Executive Bureau:

Chairperson
*Prof. Manuel Hassassian
Executive Vice- President
Bethlehem University
Tel. ++972-2-2741241
Fax.++972-2-2744440
mhassass@bethlehem.edu

Vice-Chairperson
*Prof. Gianni Vaggi
Director-Center for
International Cooperation
and Development
University of Pavia

Secretary General
*Prof. Luc Francois
Director of International Affairs
Universiteit Gent
Luc.Francois@rug.ac.be

Treasurer
*Prof. Rami Hamdallah
President-An Najah National
University, Nablus

Members:
*Prof. Radwan Barakat
Dean of Graduate Studies
Hebron University

*Prof. Edward Jennings
President Emeritas
Ohio State University

*Ms. Monica Margarit
Director -International Relations
University of Barcelona

*Prof. Jan Peters
President -International
Federation of Catholic Universities

Prof. Mohammad Shubair
President
The Islamic University, Gaza

Prof. Annick Suzor-Weiner
Director
International Relations
Université Paris-Sud
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Prof. Dumitru Chitoran
Adviser

U N E S C O
Bonvin Building
Room B.6.43
1. Rue Miollis
F-75732 Paris,Cedex 15
Tel. (+ 33 1) 45.68.41.55
Fax. (+ 33 1) 45.68.58.14

E-mails: D.Chitoran@unesco.org

URL:
http://www.unesco.org/
general/eng/Programmes/
peace-palestine/index.html

The PEACE Programme

The initiative to launch a programme of cooperation with the Palestinian universities- which had been subject to constant harassment, restriction, and complete closures – was taken in August 1991, at an international solidarity conference convened by several European universities, members of the COIMBRA Group. At a ceremony held in Jerusalem on 1 November 1991, when most Palestinian universities were closed by military order, the rectors and presidents of twelve European universities (Barcelona, Coimbra, Granada, Krakow, Leiden, Leuven, Louvain, Namur, Pisa, Salamanca, Sienna, and Viterbo) and their colleagues from six Palestinian universities (Al-Quds, An Najah National, Birzeit, Bethlehem, Gaza Islamic, and Hebron), signed an agreement to officially launch the Programme for Palestinian/European/Academic Cooperation in Education (PEACE).

From: http://www.unesco.org/general/eng/programmes/peace-palestine/what.pdf