs. NGOs and the Israeli Government (mp3 - 1 min., mp3 - 5 min., and mp3 - 5 min.)
Benjamin Pogrund, Director, Yakar's Center for Social Concern. (Discussant) (mp3 - 1 min., mp3 - 18 min.)
Questions and Answers (mp3 - 24 min.)
Gerald Steinberg, Closing Remarks (mp3 - 1 min.)
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| 12:00 - 13:30 |
NGOs and the Media - Is There a Halo Effect? (Round table Discussion)
Chair: Uri Dromi, Israel Democracy Institute (mp3 - 7 min.)
Simon Wilson, Bureau Chief for the BBC
Danny Rubinstein, Ha'aretz
Dan Diker, Political Correspondent and analyst, Israel Channel 1, English news
Colonel Shlomi Am Shalom, Deputy IDF Spokesperson
Gideon Meir, Director General for Media and Public Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Question and Answers and Discussion
Dan Diker (mp3 - 5 min.)
Simon Wilson (mp3 - 3 min.)
Gideon Meir and Simon Wilson (mp3 - 1 min.)
Gerald Steinberg asks Simon Wilson a question (mp3 - 1 min.)
Simon Wilson answers Gerald Steinberg (mp3 - 2 min.)
Questions and answers from the audience (mp3 - 1 min.)
Colonel Shlomi Am Shalom (mp3 - 2 min)
Dan Diker (mp3 - 1 min.)
Uri Dromi, Closing Remarks (mp3 - 8 s.)
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| 13:30 - 14:30 |
Light lunch
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| 14:30 - 16:00 |
Government Funding for NGOs and the "Hamas Dilemma"
Chair: Sarah Mandel, Associate Editor, NGO Monitor (mp3 - 12 min.)
Dr. Olli Ruohomäki, Representative Office of Finland (mp3 - 16 min.)
Dr Gershon Baskin, Co-CEO, IPCRI (mp3 - 20 s., mp3 - 15 min.)
Daniel Seideman, Consulting Legal Advisor, Ir Amim (mp3 - 10 min.)
John Bell, Search for Common Ground (mp3 - 11 min.)
Saul Singer, Jerusalem Post (mp3 - 9 min.)
Sarah Mandel, Closing Remarks (mp3 - 8 s.)
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| 16:15 - 17:45 |
NGOs, Human Rights, and International Law
Chair: Isi Leibler, Chair of the Israel Diaspora Committee of the Jerusalem Council for Public Affairs (mp3 - 5 min.)
Prof. Michla Pomerance, Hebrew University: Human Rights in the New 'UN Law' (mp3 - 14 min.)
Daniel Meron, Director, International Organizations & Human Rights Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs: Politicization of UN Human Rights Mechanisms: the Israeli Case(Daniel Meron and Harel Ben Ari are on one mp3 file - 34 min.)
Harel Ben-Ari, Former Legal Counsel to Israeli Embassy, The Hague (Daniel Meron and Harel Ben Ari are on one mp3 file - 34 min.)
Dr. Michael Ehrlich, Bar-Ilan University, former chair, Israeli section, Amnesty International: War criminals versus anti-semites: the dialogue between Israel and NGOs (mp3 - 1 min., mp3 - 15 min.)
Questions and Answers (mp3 - 9 min., mp3 - 11 min.)
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| 18:00 |
Keynote Address: Natan Sharansky, M.K.
Democracy, Dictatorship, and Human Rights NGOs (mp3 - 23 min., mp3 - 1 min.)
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