IX General Assembly and Special Session (2010)
Programs
- The Shared Societies Project
- The G20 in a Post Crisis World
- Women's Political Participation and Leadership
- Energy and Climate Change
- Global Leadership for Haiti Reconstruction
- Political Leadership for Democratic Transition in Kyrgyzstan
- Freedom of Association in the MENA
- The Political Dimensions of the World Economic Crisis
- Political Leadership for Democratic Development
- Democracy, Security and Terrorism
- General Assemblies and Annual Conferences
IX General Assembly and Special Session "Reconstruction and Democratic Development: the Case of Haiti"
IX General Assembly and Special Open Session*, 4-5 November, 2010, Representation of the European Commission in Spain (Madrid)– Under the theme "Reconstruction and Democratic Development: The Case of Haiti”, thirty former Heads of State and Government met with high level experts to discuss the challenges of the institutional reconstruction process of Haiti.
Following the tragic earthquake that hit Haiti in January this year, the Club of Madrid launched its Global Leadership for Haiti’s Reconstruction Project through which the Members of the Club of Madrid provide political leadership support to the Haitian authorities for consensus building on key strategic issues in the refoundation of the state.
After two successful missions, a first one in July led by the former President of Chile, Ricardo Lagos, and a second one in September led by former Prime Minister of France, Lionel Jospin, the participants of this session had the honor to share the first results of this initiative with Haitian State Minister Patrick Delatour, and exchange views with a broader audience on the challenges ahead in building the Haitian state back better. Special guests included Alexandre Abrantes, World Bank Special Envoy to Port-au-Prince and Espen Rikter-Svendsen, Special Envoy of the Government of Norway to Haiti. The session was moderated by Juan Gabriel Valdés, former Chilean Minister of Foreign Affairs, former Head of MINUSTAH and Senior Advisor in the Global Leadership for Haiti’s Reconstruction project.
Agenda
List of Participants
Background Paper
Message from President Bill Clinton
The IX General Assembly in Pictures
The Special Session in Pictures
The Shared Societies Project Breakfast Session in Pictures
New Full Members
At the General Assembly the following four former heads of State or Government were ratified as new full members of the organization. We are convinced they will add invaluable input to the activities of the Club of Madrid and give them all a warm welcome.
- Michelle BACHELET (Former President of Chile)
- Amine GEMAYEL (Former President of Lebanon)
- HAN Seung-soo (Former Prime Minister of Korea)
- Fuad SINIORA (Former Prime Minister of Lebanon)
*The Club of Madrid thanks the Regional Government of Madrid and the Representation of the European Commission in Spain for their important support towards this event.