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23rd January 2001:
Meeting with Lord Mayor of Bochum, Mr Ernst Otto Stueber
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How can a small town like Bochum support cultural
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Suggestion of providing an office and an internet
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Mr Stueber wanted to support the project as much
as possible, showed a lot of interest in the idea
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26th January 2001: Meeting with
the Federal President of Germany, Mr Johannes Rau (Bellevue Palace, Berlin)
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Mr Rau confirmed his interest in the Qafila-t-as-Salam
as-Salam, and especially expressed his liking of what he called: "the
philosophy of slowness" this project implies |
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The Federal President agreed to being named
as a reference |
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Continuously remains updated about the further
development of the project
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13th February 2001: Meeting with
the German Minister of Justice and Vice President of the Social Democratic
Party (SDP), Mrs Herta Daeubler-Gmelin
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She was very enthusiastic about the
idea of doing new cave drawings and stated |
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that our CD Roms may be lasting
about 10 years, while cave drawing will still be there in 10.000 years |
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Regarding the request of realizing
a meeting of experts with the help of the Friedrich Ebert Foundation
(SDP) , Mrs Daeubler-Gmelin immediately contacted the President
of the Cultural Committee of the German Bundestag, Mrs Monika Griefahn
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Mrs Griefahn the same day.
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She confirmed her support regarding
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Taking up the Qafila-t-as-Salam to the United
Nations Lable "Dialogue among the Civilizations - 2001" |
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Realization of the meeting of experts
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30th April 2001: Meeting with the
Minister President of Nordrhein-Westfalen, Wolfgang Clement
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further request for the meeting of experts |
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Answer: "In politics you are always given
promises that are not kept. From my office, you will get an answer
within two weeks."
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05th May 2001: The Qafila-t-as-Salam
as an official project under the United Nations Lable "Dialogue
among the Civilizations - 2001" through mediation of Monica Griefahns
Office, Mr Dirk Beusch
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14th May 2001: Telephone call by
Wolfgang Clement's Office, Mr Klaus Brueckner, who asked for a meeting regarding
details for the meeting of experts
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22nd June 2001: Meeting at the central
office of the Friedrich Ebert Foundation in Bonn. Participants: Mr Klaus
Brueckner (State Chancellory of Nordrhein-Westfalen), Mr Reinhard Weil (Friedrich
Ebert Foundation), Mr Volker Pigors (Qafila-t-as-Salam Producer), Mr Wackernagel.
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Result: The meeting of experts will take place
in the Kurt Schumacher Academy of the Friedrich Ebert Foundation in
Bad Muenstereifel
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28th June 2001: Second German UNESCO
Conference regarding the United Nations Year Dialogue among the Civilizations
- 2001. Contact with Mr Hans-Heinrich Wrede, Foreign Office of the Federal
Republic of Germany, Department of Global Affairs
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offer for cooperation, |
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made the contact to Mr Hans D'Orville, member
of the UN Headquarters in Paris
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07th - 09th September 2001: Meeting
of 12 experts in the Kurt Schumacher Academy of the Friedrich Ebert Foundation
in Bad Muenstereifel
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feasibility study
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04th October 2001: Meeting with
Mr Hans-Heinrich Wrede, Foreign Office of the Federal Republic of Germany,
Department of Global Affairs |
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Initialized by the Foreign Office, a meeting
will take place with representatives of the embassies of the four
host countries of the Qafila-t-as-Salam, i. e. Libya, Tchad, Sudan, Uganda
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07th November 2001: Second meeting
with the President of the Cultural Committee of the German Bundestag, Mrs
Monika Griefahn
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regarding sponsoring / contacts
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Prospect
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23rd January 2002:
Multimedia Presentation of the Qafila-t-as-Salam at - and in cooperation
with - the Goethe Institute Berlin |
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audience: politicians, economists, journalists
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great interest (130 visitors)
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statement of the Ambassador of the Republic of
Sudan – 1. page
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no public results
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no activities from the German political side
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July 2002: meeting of the Qafila-t-as-Salam
team – see status
report
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August 2002: producing a 5 minutes
film presenting the Qafila-t-as-Salam
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11.September 2002: presentation
at the German energy-trust RWE, Dortmund |
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no further results
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15. January 2003: meeting with Sheick
Oumar Sissoko, Minister of culture in the Republic of Mali |
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great interest and political support
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starting discussions to change the route
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9. Mai 2003: meeting with the Libyan
Ambassador in Germany |
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no further results
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27. Sept. 2003: meeting with Wolfgang
Clement, the German Minister for Economy and Labour |
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new plan: asking 10 German companies to give
each 10 millions to support the Qafila-t-as-Salam
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19. Dec. 2003: letter from the German
Minister Wolfgang Clement to his collegue Joschka Fischer, German Minister
of Foreign Affairs, to support the caravan
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January 2004: Fischer refuses support |
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