International Roots Meeting
United Nations, Nairobi

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Invited Persons

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13 – 19 Nov. 2004

Guests of Honour
Suggested
UN Secretary General Kofi Annan and Mrs. Nane Annan
Executive Director UNEP Klaus Toepfer
Executive Director UN Habitat Anna Tibaijuka

Political leaders
1 leader from 5 continents:
Suggested
Asia: Pak Emil Salim, former Minister for the Environment, Indonesia
Europe: EU Commissioner Margot Wallström
Africa: Assistant Minister for the Environment Prof. Wangari Maathai
To be suggested: The Americas and The Pacific

The Golden Key Ceremony
Astronaut Loren Acton, Prof. Solar Sciences, Montana State University
Cosmonaut Dumitru Dorin Prunariu, Romanian Ambassador to Russia

Children and youth (with chaperons)
100 persons from Asia, the Americas, Europe and the Pacific
and 250 persons from Africa

Indigenous persons from 5 continents
The Americas suggested: Dona Bernardina and Don Unubeito Songo, Qero-indians, The Andes, Peru
Europe suggested: Maj-Doris Rimpi, Sámi people, Sweden
Asia suggested: I Made Sija, Indonesia
Africa and The Pacific: To be suggested

Elders
30 persons from the African continent

Mayors
30 cities/municipalities with assistants

Musicians
30 artists from 6 nations


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