Events
Launch of Accord 17: The limits of leadership: elites and societies in the Nagorny Karabakh peace process
Conciliation Resources launched its new Accord
publication on the conflict between Azerbaijan and Armenia over Nagorny Karabakh in the South
Caucasus with several events in January and February 2006 aimed at encouraging
wider debate about the conflict.
Yerevan, Armenia: 26 January 2006
More than 100 representatives of local and international
organizations, government agencies, universities, the media and foreign
missions in Armenia met to hear key findings from the publication and
discuss the emerging lessons.
The event was organized by the International Centre for Human Development
and chaired by its executive director Tevan Poghosyan. Speakers included:
- Sarmen Baghdasaryan, head of policy planning department, RA Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
- Laurence Broers, issue editor of Accord 17
- Jonathan Cohen, co-director of Conciliation Resources' Caucasus Programme
- Arman Melikyan, presidential adviser, Nagorny Karabakh
- Samvel Nikoyan, National Assembly deputy, Republican Party of Armenia and member of the Standing Committee on Foreign Relations
- Levon Zourabian, analyst, International Crisis Group
Baku,
Azerbaijan: 30 January 2006
The launch was held at the International Press Club in partnership with the National Centre for Strategic Initiatives (NCSI). The event was chaired by Farhad Mamedov, director of NCSI and attended by 80 representatives from civil society, academia, the media, foreign missions and the government. Speakers included:
- HE Laurie Bristow, UK Ambassador to Azerbaijan
- Laurence Broers, issue editor of Accord 17
- Jonathan Cohen, co-director of Conciliation Resources' Caucasus Programme
- Tabib Huseynov, Accord issue 17 author, International Republican Institute
- Rasim Musabayov, Accord issue 17 author
- Rauf Myrkadyrov, journalist, Ekho newspaper
London, United Kingdom: 1 February 2006
An invited audience of more than 80 people including MPs, diplomats,
academic researchers, and government and NGO representatives attended
the publication launch at the Houses of Parliament in London, which
was sponsored and chaired by Angus Robertson, MP.
Download and read the speakers’ presentations below:
- Laurence Broers, issue editor of Accord 17
- Famil Ismailov, senior producer, BBC World Service
- Hratch Tchilingirian, Accord issue 17 author and associate director of the Eurasia Research Programme, Judge Institute of Management, University of Cambridge
You will need Adobe Acrobat Reader to access these pdf files.
Tbilisi, Georgia: 28 January 2006
The publication was also presented at a roundtable discussion on ‘The Nagorny Karabakh conflict and its relevance for peace processes in Georgia’, in partnership with the Heinrich Boell Foundation at their offices in Tbilisi. Jonathan Cohen, co-director of Conciliation Resources’ Caucasus programme chaired the event and the speakers included:
- Laurence Broers, issue editor of Accord 17
- Sabine Freizer, Caucasus project director, International Crisis Group
- Ivlian Khaindrava, MP
Further launches are also planned for March 2006 in the USA. Please check this website again soon for more information.
Read more about CR's media and public awareness work on Nagorny Karabakh and the Accord project.
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