September 2003

4 Dr. Martin Malek, security policy analyst at Vienna’s National Defense Academy, meets with NCI founder Raffi K. Hovannisian, confers on regional peace and security issues.

5 Raffi Hovannisian receives Alan Rousso, senior political counsellor of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD).

6 Hovannisian attends Italian Embassy reception, confers with Italian Ambassador Marco Clemente, UN Resident Representative Lise Grande, and OSCE Office Ambassador Michael Wygant.

12-13 Hovannisian attends in Holy Etchmiadzin a Church symposium on “Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow: Heritage, Mission, Hopes,” confers with His Holiness Karekin II, Catholicos of All Armenians, Academician Vladimir Barkhudarian, and Professor Sebastian Brock.

16 Ambassador Michael Wygant, head of the OSCE office in Yerevan, visits NCI headquarters, confers with Raffi Hovannisian.

24-25 In New York, Raffi Hovannisian attends and addresses the Foreign Policy Association’s (FPA) World Leadership Forum, meets with President Vaira Vike-Freiberga of Latvia; President Abdoulaye Wade of Senegal; Romanian Foreign Minister Mircea Geoana; Austrian Foreign Minister Benita Ferrero-Waldner; Spanish Foreign Minister Ana Palacio Vallelersundi; Polish Foreign Minister Wlodzimierz Cimoszewicz; Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman William Donaldson; The New York Times President Russell Lewis; and of PepsiCo International President Peter Thompson.

25 Raffi Hovannisian confers with FPA President Noel Lateef and officials from European, Asian, and African foreign policy research organizations regarding the creation of a Global Affiliation of Institutes of International Affairs.