Kuwait City, Kuwait. Former Prime Minister Campbell went to Kuwait to participate in an forum hosted by the Fahad Al Salem Center for Dialogue Among Civlizations and Defense of Liberty titled, “Renewing Dialogue for Peace; Advancing Freedom and Human Rights in today’s world.” Other former leaders (and also Club de Madrid Members) scheduled to attend: Vicente Fox (Mexico), Cesar Gaviria (Colombia), Wim Kok (Netherlands), Chandrika Kumaratunga (Sri Lanka), Luis Alberto Lacalle (Uruguay), Benjamin Mkapa (Tanzania), Olusegun Obasanjo (Nigeria), Andres Pastrana (Colombia), Petre Roman (Romania), Jorge Sampaio (Portugal), Jennifer Shipley (New Zealand), Cassen Uteem (Mauritius), Lech Walesa (Poland), as well as His Holiness the Dalai Lama.
The Fahad Al Salem Center explained the reasoning for convening the forum: For nearly 6,000 years the Middle East has served as the crossroads of civilization, culture and commerce--a place where scholars, artisans, merchants and global citizens alike gathered not only to trade goods, but ideas that have helped to shape the world in which we live today.
That tradition continues today with the convening of the Center for Dialogue Among Civilization's inaugural forum entitled, “Renewing Dialogue for Peace; Advancing Freedom and Human Rights in today’s world.”

Source: kimcampbell