The First Permanent Forum for Arab-African Dialogue on Democracy and Human Rights will be entirely devoted to migration in both these regions, and will be held, from 7 to 9 December 2009, at the headquarters of the League of Arab States, as part of the 4th International Conference in Cairo (Egypt).

Related Links:

• 1st Meeting of the Permanent Forum of Arab-African Dialogue on Democracy and Human Rights, SHS e-News 45, December 2009


• 4th International Conference in Cairo and 1st Permanent Forum of Arab-African Dialogue in SHSviews 26 [PDF]


• Migration at the heart of the Forum of Arab-African Dialogue in SHSviews 25 [PDF]


• Read the interview with Boutros Boutros-Ghali: ‘Democracy is the sharing of power’, in SHSviews 26
  Vice-President of the Permanent Forum of Arab-African Dialogue, created with the support of UNESCO, the former UN Secretary-General was in Paris during the month of March 2009 to participate in the first meeting of the Forum’s Committee. On this occasion, Boutros Boutros-Ghali, responding to questions from SHSviews, stressed “the importance of democratizing globalization” and strengthening “South-South solidarity”.