Fifth International Kashmir Peace Conference

"The Kashmir Dispute and Building a Peaceful South Asia"

Cannon House Office Building

Cannon Caucus Room (345)

Thursday July 14, 2005

 

Sponsored by: Association of Humanitarian Lawyers & Kashmiri American Council

 

Program

 

8.00 a.m.    Registration & continental breakfast

9.00 a.m.    Inauguration

                  Welcome :     Dr. Ghulam Nabi Fai

                                       Ms. Karen Parker, Esq.

                  Remarks:       Congressional Hosts

 

 

9.30 a.m.    First Session

India – Pakistan Relations: Breaking the Deadlock over Kashmir

Moderator:     Khalid J. Qazi, M.D.

 

Speakers:

Prof. Stanley Wolpert, Department. of History, UCLA

Amb. Jehangir Karamat, Pakistan Ambassador to the U.S.

Mr. Ejazul Haq, Member, National Assembly

Mr Gautam Navlakha, Economic & Political Weekly, New Delhi

Sardar Sikander Hayat Khan, Prime Minister, Azad Kashmir

 

 

11.00 a.m. Second Session

Resolving Kashmir Conflict: Alternative Models

Moderator: Mr. Sareer Fazili, Esq.

 

Speakers:

Dr. Subramanum Swamy, President, All India Janata party

Amb. Riaz Khokhar, Former Pakistan’s Foreign Secretary

Mr. Makhdoom Faisal Hayat Khan, Minister, Kashmir Affairs

Prof. Robert Wirsing, Department. Of Regional Studies, Honolulu

Amb. Yusuf Buch, Former Advisor to the UN Secretary General

 

12.30 p.m. 1.30 p.m. Lunch break [Lunch will be at Cannon Caucus Room # 345]

 

1.30 p.m. Third Session

Kashmir Centric  “CBM’s: Help or Hindrance”

Moderator: Mr. Farooq Siddiqui

 

Speakers:

Dr. P. Ambegaonkar, President, Bridging Nations, Washington, D.C.

Dr. Ghulam N. Mir, President, World Kashmir Freedom Movement

Sardar Attique Ahmed Khan, President, AJK Muslim Conference

Dr. Douglas Johnston, President, International Center for Religion & Diplomacy

Barrister  Majeed Tramboo, Executive Director, Kashmir Center, Brussels

 

3.00 p.m. Fourth Session

Kashmir: Human Rights Dimension

Moderator:  M. Akram Dar, M.D.

 

Speakers:

Dr. Vijay Sazawal, Indo-American Kashmir Forum [Kashmir: A Way Forward]

Dr Hameeda Banu, Department. of English, Kashmir University

Ms. Karin Parker, Association of Humanitarian Lawyers

Sheikh Tajamul ul Islam, Editor, Kashmir Media Service

Mr. Lars Rise, member, Norwegian Parliament

Mr. T. Kumar, Amnesty International

Dr. Khalid J. Qazi, Sister’s Hospital, Buffalo

Prof. Nazir Shawl, Kashmir Center, London

 

5.00 p.m.   Concluding Remarks:           

More information and (mandatory) registration available online: http://www.kashmiri.com/conference.asp