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Alliance of Civilisations Symposium photo gallery

The Alliance of Civilisations is a United Nations initiative that aims to “improve understanding and cooperative relations among nations and peoples across cultures and religions and, in the process, to help counter the forces that fuel polarisation and extremism”.

The Alliance (or AoC) was established in 2005 at the initiative of the Governments of Spain and Turkey. A symposium was held in Auckland from 23 to 24 May, 2007.

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Professor Lee In-ho, Professor Emerita of Seoul National University, former President of Korea Foundation.
Dame Ann Salmond, Historian, Pro Vice Chancellor, University of Auckland and Sir Paul Reeves, Chancellor of Auckland University, former Governor-General of New Zealand.
Hon Nanaia Mahuta, New Zealand Minister for Youth affairs, and Professor Ngahuia Te Awekotuku, Professor, Maori and Pacific Development Research, Waikato University.
From left: K Denis Nihill, Regional Representative for Australia, New, Zealand and the South Pacific, International Organisation fFrom left: K Denis Nihill, Regional Representative for Australia, New, Zealand and the South Pacific, International Organisation fFrom left: K Denis Nihill, Regional Representative for Australia, New, Zealand and the South Pacific, International Organisation for Migration, Anita Pratap, former CNN Bureau Chief South Asia, currently freelance journalist, Saudi Arabia.
Javed Khan, President, Federation of Islamic Associations of New Zealand.
Professor Mehmet Aydin and Prime Minister Rt Hon Helen Clark.
Sir Paul Reeves, Chancellor of Auckland University, former Governor-General of New Zealand and Dr. Manuka Henare, Director, Mira Szaszky Research Centre for Maori and Pacific Economic Development, University of Auckland Business School.
Secretariat.
Dr Kamal Hossain, former Foreign Minister, Bangladesh, member of the Commonwealth Commission on Respect and Understanding.
Participants in the Alliance of Civilisations High-Level Symposium.
From left: Professor Thitinan Pongsudhirak, Datuk Dr Denison
HE Mr Ali Alatas, member of Alliance of Civilisations high-level group, former Foreign Minister of Indonesia and Hon Professor Mehmet Aydin, Minister of State, Turkey, Alliance of Civilisations high-level group chair.
From left: Elaine Howard, Commonwealth Commission on Respect and Understanding, Tonga Youth Congress; Hon Nanaia Mahuta, New Zealand Minister for Youth Affairs
Dame Silvia Cartwright, Head of the New Zealand National UNESCO Commission, former Governor General of New Zealand and International Judge for the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia, and Elaine Howard, member of the Commonwealth Commission on Respect and Understanding and Tonga Youth Congress.
Hon Dr Vivian Balakrishnan, Singapore Minister of Community Development, Youth and Sports.
Bishop, the Right Reverend Richard Randerson, Form Dean of Holy Trinity Cathedral and Assistant Bishop of Auckland.
Father Paolo Dall’Oglio, founder of Deir Mar Musa Al Habachi Monastery, Syria.
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