SPLM/A - NDA Public Meeting in London, UK

Dear member (s),



Top regards and warm greetings to you. This is to
inform you that, Commander Pagan Amoum Okec, member of
SPLM/SPLA Leadership Council & Secretary General of
Sudan National Democratic Alliance (NDA), will be
addressing the Sudanese Community in a public meeting
in London – UK, scheduled as follows:



Venue: Hilton / Metropol Hotel, off Edgware Road,
Central London (area code: W2). The nearest
Underground stations are Edgware Road, Paddington, and
Marble arch. Buses; 16, 82 etc. etc.



Day & Date: Friday, 14.11.2003.



Time: 07:00pm (1900 hours).



You are invited to this meeting, and you are hereby
asked to please pass on this important message to all
those around you, who may not be in our mailing list,
and hence, we were unable to inform them directly, but
who might be interested to attend this very important
meeting. Please try to arrive early in the meeting’s
venue, in-order to secure yourself a seat in the hall,
and to ensure that you do not miss any part of the
briefing thereof. We thank you in advance for your
cooperation and assistance. And we look forward to
seeing you in the meeting.



For more information, please feel free to contact Mr.
Deng Yai Hoc, SPLM/A Representative in the NDA
Secretariat in Western Europe, on Tel: +44 20 7956 478
646 (Mobile).



Yours truly,





Baak V.A. Wol,

SPLM member, London – UK.

Tel: +44 20 7946 313 149 (Mobile)

صالون بن رشد

يتشرف مركز القاهرة لدراسات حقوق الإنسان بدعوتكم للمشاركة في اللقاء الفكري الذي يُعقد في إطار صالون ابن رشد حول:


عملية السلام في السودان...
هل تقود إلى التحول الديمقراطي ؟


المتحدثــون
الدكتور / حـــــــــــيدر إبراهــــــيم مـــديـر مــركـز الدراســــات الســودانية
الأستاذ / عثــمان عمـر الشـــــريف ممثــل الحـزب الاتحـادي الديمقراطي لملتقى السلام
الأستاذ / غــــــــــازي ســـــــــليمان رئيس المجموعة السـودانية لحقوق الإنســان، ورئيس
التحالف الوطني لاسترداد الديمقراطية
الأستاذ / كمــــــــــال الجــــــــزولي محـــامـي وكـــــاتب وشــــــــاعر

يـديـر الحــــوار
مجدي النعيم
المدير التنفيذي لمركز القاهرة


يُعقد الصالون في تمام الساعة الثامنة مساء يوم الأحد 16 نوفمبر 2003 بمقر المركز، بالدور الخامس عشر.

Nada
warm greetings
Do we have to contact in advance or just walk in to the specified venue??

Appreciate your response and hopefully see you there

Haneena
salam
and how is Ramadan
just walk to the venue
see u there

best
nada

Looking Beyond the Wars in
The Sudan
Partnership for Recovery & Sustainable Development



Date & Venue
20 November 2003
19:00-22:00
Royal Tropical Institute /
Koninklijk Instituut Voor De Tropen
Linnaeustraat 2
1090 HA Amsterdam

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Conference Sponsors
National Committee for International Co-operation and Sustainable Cooperation:
(NCDO) &
The Royal Tropical Institute (KIT)

Chief Co-ordinator:
Dr. Fisseha-Tsion Menghistu

Co-ordinators
African Recovery & Development (Think-Tank) Group

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Registration
All are invited FREE OF ADMISSION FEE.
Since there are limited seats available, they will be reserved on first come first served principle. If you like to attend and you want to ensure reservation of a seat, please return the attached Application/Registration Form and send a fax or e-mail to:

Dr. Fisseha-Tsion Menghistu
Royal Tropical Institute/ Koninklijk Instituut voor de Tropen
FAX: 020-66 84 579 or Email: [email protected]
For more information: Tel: 020- 568 8250







Conference Objectives:

Some of the main objectives of this first NCDO-KIT conference are to have a deeper understanding and awareness by the Dutch, African and International Public in the Netherlands about:
> The complex internal and external root causes of the conflict in the Sudan,
> The prospects for peace, reconciliation,
> Democratisation and stability.
> The Challenges and Opportunities for sustainable recovery and development in Sudan.
> The prospects of Business (trade and investment) as well as.
> Public-private partnership activities in the Sudan now as well as if and when durable peace becomes a Reality.

