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On the occasion of the Official Ceremony and Award of the UNESCO World Press Freedom Prize supported by the Ottaway Foundation and the Cano Foundation
3 May 2007
International Conference Hall, Medellin, Colombia
Medellin’s Tribute to Guillermo Cano
Re-inauguration of Guillermo Cano’s Bust 3 May, 2007 Parque de Bolívar, Medellín, Colombia |
| 8:30-9:00 | Welcome speech by Sergio Fajardo Valderrama, Mayor of Medellin |
| 8:45-9:00 | Remarks by Ana María Busquets de Cano, widow of Guillermo Cano Isaza |
| 9:00-9:15 | Intervention UNESCO Representative |
Official Ceremony and Award of the UNESCO World Press Freedom Prize Supported by the Ottaway Foundation and the Cano Foundation 3 May, 2007 - Plaza Mayor, Medellín, Colombia |
| 9:45-10:15 | Registration and Invitees take their seats |
| 10:20 | Arrival of Koïchiro Matsuura, Director-General of UNESCO |
| 10:25 | Arrival of H.E. Francisco Santos Calderon, Vice-President of the Republic of Colombia |
| 10:30 | National Anthem |
| 10:35 | Welcome Address by Adriana Mejía, Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs of Colombia |
| 10:45 | Remarks by Ana María Busquets de Cano, representative of the Cano Foundation |
| 10:50 | Remarks by the Ottaway Foundation |
| 10:55 | Address by Mr. Kavi Chongkittavorn, President of the Jury of the UNESCO World Press Freedom Prize 2007 supported by the Ottaway Foundation and the Cano Foundation |
| 11:05 | Youth Orchestra of Medellin |
| 11:20 | Address and Award of the UNESCO World Press Freedom Prize 2007 supported by the Ottaway Foundation and the Cano Foundation by Mr. Koïchiro Matsuura, Director-General of UNESCO |
| 11:35 | Statement by Ilya Krieger, Deputy Editor of Novaya Gazeta and Ilya Politkovsky, son of Anna Politkovskaya, laureate of the UNESCO World Press Freedom Prize 2007 |
| 11:50 | Address by H.E. Francisco Santos Calderon, Vice-President of the Republic of Colombia |
| 12:05 | End of the Award Ceremony |
| 12:30-14:30 | Lunch hosted by H.E. Francisco Santos Calderon, Vice-President of the Republic of Colombia |
