Opening Assembly

Chairperson

Maite Carpio Journalist and Film Director, Italy

Inaugural greetings

Ignazio Marino Mayor of Rome
• Discorso di Ignazio Marino all'Assemblea di Apertura del Meeting Il Coraggio della Speranza IT | DE	text

Nicola Zingaretti President of Lazio Region
• Discorso di Nicola Zingaretti all'Assemblea di Apertura del Meeting Il Coraggio della Speranza	text

Keynote address

Andrea Riccardi Historian, Founder of the Community of Sant'Egidio	biography
• Speech of Prof. Andrea Riccardi - Opening Assembly IT | ES | EN | DE	text

Jeffrey D. Sachs Director of the Earth Institute, Columbia University, USA

Enrico Letta President of the Council of Ministers

Contribution

Agostino Vallini Cardinal, Vicar General of His Holiness for the Diocese of Rome
• Discorso del Cardinale Agostino Vallini all'Assembela di Apertura del Meeting Il Coraggio della Speranza IT | DE	text

Jorge Carlos Fonseca President of the Republic of Capo Verde
• Discorso del Presidente della Repubblica di Capo Verde, Jorge Carlos Fonseca, all'Assemblea di Apertura del Meeting Il Coraggio della Speranza	text

Intervallo Musicale

Chairperson

Maite Carpio Journalist and Film Director, Italy

Contribution

Shawki Ibrahim Abdel-Karim Allam Grand Mufti of the Arab Republic of Egypt
• Speech by Shawki Ibrahim Abdel-Karim Allam - Opening Assembly IT | EN | FR	text

Jean X Yazigi Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch and All the East

David Rosen Former Chief Rabbi of Ireland, AJC, Israel	biography

Didi Talwalkar Leader of the Swadhyaya Movement, India