The Conference will be organised with the support and cooperation of the Government of Japan, and it will be opened with the introductory address by H.E. Boutros Boutros-Ghali, former UN Secretary-General and current Chairperson of the ECPD Honorary Council; H.E. Takehiro Togo, professor PhD, a distinguished Japanese diplomat and Chairperson of the ECPD Academic Council; as well as H.E. Erhard Busek, long-time Vice Chancellor of Austria, and former Chief Coordinator of the Stability Pact for the South East Europe.

The ECDP Ninth International Conference will be attended by numerous distinguished scientists, diplomats, religious dignitaries and theorists from almost all parts of the world (Europe, America, Asia and Africa).

Within the third session of the Conference, the Chairperson of the Committee on International Relations and Emigrants Mr Miodrag Vuković, professor PhD, will have an address on the topic “Regional Initiatives as a Path toward the New Cooperation in the Balkans”.