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Participants in this panel will explore
prospects for the region as a whole and for
specific countries as they go through
democratic transitions. They will consider
the opportunities and obstacles to achieving
a fully democratic Arab world in this
decade. In addition, each participant will
briefly present briefly his/her vision for
the future of their country and the optimum
political, economic and social strategies
that will be pursued in service of that
vision.
Moderator: Rima Khalaf, Executive Secretary,
ESCWA
Discussants
Abdel Karim al Eryani, Former Prime
Minister, Yemen
Ali Omlil, Ambassador of Morocco to Lebanon
Amr Moussa, Presidential Candidate, Former
Secretary-General, League of Arab States
Moustafa Al Barghouti, Civil Rights
Activist, Former Minister of Information,
Former Presidential Candidate, Palestine
Naima Djibril, Lawyer, Member of the Council
to Support the Participation of women in
Decision Making, Libya
Rafik Abdessalem, Minister of
Foreign
Affairs, Tunis
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