INVITACION 5 de diciembre (17 a 19:30)

Próxima teleconferencia junto a la extraordinaria participación del Premio Nobel de la Paz, Adolfo Pérez Esquivel (véase cv) sobre las conclusiones del ciclo “Culturas en diálogo” para el Forum Universal de Culturas. El diálogo con el Sr. Perez Esquivel sobre la paz, la sustentabilidad, la diversidad cultural y el conocimiento será un honor y placer para todos.

Lugar: Lovaina (AVnet: Kapeldreef 62, Heverlee –Campus Arenberg de la Univ. de Lovaina), UNESCO, ITESM (Monterrey), Universidad de Guadalajara, Universidad Blas Pascal, con gratitud a Innova-Red, Buenos Aires.

Luego de la teleconferencia tendrá lugar una recepción con comida tradicional argentina y productos de Oxfam ‘fair trade’.

La participación es gratuita. Para la inscripción, enviar por favor un email antes del 1-12 a Ms. Greet Louw greet.louw@soc.kuleuven.be , tel. 016-32 32 50 or Ms. Patricia Morales patricia.morales@soc.kuleuven.be

OPEN INVITATION 5 December (17:00 - 19:30)

You are invited to attend the last teleconference of the cycle “Bridging Cultures” with the extraordinary participation of Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Dr. Adolfo Pérez Esquivel (see c.v.) and experts of UNESCO, University of Monterrey ITESM, University of Guadalajara, University Blas Pascal. This meeting will be dedicated to offer main
conclusions and proposals related to our contribution to the Universal Forum of Cultures and the follow-up.

Bridging Cultures: 9. Videoteleconference
Place: Avnet, Kapeldreef 62, Heverlee Campus Arenberg of the Catholic University of Leuven), UNESCO, ITESM (Monterrey), University of Guadalajara, University Blas Pascal, with gratitude to Innova-Red, Buenos Aires.


After the meeting a reception will be offered to the participants
(with Oxfam products and Argentinean food).

The participation is free. For the registration, please send an email
before the 1st of December to Ms. Greet Louw
greet.louw@soc.kuleuven.be , tel. 016-32 32 50 or Ms. Patricia Morales
patricia.morales@soc.kuleuven.be

Adolfo Pérez Esquivel
Biografía del Premio Nóbel de la Paz 1980

Nació el 26 de noviembre de 1931 en Buenos Aires, Argentina. Estudió Arquitectura en la Escuela Nacional de Bellas Artes de Buenos Aires y en la Universidad Nacional de La Plata, se desempeñó como docente por 25 años y en 1971 comenzó a involucrarse en movimientos que luchan por la paz y la justicia.

En 1973, fundó el periódico Paz y Justicia que pronto se convirtió en la cumbre del movimiento pacifista y de defensa de los Derechos Humanos en el área de influencia latinoamericana, y el “Movimiento Ecuménico Paz y Justicia” con diversos grupos cristianos. Dos años más tarde, participó en la creación de la “Asamblea Permanente por los Derechos Humanos”.

A partir de 1976 se dedicó a viajar por el mundo y a diseñar programas de ayuda y desarrollo para comunidades indígenas latinoamericanas, movimientos obreros y otros grupos de personas necesitadas. Durante 1977 y 1978 estuvo preso en Argentina por la dictadura militar del presidente Videla y durante ese período de prisión recibió el Premio Memorial de Paz Juan XXIII otorgado por la Pax Cristi Internacional.

En 1980 se le concedió el Premio Nobel de la Paz por su lucha en favor de los Derechos Humanos y al poco tiempo fue designado miembro del comité ejecutivo de la Asamblea Permanente de las Naciones Unidas sobre Derechos Humanos.

Pérez Esquivel ha contribuido con numerosas misiones internacionales, como "Barco por la Paz a Nicaragua", "Barco por la Solidaridad a Polonia" y campañas de resolución de conflictos en Sudáfrica, Afganistán, Oriente Medio y Tíbet, entre otras.

Entre sus innumerables trabajos literarios se destaca "Caminando Junto al Pueblo (1995)", donde cuenta sus experiencias en la lucha por el ideal de la No-Violencia en América Latina.

En la actualidad, Esquivel dedica su tiempo a la Fundación Servicio, Paz y Justicia (SERPAJ) y al Proyecto Aldea Niños para la Paz que atiende a numerosos menores en estado de riesgo social.

Adolfo Pérez Esquivel
The Nobel Peace Prize 1980 Biography

Adolfo Pérez Esquivel was born in Buenos Aires in 1931. After training as an architect and sculptor he was appointed Professor of Architecture. In 1974 he relinquished his teaching post in order to devote all his time and energy to the work of co-ordinating the activities of the various non-violent elements in Latin America. It was at a conference in Montevideo in 1968 that the decision was made to set up a joint organisation covering all non-violent elements throughout Latin America. At a conference in 1974 it was decided to give the organisation a more permanent form, and Pérez Esquivel was appointed its Secretary-General. In 1976 he initiated an international campaign aimed at persuading the United Nations to establish a Human Rights Commission, and in this connection a document was drawn up recording breaches of human rights in Latin America. In the Spring of 1977 Pérez Esquivel was imprisoned without cause being shown. In May 1978 he was released, but with the obligation to report to the police as well as being subject to various restrictions. These have subsequently been allowed to lapse, and in 1980 he had an opportunity of visiting Europe.

The organisation of which Pérez Esquivel is the leader, Servicio Paz y Justicia, is a well-established one. Latin America is divided into three regions, each with its own offices, and under these come the national organisations. Their activities are co-ordinated from Pérez Esquivel's office in Buenos Aires.

The organisation is based on a Christian view of life, and enjoys close contact with clergy and bishops critical of present-day conditions in Latin America. The chief task of the movement is to promote respect for human rights, a phrase that is intended to include social and economic rights. On the practical level this means that Servicio provides assistance to the rural workers in their struggle for land, and to the trade unions in their struggle to protect the rights of their workers. This is done inter alia in the form of legal aid.

Despite the opposition he has encountered, Pérez Esquivel insists that the struggle must only be waged with non-violent means.

From Les Prix Nobel. The Nobel Prizes 1980, Editor Wilhelm Odelberg, [Nobel Foundation], Stockholm, 1981
This autobiography/biography was written at the time of the award and later published in the book series Les Prix Nobel/Nobel Lectures. The information is sometimes updated with an addendum submitted by the Laureate. To cite this document, always state the source as shown above.