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02-04 March 2017

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XXV SI Congress

XXV Congress of the Socialist International, Cartagena, Colombia
For a world in peace, with equality and solidarity

02-04 March 2017

List of speakers

Thursday 2 March

Opening
Luis Ayala, SI Secretary General
Horacio Serpa, Co-chair, Colombian Liberal Party
George Papandreou, SI President
H.E. Juan Manuel Santos, President of the Republic of Colombia
 

First theme: Building a more peaceful world: resolving conflicts and preventing new ones
Juan Fernando Cristo, Minister of the Interior of Colombia
Julião Mateus Paulo (Angola, MPLA) SI Vice-President
Carlos Eduardo Vieira da Cunha (Brazil, PDT) SI Vice-President
Carlos Lupi (Brazil, PDT)
 

Afternoon session

Decisions on membership
Ariane Fontenelle (Belgium, PS) Rapporteur of the Ethics Committee

Election of the SI leadership
President, Secretary General and Vice-Presidents

Continuation of the first theme: Building a more peaceful world: resolving conflicts and preventing new ones 
Colette Avital (Meretz, Israel) SI Vice-President
Nabeel Shaath (Fatah, Palestine) SI Vice-President
Gal Raij (Labour Party, Israel)
Henry Ramos (AD, Venezuela) SI Vice-President
Guo Yezhou (Vice Minister, CCP, China)

Friday 3 March

Morning Session

Continuation of the first theme: Building a more peaceful world: resolving conflicts and preventing new ones 
Rubén Berríos Martínez (PIP, Puerto Rico) SI Honorary President
Ousseini Hadizatou Yacouba (PNDS-TARAYYA, Niger)
Miguel Vargas (PRD, Dominican Republic) Chair of the SI Committee for Latin America and the Caribbean
Mario Jiménez (PSOE, Spain)
Mikalai Statkevich (BSDP-NH, Belarus)
Mustapha Ben Jaafar (Ettakatol, Tunisia) SI Honorary President
Shazia Marri (PPP, Pakistan)
Mario Nalpatian (ARF-D, Armenia) SI Vice-President
Zharmakhan Tuyakbay (OSDP, Kazakhstan) 
Ryoichi Hattori (SDP, Japan)
Araz Alizadeh (SDPA, Azerbaijan)
Sadi Pire (PUK, Iraq)
Khalid Azizi (KDP, Iran)
Pia Locatelli (PSI, Italy), SI Vice-President

Afternoon session 

Second main theme: Achieving greater equality in both the national and the global economy 
Elio Di Rupo (Belgium, PS) SI Vice-President and Chair of the SI Commission on Inequality
Eero Heinäluoma (Finland, SDP) SI Vice-President and member of the SI Commission on Inequality
Richard Parker, Democratic Party, USA, Harvard University Professor and member of the SI Commission on Inequality
Bernal Jiménez (Costa Rica, PLN) SI Vice-President
Sükhbaatar Batbold (Mongolia, MPP) SI Vice-President
Isabel Allende (Chile, PS) SI Vice-President
Gwede Mantashe (South Africa, ANC)
Mani Shankar Aiyar (India, INC)
Ouafa Hajji, Socialist International Women, SIW
Carolina Ordoñez (Colombia, PLC)
Emmanuel Golou (Benin, PSD) Chair of the SI Africa Committee
André Figueiredo (Brazil, PDT)
Roberto Marrero (Venezuela, VP)
Svetlina Yolcheva (Bulgaria, PBSD)
Jesús Rodríguez (Argentina, UCR)

Saturday 4 March

Continuation of the first theme: Building a more peaceful world: resolving conflicts and preventing new ones  
Dahan Alnajjar (Yemen, YSP)
Andrés Esono Ondo (Equatorial Guinea, CPDS)
Saleh Mohamed Moslem (Syria, PYD)
Aziz Othman (Syria, Azzadi)
Limum Ahmed Mohamedou (Mauritania, RFD)
Umut Oran (Turkey, CHP) SI Vice-President

Third main theme: Solidarity within and between nations: a fundamental pillar of our International
Maung Tun Khin, Representative of the Rohingya People of Burma 
Mala Bakhtiar, Iraq PUK
Pendukeni Iivula-Ithana (Namibia, SWAPO) SI Vice-President
Sandra Torres (Guatemala, UNE) SI Vice-President
Saleh Kebzabo (Chad, UNDR)
Reijo Paananen (Finland, SDP)
Chantal Kambiwa (Cameroon, SDF) SI Vice-President
Elyzabeth Reyes (Bolivia, UN)
Victor Benoit (Haiti, Fusion) SI Vice-President
Jorge del Castillo (Peru, APRA)
Francisco Rosales (Nicaragua, FSLN)
Victor Pardo (Colombia, PLC)
Roberto César Birri (Argentina, PS)
David Balsa (Foro Parlamentario Euro-latinoamericano)