May 4 - 5, 2003

A conference sponsored by the Institute for the Study of Europe.
Columbia University International Affairs Building, Dag Hammarskjold
Lounge (420 W. 118th St., 6th floor).

Conference Program

Conference Program

Sunday, May 4, 2003
Dag Hammarskjold Lounge (6th Floor)

5:15 - 5:20 pm
WELCOME FROM THE CONFERENCE CHAIRMAN
Prof. Volker R. Berghahn (Director, Institute for the Study of Europe, Columbia University)

5:20 - 5:30 pm OPENING REMARKS
Ambassador Nicos Agathocleous (formerly Permanent Representative of the Republic of Cyprus to the European Union and to the United Nations, Research Associate, Institute for the Study of Europe, Columbia University)
5:30 - 7:00 pm KEYNOTE ADDRESS
The Cyprus Issue in Perspective

Moderator: H.E. Ambassador John B. Richardson (Head of the Delegation of the European Commission to the United Nations)

H.E. Mr Alvaro DeSoto (Under-Secretary-General, Special Adviser on Cyprus, United Nations)

7:30 pm Dinner

Monday, May 5, 2003
Dag Hammarskjold Lounge (6th Floor)

8:45 - 9:15 am Coffee and Registration
9:15 - 9:30 am COMMENCEMENT OF CONFERENCE DELIBERATIONS
Prof. Volker R. Berghahn (Director, Institute for the Study of Europe, Columbia University)
9:30 - 11:00 am PANEL 1
The Process Towards EU Accession and a Political Solution to the Cyprus Issue

Chair: Prof. Glenda G. Rosenthal (Director, EU Program, Institute for the Study of Europe, Columbia University)

Mr Gustav Feissel (formerly Special Representative of the UN Secretary General on the Cyprus issue)
Ambassador Nicos Agathocleous (Formerly Permanent Representative of the Republic of Cyprus to the European Union and to the United Nations, Research Associate, Institute for the Study of Europe, Columbia University)

11:00 - 11:15 am Intermission
11:15 am -12:45 pm PANEL 2
The Functioning of Federal States within the EU: Possibilities and Problems Associated with the case of Cyprus

Chair: Prof. George A. Bermann (Jean Monnet Professor of European Union Law, Director, European Legal Studies Center, Columbia Law School, Columbia University)

Mr Leopold Maurer (European Commission DG Enlargement Head of Unit Negotiator for Cyprus)
Mr. Rudi Brieven (First Secretary, Political Adviser to the Office of the Permanent Representative of Belgium to the United Nations)

1:00 - 1:45 pm Luncheon
2:00 - 3:30 pm PANEL 3
The Acquis Communautaire with Respect to Issues of Human and Property Rights: Lessons from Europe

Chair: Prof. Susan Woodward (Professor of Political Science at the Graduate Center, City University of New York)

Dr Jutta E. Howard (Professor at the School of Business at Long Beach City College, California)
Dr George S. Yiangou (Research Fellow and Adjunct Professor at the Institute for the Study of Europe, Columbia University)

3:30 -3:45 pm Intermission
3:45 - 5:15 pm PANEL 4
Agents in the Building of a Civic Society in Multiethnic States: What does European Experience Suggest?

Chair: Dr John K. Glenn (Executive Director of the Council for European Studies)

Prof. Peter Lucas (Professor of Peace Education, Peace Education Center, Teachers College, Columbia University)
Dr Colette Mazzucelli (Associate Program Developer, Center for Educational Outreach & Innovation, Columbia University)
Mr Gregory Fossedal (President and Chief Investment Officer of the Democratic Century Fund, Washington DC, Author of 'Direct Democracy in Switzerland')
Mr Franck Biancheri (President of TIESWeb - a joint European Commission
and USIA/Department of State initiative)

5:15 - 5:30 pm CLOSING REMARKS
Prof. Volker R. Berghahn (Director, Institute for the Study of Europe, Columbia University)
5:30 pm Adjournment