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The Contribution, Rights and Protection of the Minorities in the Cyprus society
The Representatives of the Armenian, Maronite and Latin Religious Groups in the House of Representatives, in collaboration with the Ministry of Justice and Public Order and the office of the Ombudsman are organizing under the framework of the European Programme “PROGRESS” VP/2009/04 a Conference with title “The Contribution, Rights and Protection of the Minorities in the Cyprus Society” on Monday 11th October 2010 at the Cleopatra Hotel Nicosia, commencing from 9.00 a.m.
The programme of the conference will be as follows:-
- 9.00 a.m. - 9.30 a.m. Registration
- 9.30 a.m - 12.15 p.m. “The Rights and the Protection of the Minorities”
- 3.00 p.m. - 5.00 p.m “Cultural section – A cultural trip with the Maronites, Armenians and Latins”
On behalf of the Armenian Religious Group, the speaker will be Dr.Tim Potier whose speech will have the title “Cyprus and the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities: Avoiding the Pitfalls of other countries”.
On behalf of the Maronite Religious Group, the speaker will be Dr. Patrick Thornberry and on behalf of the Latin Religious Group Dr. Anthony Madellas.
Under the Cultural section, the SIPAN Armenian dance ensemble of the Armenian Cultural and Educational Society of Cyprus Hamazkayin, will perform Armenian folkloric dances.
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