European Master’s Degree in Human Rights and Democratization Awarding of Diplomas 1997-1998 and Inauguration of the Academic Year 1998-1999, Venice, 28 September 1998

Welcome Address
Giovanni Marchesini, Rettore Magnifico of the University of Padua
Massimo Cacciari, Mayor of Venice
Giancarlo Galan, President of the Region of Veneto

Opening Lecture
Jacques Santer, President of the European Commission

Address
Benita Ferrero-Waldner, Secretary of State, Federal Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Presidency of the Council of the European Union
Josep Verde y Aldea, V. President of the European Parliament
Giancarlo Aragona, Secretary General of the OSCE

Short Report
Antonio Papisca, Director of the European Master’s Programme on Human Rights and Democratization

Short speeches by the Representatives of the Partecipating Universities
Åbo Akademi University, Ruhr University Bochum, University of Coimbra, University of Deusto Bilbao, National University of Ireland Dublin, University of Essex, Catholic University of Leuven, University of Lund, Centre Universitaire de Luxembourg, University of Maastricht, University of Odense, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Université Robert Schuman Strasbourg, University of Vienna

Awarding of Diplomas in the European Masters in Human Rights and Democratization

The Rector of the University of Padua, jointly with the Rectors and Presidents the partecipating Universities, declare open the Academic Year 1998/1999 of the European Master’s Degree in Human Rights and Democratization

L. van Beethoven, from the ninth Symphony, “An die freude” (European anthem)
Camerata Musicale Vicentina, Nuovo Coro Polifonico di Treviso: Direttore Pietro Juvarra, Maestro del coro Marina Malavasi, Baritono Antonio Juvarra