23rd July 2004

MEETING OF

THE ASSEMBLY OF DELEGATES OF INTERNATIONAL PEN

TO BE HELD IN TROMSØ, NORWAY, SEPTEMBER 2004

 

DRAFT AGENDA

 

1.         INTRODUCTORY STATEMENT ON PROCEDURES

2.         APPROVAL OF CONVENING OF THE MEETING OF THE ASSEMBLY OF DELEGATES

IN TROMSØ

3.         APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA

4.         STATEMENT BY THE INTERNATIONAL PRESIDENT

5.         MINUTES OF THE LAST MEETING

6.         IN MEMORIAM

7.         PROPOSED ELECTION OF NEW CENTRES 

            -           Afrikaans

-          Basque

-          Kosovan   

8.         THE STRATEGIC PLANNING PROCESS IN INTERNATIONAL PEN

9.         REPORT OF THE 69th CONGRESS, MEXICO CITY

10.       INTERNATIONAL OFFICERS’ REPORTS

-          INTERNATIONAL PRESIDENT’S REPORT OF ACTIVITIES

-          REPORT ON BEHALF OF THE INTERNATIONAL BOARD

-          INTERNATIONAL TREASURER’S REPORT

-          INTERNATIONAL SECRETARY’S REPORT

11.       REPORT OF THE PEN EMERGENCY FUND

12.       AMENDING RESOLUTIONS TO THE REGULATIONS

(a)        Amending Resolution on Article 31 of the Regulations of International PEN, submitted by the Cuban Writers in Exile, Danish, Guadalajaran, Mexican, Nicaraguan, Panamanian, Paraguayan, Salta, San Miguel, Spanish and Venezuelan Centres

(b)        Amending Resolution on Article 31 of the Regulations of International PEN, submitted by the French and Italian Centres

13.       AMENDING RESOLUTION TO THE RULES OF PROCEDURE

                        (c)        Amending Resolution on the Rules of Procedure, submitted by the Board

14.       REPORT OF THE WRITERS FOR PEACE COMMITTEE

                        (d)       Resolution on Chechnya, submitted by the Russian Centre 

15.       REPORT OF THE WRITERS IN PRISON COMMITTEE

                        (e)        Resolution on Australia, submitted by the Melbourne and Sydney Centres

                        (f)        Resolution on Canada, submitted by the Canadian Centre

                        (g)        Resolution on China, submitted by the Canadian and Danish Centres

(h)        Resolution on Cuba, submitted by Canadian, Czech, Danish, English, Finnish, Italian, Norwegian and Quebecois Centres

(i)         Resolution on Egypt, submitted by Finnish and Norwegian Centres

(j)         Resolution on Eritrea, submitted by the Danish, Norwegian and Swedish Centres

(k)        Resolution on Iran, submitted by the Canadian, Danish, Italian and Norwegian Centres

(l)         Resolution on Mexico, submitted by the American, Canadian, Guadalajaran, Mexican, Salta and San Miguel Centres

(m)       Resolution on Myanmar (Burma), submitted by the American, English, Italian, Melbourne, Nepalese, Perth, San Miguel, Sydney and Vietnamese Writers Abroad Centres

(n)        Resolution on Russia, submitted by the Russian Centre

(o)        Resolution on Spain, submitted by the Danish and Finnish Centres

(p)        Resolution on Turkey, submitted by the Ghanaian, Italian, Netherlands, San Miguel and Scottish Centres

(q)       Resolution on Uzbekistan, submitted by the Danish and English Centres

(r)        Resolution on Vietnam, submitted by the Algerian, Belgian (French-Speaking),

           Danish, English, Finnish, Hungarian, Italian, Melbourne, Mexican, Portuguese,

           Russian, Slovak, Suisse Romand, Swiss German, Swiss Italian and Reto-romansh

           and Vietnamese Writers Abroad Centres

(s)       Resolution on Zimbabwe, submitted by the South African Centre

(t)        Resolution on the UN World Summit on the Information Society, submitted by

           the Finnish and Norwegian Centres

(u)       Recommendation on the Spanish and French versions of the name of the Writers

in Prison Committee, submitted by the Quebecois Centre 

16.       REPORT OF THE TRANSLATION AND LINGUISTIC RIGHTS COMMITTEE 

                        (v)       Resolution on the Diyarbakir Seminar Project, submitted by the Translation and

