Thematic Panel 9:
“Speaking in Harmony: Embracing Multilingualism in the 21st Century as an Enabler of Multilateral Diplomacy and a Vector for Cultural Diversity”
27 November, Wednesday, 16:00 – 17:30 GMT
Estoril Congress Center, Thematic Room
H.E. Ambassador Rui Vinhas
Permanent Representative of Portugal to the United Nations, New York
Dr. Samar Samir Mezghanni
Author, Storyteller, #UNAOCyouth (Tunisia), UNAOC Fellow (2016)
Dr. João Laurentino Neves
Executive Director, Instituto Internacional da Língua Portuguesa
Professor Ms. Anne-Marie Turcan Verkerk
Former Director of Studies at École Pratique des Hautes Études, Institute for Linguistic Heritage and Diversity (ILARA)
H.E. Ismail Serageldin
Co-Chair of the Nizami Ganjavi International Center, Former Vice President of the World Bank
Dr. Jamil Kabbara
Board Member, Fondation Ousseimi
Moderator