International Ethical, Scientific and Political Collegium, also called Collegium International, is a high-level group created in 2002.
Origin The International Ethical, Political and Scientific Collegium is committed, according to its founders, "to respond intelligently and forcefully to the decisive challenges facing humankind". An appealAppeal 2002 calling for the Collegium's establishment was made public in February 2002 in New York and its membership was officially presented on April 2, 2003, in Brussels before the European Parliament.
Collegium members and associate members, signatories of the Appeal, are scientists, philosophers and present and former Heads of State and Government.
Composition Co-created by Michel Rocard, a former Prime Minister of France, Milan Kučan, who at the time of the Collegium's founding served as President of the Republic of Slovenia, and Stéphane Hessel, French diplomat, the group's membersCollegium International list of Members include:
philosopher Edgar Morin, Honorary Président French "Défenseur des Droits", Jacques Toubon, Président Director-General of the World Trade Organization (WTO), Pascal Lamy, Vice-Président former President Fernando Henrique Cardoso of Brazil former President Alpha Oumar Konaré of Mali Ruth Dreifuss, former Federal Counsellor of Switzerland philosopher Peter Sloterdijk philosopher Jürgen Habermas philosopher Jean-Pierre Dupuy international-law professor Mireille Delmas-Marty international relations professor Michael W. Doyle Mary Robinson, former President of Ireland and UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Nobel Prize winner Joseph Stiglitz Nobel Prize winner Amartya Sen ambassador of France, Bernard Miyet former ambassador of the USA William vanden Heuvel
The film-producer Sacha Goldman serves as the Collegium's Secretary General.
Open letters, public meetings, conferences, etc. September 2004: Open letter to the candidates of the 2004 United States presidential election, George W. Bush and John Kerry, published The Nation, September 16 2004 accessed on March 18, 2007 in The Nation, US-based weekly magazine March 2007: Roundtable in Geneva on the realisation of economic, social and cultural rightsFIFDH Programme for March 17, accessed March 18, 2007 September 2007: Roundtable in Paris about 2014: "Global Solidarity, Global Responsibility: An Appeal for World Governance"
External links Collegium International Official Website An Ethical Think-link By Sacha Goldman United Nations UN Chronicle 2004 It's a Small Word After All by Katrina vanden Heuvel, The Nation, Sept.16, 2004 Plenary Meeting of the International Ethical, Scientific and Political Collegium (13-14 October 2006)
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