Festive Event on 1 Ocotber 2024 at the Vienna City Hall's Festsaal

MUSIC: Johann Sebastian Bach – The Art of the Fugue (BWV 1080) Contrapunctus XIII/a + XIII/b
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WELCOME
Michael Ludwig (Mayor and Governor of Vienna)
Nikolaus Marschik (Secretary General, Austrian Federal Ministry for European and International Affairs)
Emil Brix (Director, Diplomatische Akademie Wien)
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INTERLUDE: György Ligeti – Six Bagatelles I. Allegro con spirito – III. Allegro grazioso – IV. Presto ruvido
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ADDRESS
Volker Türk (United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights)
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INTERLUDE: Guillermo Lago – Ciudades Addis Ababa (Ethiopia)
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ARTWORK PRESENTATION: Lisl Ponger (Visual Artist); Video: “Fata Morgana” by Lisl Ponger
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INDUCTION CEREMONY OF THE ALUMNI HALL OF FAME CLASS OF 2024
moderated by Martina Schubert (Deputy Director, Diplomatische Akademie Wien)
Acceptance remarks: Shoura Zehetner-Hashemi (Managing Director, Amnesty International Austria)
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INTERLUDE: Alegre Corrêa, arr. Gerald Preinfalk - Bachiao
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ADDRESSES
Alexander Christiani (Alumnus of the 1st Diploma Programme 1964–66)
Maria Fernanda González (President of the Diplomatic Academy Students Initiative 2024–25)
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The National and the European Anthems


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