The 2007 Montreal Millennium Summit was an unqualified success, both for its international representation and the participation of the public and experts alike. The interest in the topics addressed, scope of coverage and enthusiastic reaction by the media, as well as its repercussions, all favoured the continuation of the event.
Novembre 8, 2007
Speakers at the special sessions
The Honourable Beverly J. Oda, Minister of International Cooperation, Canada
Mr. Robert Black, professor, John Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Dre Sylla Habibatou Diallo, doctor, Association de soutien au développement des activités de population, Mali (ASDAP)
Mr. Enkatesh Mannar, President, Micronutrient Initiative
Mr. Kul Gautam, Deputy Executive Director, UNICEF International
Mr. Stephen Wallace, Vice-president, Afghanistan working Group, Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA)
Ms. Corinne Gendron, professeure titulaire, Chaire de responsabilité sociale et de développement durable, UQAM
Mr. Christopher Avery, Founder and Director, Centre de ressources sur les entreprises et les droits de l’homme
Mr. Louis Frenette, President and Chief Executive Director, Danone Canada
Mr. Pierre Lemonde, President and Chief Executive Officer, Montreal Council on Foreign Relations(CORIM)
Susan McKay, professor, University of Wyoming, writer of Where are the Girls? — Girls in Fighting Forces in Northern Uganda, Sierra Leone, and Mozambique: Their Lives During andAfter War
Ms. Rachel Harvey, Politics and International Programs Director, Children’s Legal Centre, Université d’Essex
Mr. Ishmael Beah, former child soldier, Author of A long Way Gone, Memoirs of a Boy-Soldier
The Honourable Roméo Dallaire, Senator, Author of Shake Hands With the Devil
Mr. Nigel Fisher,President, UNICEF Canada
Novembre 9, 2007
Speakers at the Programming for the public
Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Human Rights Advocate and Nobel Prize Laureate
Ms. Mia Farrow, Actress and United Nations Goodwill Ambassador
Mr. Michael Douglas, Actor, Producer and Activist, two-time Oscar winner
Ms. Cherie Booth-Blair, British Lawyer and Human Rights Activist
Ms. Trudie Styler, Actor, Director, Producer and Activist
Mr. Ishmael Beah, former child soldier, Author of A long Way Gone, Memoirs of a Boy-Soldier
Messrs. Craig and Marc Kielburger, Founders of Free the Children and Leaders TodayIn the press :
« I’m asking Steven Spielberg right now to discontinue his artistic co-operation with the Games. » Mia Farrow
« We don’t have a money problem, we have a values and priorities problem. ». Marc Kielburger
« La priorité, c’est de permettre aux pays africains d’être autonomes sur le plan financier, sur le plan économiqueet sur le plan des infrastructures.» Angelique Kidjo et sur le plan des infrastructures. » Angelique Kidjo