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Grand Berlin gathering on occasion of International Women’s Day

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Grand Berlin gathering on occasion of International Women’s Day

Over one hundred women dignitaries from five continents participated in the grand gathering in German capital on the occasion of International Women’s Day Call by




 
Maryam Rajavi for buttressing movement against fundamentalism, the principal enemy of equality and global peace and security
In this great event a large number of prominent political and social figures and artists, as well as human and women rights activists, participated from world’s five continents plus representative delegations of dozens of Iranian women associations and organizations from throughout Europe and the United States participated. Speakers to this program which was inaugurated by Ms. Sarvnaz Chitsaz, NCRI Women’s Committee Chair, and was moderated by Ms. Linda Chavez, former White House Director of Public Liaison, were:
Rudy Giuliani, former Mayor of New York City and Presidential candidate (2008), and Frances Townsend, Assistant to U.S. President on Homeland Security and Counterterrorism (2004-2008), from the United States; Kim Campbell and Iveta Radicova, former Prime Ministers of Canada and Slovakia; Rita Süssmuth, former President of Bundestag; Günter Verhuegen, European Commissioner (1999-2009); Horst Teltschik, National Security Advisor to Chancellor Helmut Kohl and former Leader of Munich Security Conference; Bishop Wolfgang Huber, former President of German Protestant Council; Otto Bernhardt, President of the Konrad-Adenauer-Foundation and Chair of German Committee in Solidarity with Free Iran; Sabine Leutheusser-Schnarrenberger, former Minister of Justice;
Matthias Köhne and Angelika Schöttler on behalf of delegation of mayors, Fritz Felgentreu, Klas Dieter Graohler, Rudolf Hencke and Stefan Evers of different political inclinations and parties on behalf of German legislators in the conference, and Susanne Kahl-Pasoth, Vice President of German Women’s Council, from Germany; Ryszard Czarnecki, Vice-President of European Parliament from Poland; Alejo Vidal-Quadras, former Vice-President of European Parliament and President of International Committee In Search of Justice (ISJ) from Spain; Struan Stevenson, former President of the European Parliament’s Delegation for Relations with Iraq and President of the European Iraqi Freedom Association (EIFA) from Great Britain; Bernard Kouchner, Giulio Maria Terzi, and Maia Panjikidze former Foreign Ministers of France, Italy and Georgia; Ingrid Betancourt, former presidential candidate from Colombia, and María Elena Elverdin, General Prosecutor from Portugal; Khawala Dunia on behalf of women’s delegation of Syrian Coalition; Najimeh Taytay from Morocco on behalf of a women delegation from Arabian countries’ parliamentarians; Valentian Leskaj, legislator from Albania and Deputy of European Council; Senator Gari Durán Vadell and Beatriz Becerra from Spain; and Nele Lijnen from Belgium, on behalf of a large delegation of women from European Parliament; Ranjana Kumari from India on behalf of a delegation of prominent women from Asia and women movements there;
Additionally, in this program, a group of women personalities declared their solidarity with the International Front against Fundamentalism that had been announced by Mrs. Maryam Rajavi. Vida Nik Talean, President of Women Association for Democracy in Iran, spoke on behalf of Iranian women institutions and associations throughout the world that had participated in this program.
Moreover, a delegation of women on behalf of five world continents and delegations from Poland, Czechoslovakia and Slovakia participated in this program.