The Cambodian Government is preparing a welcome for Nobel Prize winners and world leaders who will give speeches in Cambodia and meet students as part of the Bridges for Peace program, an official said on Monday.
The speakers will visit Cambodia from November 24 to April27, 2010, Kao Kim Hourn, secretary of state for the Foreign Ministry, told reporters after talks between Cambodian FM Hor Namhong and Uwe Morawetz, chairman of the International Peace Foundation and an organizer of the event.
“We also will show the international stage about the development of country and future goals of the country, and the program will streng- then the cooperation for peace in the future,” Kao added.
Speakers will get the chance to meet students and engage in other activities during their stays in Cambodia, he said.
10 Nobel Prize winners, film stars, movie producers and other world figures will visit. According to a press release from the International Peace Foundation, speakers include Aaron Ciechanover, 2004 Nobel laureate for Chemistry; Jackie Chan, film actor; Oliver Stone, film director; David Gross, 2004 Nobel laureate for physics; Eric Maskin, 2007 Nobel Laureate for economics; Torsten Wiesel, 1981 Nobel laureate for medicine; Vladimir Ashkenazy, classical pianist; Francoise Barre-Sinoussi, 2008 Nobel laureate for medicine; and Jose Ramos-Horta, 1996 Nobel laureate for Peace and president of East Timor.
Nobel laureate Ciechanover Aaron will be the first to visit on November 4.
This is the first time in recent years such world famous icons have officially visited Cambodia, Morawetz said in the press release. He believes it is a good opportunity for both Cambodia and guests to learn from each other for the cause of peace.
The Bridges program is initiated by International Peace Foundation based in Vienna, Austria. In Southeast Asia, the International Peace Foun-dation has organized programs in Thailand, the Philippines and Malay- sia. In Cambodia, King Norodom Sihamoni is honorable president and Prime Minister Hun Sen is chairman of program, Kao added
Tuesday, October 13, 2009
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