Expected Impact:

> Enhanced awareness about the Internal and external underlying root causes of the conflict in Sudan
> The question of durable peace and stability in Sudan and the region
> The Role of Dutch and European NGOs during the Conflict in Sudan
> The US and European policy towards Sudan
> The Post conflict Recovery and Rehabilitation in Post Conflict Situation in Sudan
> The humanitarian, Political and Business interest of the Netherlands in Sudan
> The Future of Dutch-Sudan Relationship in years beyond peace treaty.
> The future of SUDAN ‘THE RISING STAR OF EAST AFRICA’.

















Programme:

19.00 Registration.
19.20 Welcome and Introductory remarks
Catherine Hodgkin, Director, Development, Policy and Practice, (Acting President) KIT
Henny Helmich, Executive Director NCDO.

THEME I: THE POLITICAL CHALELLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR
PEACE AND STABILITY IN SUDAN

19.30 Sudan: underlying causes of the conflict and prospects for reconciliation and peace.
Elzain Mahmoud, ISS The Hague and member of the African Recovery & Development Group.

19.45 Oil in Sudan: a key underlying cause of the conflict.
Nico Plooijer, Pax Christi Netherlands and involved in the European Coalition on Oil in Sudan.

20.00 Dutch Foreign policies, views and initiatives on Sudan: a view from parliament.
Bert Koenders*, Member of Parliament (PvdA)

20.15 Dutch government policies, views and initiatives on Sudan.
N. Braakhuis, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Middle and Eastern Africa Department

20.30 The Role of Dutch and European NGO’s.
Peter Idenburg, International Dialogue Foundation, The Hague.

20.45 Challenges and opportunities for peace and prosperity in Sudan: a government
Viewpoint.
B.M. Khamis, Counsellor, Embassy of Sudan, The Hague.

21.00 Tea /Coffee Break

THEME II: TRADE AND INVESTMENT POTENTIAL / PUBLIC-PRIVATE
PARTNERSHIP IN SUDAN

21.15 The challenges and opportunities of Doing Business in Sudan: The Dutch private sector view.
A Representative of the Netherlands African Business Council (NABC)*/
A Dutch entrepreneur with experience of doing business in Sudan.
21.30 The political and business challenges and opportunities in Sudan: A personal reflection.
A.H. Shamat, Owner/director of Blue Nile Shipping BV. Rotterdam (a Sudanese Businessman)
21.45 Interventions, Questions and answers with possibilities of Alternative Voices.
22.15 Closing remarks & end of programme.

* Invited but not yet confirmed. Registration Form: See attached./below

KIT REGISTRATION FORM


Looking Beyond the Conflicts in
Sudan
Partnership for Recovery & Sustainable Development
( KIT-NCDO Sudan Conference nr.1)

NB: Please send your details regarding the Registration per-email and fax as much as possible.

Name (family/father's name): ……………………………………………………………..M/V
First name: …………………………………………………………………………………
Name of Organization: …………………………………………………………………….
Address: ……………………………………………… …………………………………..
Street/P.O. Box: ……………………………………………………………………………
Postcode: ……………… Place/Town/City: ………………………………………………
Tel (Res): ……………………………Work: ……………………………………………..
Fax (Res): …………………………...Work: ……………………………………………..
Email: ……………………………………………………………………………………...
Website (if any): ………………………….
Date: ………………………………………

Please send this form not later than 18 November to:

Royal Tropical Institute / Koninklijk Instituut Voor De Tropen (KIT)
Adres: Linnaeustraat 2
1090 HA Amsterdam
Att./t.a.v Dr. Fissaha-Tsion Menghistu
Per fax: 020- 66 84 579
Per e-mail: [email protected]

For more information you may call: 020- 568 8250

Nada.

Good job sister and thanks for the INFO
God bless.

Deng.

الأخ دينق
شكراً ولك التحية

ندى

Salam Nada.

Thank you very much for this invetation and informations, this always what expected from you - keeping us inform - , but you know that we are in Manchester which is not so far from London, but Friday is today and Sunday is coming soon, it looks like a short notice.

So please keep us inform with whae has comes out from the meeting.

All the best

سلام يا انصاف
و مرحب و أهلا بك فى المنتدى

أعلم مشكلة الأعلان المتأخر
ما دة ذاتو الخلانا نخلى مانشستر D:
مافى مشكلة يا ستى سأرسل لك التلخيص

ندى

North East Africa Seminars
Convenors: Wendy James, Douglas H. Johnson, Patricia Daley, Dave Anderson

On Gender, Conflict and Democracy: Women and the Sudanese Opposition in Exile

Speaker, Nada Mustafa Ali

Friday 21 November 2003, 2.15 pm
Institute of Social and Cultural Anthropology Annexe
61
Banbury Rd., Oxford