In order to underline the global character of the Strasbourg World Forum for Democracy, a Patrons’ Board is being set up. A number of eminent personalities (politicians, civil society activists, representatives of major international and European institutions, representatives of business and media) from different continents have been invited to join the Patrons’ Board. The first who have accepted are:
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José Manuel Barroso, President of the European Commission
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Kim Campbell, former Prime Minister of Canada
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Abdou Diouf, Secretary General of La Francophonie
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Álvaro Gil-Robles, former Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights, Spain
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Thorbjørn Jagland, Secretary General of the Council of Europe
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Guy-Dominique Kennel, Président of Conseil Général du Bas-Rhin
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Catherine Lalumière, former Council of Europe Secretary General, President of the European Association of Schools of Political Studies of the Council of Europe, France
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Philippe Richert, President of the Regional Council of Alsace
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Roland Ries, Senator Mayor of Strasbourg
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Nawal El Saadawi, feminist writer and activist, North-South Prize (2004), Egypt
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Nafis Sadik , Special Advisor to the Secretary General of the United Nations
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Martin Schulz, President of the European Parliament
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Mário Soares, former President of Portugal
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Kenneth Wollack, President of the National Democratic Institute