IPPNW 17th World Congress
September 7-10, 2006
Helsinki, Finland

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A few of the speeches from the opening and closing ceremony and plenary sessions are available here; please look for the [ ] download icon to save a file to your computer and view.

SPEAKERS AT THE OPENING CEREMONY
Friday, September 8, 2006
Chair: Prof. P. Helena Mäkelä, PSR-Finland


• Welcoming Address
  Dr. Ilkka Taipale, Congress President
  
  
• Renewing the physicians call for nuclear abolition and the prevention of war
  Dr. Ronald S. McCoy, Co-President, IPPNW [pdf 45KB]
  
  
• Address from the Government of Finland
  H.E Mr. Erkki Tuomioja, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Finland [pdf 31KB]
  
  
• Armament is not the answer
  Mrs. Lena Hjelm-Wallén, Olof Palme International Center, Sweden



• Prevention of War, Role of Physicians
  Dr. Kgosi Letlape, President, World Medical Association
  
  
• Message from the IPPNW students
  Mr. Alex Rosen, Germany & Mr. Khagendra Dahal, Nepal
  
  

SPEAKERS FROM THE SYMPOSIUM: Globalization and War
Friday, September 8, 2006
Facilitators: Dr. Robin Stott, Medact and Dr. Christoph Kraemer, IPPNW-Germany


• Martin Khor, Third World Network
  
  
• Dr. Antonio Jarquin, IPPNW-Nicaragua
  
  
• Khagendra Dahal, PSR Nepal
  
  

SPEAKERS AT PLENARY 1: Nuclear Abolition: New Challenges, New Strategies
Friday, September 8, 2006
Facilitator: Dr. Ron McCoy, Co-President, IPPNW


• Mayor Tadatoshi Akiba, Hiroshima
  
  
• Henrik Salander, General Secretary, WMD Commission
  
  
• Knut Langeland, Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs
  
  
• Xanthe Hall, IPPNW-Germany
  
  
• Dr. Bill Williams, MAPW, Australia
  
  
• Inga Blum, IPPNW medical student, Germany [pdf 65KB]
  
  

SPEAKERS AT PLENARY 2: The Human Faces of Small Arms Violence
Saturday, September 9, 2006
Facilitator: Ime John, IPPNW Regional Vice President, Nigeria


• Dr. Ruku Bhileni, DR Congo
  
  
• Dr. Emperatriz Crespin, El Salvador
  
  
• Dr. Walter Odhiambo, Kenya
  
  
• Dr. Arun Mitra, IPPNW-India
  
  
• IPPNW medical students from several affiliates
  
  
• Dr. Nalini Kurvey, IPPNW-Central India
  
  
• Dr. Robert Mtonga, IPPNW Zambia
  
  
• Prof. Diego Zavala, Puerto Rico
  
  
• Dr. David Meddings, World Health Organization (WHO)
  
  

SPEAKERS AT PLENARY 3: Sustainable Security Through Sustainable Energy
Sunday, September 10, 2006
Facilitator: Dr. Angelika Claussen, IPPNW Germany


• Hans-Josef Fell, Vice-President, Eurosolar & member of German parliament[pdf 91KB]
  
  
• Dr. Arun Mitra, Indian Doctors for Peace and Development (IDPD)
  
  
• Zhang Guobao, Vice Chairman, National Development and Reform Commission, China
  
  
• Pentti Tiusanen, Chair, Environmental Committee of the Finnish Parliament
  
  
• Lars-Olav Höglund, former reactor design chief and nuclear expert, Sweden [pdf 109KB]
  
  
• Alex Rosen, IPPNW medical student, Germany
  
  

SPEAKERS AT THE CLOSING CEREMONY
Sunday, September 10, 2006
Chair: Mr. Khagendra Dahal, International Student Representative, Nepal


• The danger of military conflicts, terrorism for the health of the people
  Dr. Evgueni Chazov, IPPNW Co-Founder, Russia [pdf 26KB]
  
  
• Face of genocide
  Dr. Helena Ranta, Finland



• Fast Forward to the Past? The Line in the Sand from Iraq to Iran
  Dr. Ramesh Thakur, political scientist, UN-University
[pdf 102KB]


• Congress wrap-up: medical student involvement in IPPNW [pdf 12KB]
  Ms. Ruth Mitchell, incoming International Student Representative, Australia
  
  
• Congress wrap-up and adoption of Congress Statement [pdf 19KB]
  Dr. Gunnar Westberg, Co-President, IPPNW
  


• Congress wrap-up: words to Dr. Ron McCoy [pdf 13KB]
  Dr. Gunnar Westberg, Co-President, IPPNW

Updated October 2006