National.

Recently we’ve posted an article about a World Conference for Dialogue between Religions in Ohrid. Now some of the guests on the conference are known.

Actress and “most sexy woman on earth” Angelina Jolie, U.S. First Lady Laura Bush, and former South African President and Nobel Peace Prize winner Nelson Mandela are among the guests attending the World Conference for Dialogue between Religions to be held in Ohrid, Macedonia from October 26 to 29, 2007. Pierre Cardin and Jordan’s Queen Rania will also attend the conference.

The idea of having these eminent participants at the conference originated with Macedonian Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski. Angelina Jolie is a UNICEF Ambassador, while Laura Bush and Nelson Mandela are UNESCO Honorary Ambassador for Literacy and UNESCO Goodwill Ambassadors respectively.

UNESCO financially and logistically supports the conference. Participants will include representatives from the Orthodox and Catholic Church, as well as numerous Protestant factions, Sunni, Shia, Hindu, Buddhist, and Confucian representatives. The Macedonian Ministry of Culture is preparing the event in cooperation with the Committee for Relations between Religious Communities. The Ministry’s State Secretary Elizabeta Kanceska-Milevska serves as National Coordinator for the Conference.

MD: Wow, some big guests! Great for Ohrid and for Macedonia, especially the coming of Angelina jolie, if you are lucky, maybe she will even adopt you! ;) Also World-renowned opera diva Montserrat Caballé and Boris Trajanov will have a concert during the conference


[Umdiaspora.org]

Posted by Macedonia Daily on Tuesday, March 13, 2007 at 12:04 am | Permalink