- The Program
- Opening Ceremony
- The Assembly
- Closing Ceremony


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Opening Ceremony

The opening ceremony allowed us to introduce personally each participant and to become physically aware that the whole world was gathered in Lille. Then we heard twelve "Great witnesses," most of whom endeavored to set this first World Citizens Assembly in a historical perspective, and finally, the history of the Alliance and its operating mode were presented, as well as the objectives and methods of the Assembly itself.

  • The pictures
  • Daniel PERCHERON's speech [FR] | [FR]
    Regional president of council Nord-Pas-de-Calais
  • Intervention of big witnesses |
    Stéphane HESSEL; Zhang YAN LING; Georges BERTHOIN; Michel ROCARD; Kimon VALASKAKIS; Edgar MORIN; Mr KUROKAWA; Valentina MELNIKOVA; Amiral RAMDAS et Lalita RAMDAS; Brigalia BAM; Francisco DE ROUX
  • Short speeches of the Artisans of the Alliance |
    Maurice COSANDEY; Gustavo MARIN; Nacéra AKNAK KHAN; Heloïsa PRIMAVERA; Mr SIDDHARTHA; Pierre CALAME
  • Pierre Calame's speech [FR] | [FR]

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