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SUMMARY:Opening ceremony
DESCRIPTION:Keynote address\nPrince Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein\nFormer United 
 Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights\nPresident of the Internation
 al Peace Institute\n\nPrince Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein served as the United 
 Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights from 2014 to 2018. A distingu
 ished diplomat and international statesman\, in 2019 he was elected to T
 he Elders\, an independent group of global leaders founded by Nelson Man
 dela.\n\nPrince Zeid has represented Jordan on the world stage as its am
 bassador to the UN in New York on two occasions and as its ambassador to
  the United States. In January 2014\, he served as president of the UN S
 ecurity Council.\n\nEarlier\, in 2002\, he became the first president of
  the governing body of the International Criminal Court (ICC)\, serving 
 until 2005. He also served\, from 1994 to 1996\, as a UN civilian peacek
 eeper with UNPROFOR – the UN Protection Force.\n\nPrince Zeid received h
 is B.A from John Hopkins University. He was then a research student at C
 hrist’s College\, Cambridge\, where he gained a PhD. In 2016\, he was ma
 de an Honorary Fellow of Christ’s College\, Cambridge.\n\nHe is currentl
 y President of the International Peace Institute and Perry World House P
 rofessor of the Practice of Law and Human Rights at the University of Pe
 nnsylvania.\n\n\nSpecial guest speaker\nLars Løkke Rasmussen\nMinister f
 or Foreign Affairs\n\nLars Løkke Rasmussen is Denmark’s Minister for For
 eign Affairs. He has served as a member of the Danish Parliament\, the F
 olketing\, for more than three decades. He was first elected to Parliame
 nt in 1994 for the Liberal Party (Venstre)\, serving the party until the
  end of 2020. Following a period as an independent member\, he joined Th
 e Moderates in 2022 and continues to represent the party in the Folketin
 g.\n\nLars Løkke Rasmussen has twice served as Prime Minister of Denmark
 \, first from 2009 to 2011 and again from 2015 to 2019. His previous min
 isterial appointments include Minister for the Interior and Health from 
 2001 to 2007 and Minister for Finance from 2007 to 2009. He was Chairman
  of the Liberal Party from 2009 to 2019\, having previously served as it
 s Vice-Chairman. He became Minister for Foreign Affairs in December 2022
  and was reappointed to the role in June 2026.\n\nA graduate of the Univ
 ersity of Copenhagen\, Lars Løkke Rasmussen received his Master of Laws 
 degree in 1992. He is also the author of several books\, including Ud af
  det blå (Out of the Blue)\, published in 2021\, Om de fleste og det mes
 te (On (Nearly) Everyone and Everything)\, published in 2020\, and Hvis 
 jeg bli’r gammel (If I Get Old)\, published in 1997.\n
LOCATION:Hall A
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