The Global Panel's and Prague Society's North Korea Initiative and fourth strategy session will be held in Bratislava, Slovakia on 6-7 March. The session follows the previous NKI sessions held in Sydney in November 2005, in Brussels in May 2006, and in Berlin in September 2006.

Agenda:

Tuesday 6 March

14:00 – 17:00

STRATEGY SESSION I (MFA, Conference Hall)

18:00

RECEPTION (Župné námestie 12, Historical Building of the National Council)

19:30                

PUBLIC POLICY DINNER (Mezzanine, Primacialny Palace)

 

Wednesday 7 March

09:00 – 12:00 

STRATEGY SESSION II (MFA, Conference Hall)

12:00 – 14:00 

FAREWELL RECEPTION AND LUNCH (MFA, Salon Diplomat)

14:00 – 14:30 

PRESS CONFERENCE (MFA, Conference Hall)

List of Participants:

Canada

Caroline Chrétien
Director Japan and Korea, East Asia Division, Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade

Czech Republic

Hon. Pavel Bratinka
Senior Cabinet Minister (1996-1997); Vice-President, The Prague Society

Denmark

Hon. Jens Hald Madsen
MP, Spokesman, Foreign Affairs Committee; Vice Chairman, Defense Committee

Germany

H.E. K. Peter Gottwald
Ambassador to the UN and International Organizations

Dr. Gernot von Grawert-May
Vice-Chairman, Global Panel; Former Representative of the Group Board, Deutsche Bank, AG; Former President and CEO, Deutsche Bank Canada

Hungary

Miklós Lengyel
Deputy Director General of the Asia-Pacific Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Japan

Hiroyuki Imahashi
Counsellor, Embassy of Japan to Slovak Republic (observer)

Yasuyuki Soma
First Secretary, Embassy of Japan to Slovak Republic (observer)

Morocco

Ambassador Hassan Abouyoub
Ambassador-at-Large, Special Advisor to H.M. King Mohammed VI

NATO

Gen. Dieter Stöckmann (ret.)
Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Europe (2001-2005);
German Head of Bilateral German-Chinese Security Talks

Poland

Ambassador Ryszard Schnepf
Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs for Global Security, Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Republic of Korea

Dr. Paik Haksoon
Special Advisor to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for Korean Peninsula Issues; Senior Fellow, The Sejong Institute

Romania

Rt. Hon. Gheorghe Tinca
Minister of Defense (1994-1996); Ambassador-at-Large, Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Slovakia

Rt. Hon. Ján Čarnogurský
Prime Minister (1991-1992), Minister of Justice (1998-2002)

Rt. Hon. Eduard Kukan
MP; Minister of Foreign Affairs (1998-2006)

Rt. Hon. Pavol Paška
MP, Chairman, National Council of the Slovak Republic (TBC)

Diana Štrofová
State Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Marián Tomášik
Director of Asia and Oceania Division, Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Sweden

Ambassador Paul Beijer
Special Adviser to the Government on Korean Peninsula Issues, Ministry of Foreign Affairs; Ambassador to the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (2001-2005)

USA

Yossef Bodansky
Senior Advisor, Congressional Task Force on Terrorism and Unconventional Warfare (Director 1988-2004)

Marc Ellenbogen
Chairman, Global Panel Foundation
President, Prague Society for International Cooperation

H.E. Rodolphe "Skip" Vallee
Ambassador of the United States to the Slovak Republic