                                   Linguistic Rights Committee

 17.       REPORT OF THE WOMEN WRITERS COMMITTEE

 18.       REPORT ON WRITERS IN EXILE NETWORK

 19.       REPORT OF THE SEARCH COMMITTEE

 20.       ELECTIONS TO THE BOARD

            (i)        Search Committee Report and presentation of Candidates

            (ii)       Ballot – see Agenda item 24

 21.       ELECTION OF INTERNATIONAL TREASURER

(i)        Search Committee Report and presentation of Candidate 

            (ii)       Ballot – see Agenda item 25

 22.       ELECTION OF INTERNATIONAL SECRETARY

(i)        Search Committee Report and presentation of Candidates

            (ii)       Ballot – see Agenda item 26

 23.       GENERAL RESOLUTIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS

(w)       Recommendation on the Honours System of International PEN, submitted by the Board

(x)        Resolution on the Declaration of Bari, submitted by the French and Italian Centres

 24.       REPORT OF THE INTERNATIONAL PEN FOUNDATION

 25.       REPORT OF THE IBERIAN AMERICAN PEN FOUNDATION

 26.       PEN INTERNATIONAL MAGAZINE

 27.       ELECTIONS TO THE BOARD

(ii)        Ballot  

 28.       ELECTION OF INTERNATIONAL TREASURER

(ii)        Ballot  

29.       ELECTION OF INTERNATIONAL SECRETARY

(ii)        Ballot

30.       REGIONAL CONFERENCES, January – August 2004   

§         Cyprus PEN Centre, Literary Symposium, Nicosia, Cyprus, 19th – 23rd February 2004

§         Writers in Prison Committee, Fifth Conference, Barcelona, 17th – 21st May 2004        

§         Slovene Centre, 37th International Writers’ Conference and meeting of the Writers for Peace Committee, Bled, Slovenia, 26th – 30th May 2004

§         Translation and Linguistic Rights Committee, Ohrid, Macedonia, 17th – 20th June 2004

§         Turkish PEN Centre, Turkish – Greek Writers Dialogue, in partnership with the Association of Intercultural Communication, 24th – 31st July 2004

§         Vietnamese Writers Abroad Centre, Women Writers Conference, August 2004

 31.       FUTURE REGIONAL CONFERENCES  

§         Bosnian PEN Centre, ‘The Bosnian Culture and the Mediterranean’, October 2004

§         Serbian PEN Centre, ‘The Challenge of Mediterranean Culture Today’, autumn 2006

32.       FUTURE CONGRESSES    

§         Bled, Slovenia, 14th – 21st May 2005

§         Berlin, Germany, 20th – 28th May 2006

§         Dakar, Senegal, 2007

 33.       IN-SESSION RESOLUTIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS

 34.       ANY OTHER BUSINESS

 35.       DATE OF NEXT MEETING

 36.       CONCLUSION

 

Honours and Awards 

 Farida Hossain (Bangladesh Centre), the Ekushey Padak Award of Honour 2004, for her contribution in the field of literature 

Mary McCallum (New Zealand Centre), Lilian Ida Smith Award

 In Memoriam  

Joan Aiken, English Centre

Matís Caklaís, Latvian Centre

Nissim Ezekiel, All-India Centre

Janet Frame, New Zealand Centre

Magda Kerényi, Swiss Italian and Reto-romansh Centre

Mehdi Khoshnaw, Kurdish Centre

Michael King, New Zealand Centre

Lojze Kovacic, Slovene Centre

Algirdas Landsbergis, Lithuanian Centre and Writers in Exile Centre (American Branch)

Janez Menart, Slovene Centre

Frances Partridge, English Centre

Joze Smit, Slovene Centre

Igor Torkar, Slovene Centre

 

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