BAKU, Azerbaijan, September 2
Trend:
Nizami Ganjavi International Center held an online conference on Nizami Ganjavi 880 Anniversary: His Contribution to the World Heritage, Trend reports.
It should also be noted that Nizami Ganjavi's 880th anniversary is being marked this year.
Besides the opening remarks ,the conference included three panels, i.e. "On Ethical Values and Social Justice", 'Nizami ’s road to wisdom', and 'Nizami ’s depiction of women'.
The list of speakers included:
Vaira Vike-Freiberga, Co-Chair NGIC, President of Latvia 1999-2007
Ismail Serageldin, Co-Chair NGIC, Vice President of the World Bank 1992-2000, Emeritus Librarian of Alexandria
Shaukat Aziz, Prime Minister of Pakistan 2004-2007
Abdulaziz Altwaijri, former Director General of ISESCO
Hikmet Cetin, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkey 1991-1994
Emil Constantinescu, President of Romania 1996-2000
Maria Fernanda Espinosa, 73rd President of the UN General Assembly
Ameenah Gurib-Fakim, President of Mauritius 2015-2018
Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu, Secretary General OIC 2004-2014
Garry Jacobs, President World Academy of Art and Sciences
Zlatko Lagumdzija, Prime Minister of Bosnia and Herzegovina 2001-2002, deputy Prime Minister 2012-2015
Sevil Mikayilova, Member of the Parliament, Azerbaijan Republic
Rovshan Muradov, Secretary General, Nizami Ganjavi International Center
Djoomart Otorbayev, Prime Minister of Kyrgyzstan 2014-2015
Christine van Ruymbeke, Fellow and Praelector of Darwin College, faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies, University of Cambridge
Rosalia Arteago Serrano, President of Ecuador 1997
Paul Michael Taylor, Director, Asian Cultural History Program Smithsonian Institution
Yashar Yakish, 39th Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkey