Sophie Prize 10th Anniversary June 5th 2007
June 4th 4:pm
PRESS CONFERENCE
June 5th
10.30 am Sophie Prize winner debate FROM KNOW HOW - TO DO NOW
03.00 pm Sophie Prize 2007 Ceremony
REGISTRATIONS: Please contact the Sophie Foundation office ASAP
Eight, out of ten Sophie Prize winners, will be gathered in Oslo, Norway on June 5th 2007, for the 10 year Sophie Prize Anniversary:
1998 Nnimmo Bassey, Environmental Rights Action, Nigeria
1999 Thomas Kockerry, India
2000 Sheri Liao, China
2001 Bernard Cassen, ATTAC, France
2004 Wangari Maathai, Kenya
2005 Sheila Watt-Cloutier, Canada
2006 Romina Picolotti, Argentine
2007 Göran Persson, Sweden
ANNIVERSARY BOOKLET - TO BE PRESENTED ON A PRESS CONFERENCE June 4th
4 pm. Place: Nobel Peacecenter, Rådhusplassen Oslo
Three of the laureates, Göran Persson (Sweden), Nnimmo Bassey (Nigeria) and Sheri Liao (China), will togehter with Sophie Foundation Chair Gunhild Ørstavik, present the 10-year Anniversary booklet on a press conference at the Nobel Peace Prize Center.
PRIZE 10 YEAR ANNIVERSARY DEBATE: RECLAIMING THE FUTURE: From know how – to do now
June 5th, 10:30 am
Place: Gamle Logen, Grev Wedels plass 2, Oslo
The Sophie laureates meets for a debate about the world’s most important environmental challenges. UNEP Director, Mr. Achim Steiner, will also participate, as will Norwegian Minister of Development, Mr. Erik Solheim. A message from the laureates will be handed over to the G8-meeting, starting in Bonn the day after the Sophie Prize debate. (to be produced for Norwegian and international TV)
The debate is arranged in cooperation with the Norwegian Ministry of Environment and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Norway is hosting the International World Environment Day 2007, titled "MELTING ICE - a hot topic". In cooperation with UNEP there will be several arrangements in Norway during the first week of June, and our 10th anniversary, is one of them. Official website for WED 2007 is http://thor.npolar.no:8080/wed
SOPHIE PRIZE CEREMONY,
June 5th, 3:00 pm
Place: Gamle Logen, Grev Wedels plass 2, Oslo.
An official Prize Ceremony to honour the Sophie Prize winner of 2007 – Former Prime Minister of Sweden, Mr. Göran Persson. All former laureates will attend the Ceremony. The Norwegian Minister of Environment, Ms. Helen Bjørnøy, will hand over the Prize.
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