How to Reach Compromise

Details

9.30 h Welcome Note

• Dr. Wolfgang Maier, Deputy Head of Department for European and International Cooperation Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung

10.00 h How to Form a National Unity Government: Challenges to Reach Compromise in Afghanistan, Iraq and Myanmar

Challenges in Afghanistan

• John Dempsey, Senior Adviser to the Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan, United States Department of State

Challenges in Iraq

• Ilkka Uusiltalo, Senior Adviser Crisis Management Initiative (CMI), Former Ambassador and Head of the European Commission Delegation to Iraq

Challenges in Myanmar

• Dr. Thant Myint-U, Adviser to the President of Myanmar

Chair: Dr. Stefan Friedrich,Head of Team Political Dialogue and Analysis Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung

12.00 h Lunch Break

13.00 h Making National Unity Governments Work: Challenges, Pitfalls, and How to Overcome Them. Lessons from South Africa, Lebanon and Bosnia Herzegowina

Lessons from South Africa

• H.E. Reverend Makhenkesi Arnold Stofile, Ambassador South African Embassy to Germany

Lessons from Lebanon

• Salim Sayegh, Former Minister for Social Affairs Kataeb Party

Lessons from Bosnia Herzegowina

• Amna Popovac, Political Activist

Chair: Dr. Kristina Eichhorst, Coordinator Crisis and Conflict Management, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung

15.00 h Coffee Break

15.30 h The-winner-takes-it-all: Unity vs. Stability? Lessons from Ruanda, Cote d’Ivoire and Sri Lanka

Lessons from Ruanda

• Professor Peter Molt, University of Trier

Lessons from Cote d’Ivoire

• Gaston Ouassenan Koné, President of the Parliamentary Group PDCI-RDA, Vice President PDCI-RDA

Lessons from Sri Lanka

• Dr Paikiasothy Saravanamuttu, Executive Director, Centre for Policy Alternatives

Chair: Andrea Ostheimer, Head of Team Subsahara Africa, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung

17.30 h Conclusion