From: Jeffrey Epstein [email protected]> To: Thorbjon Jagland Subject: Re: Date: Wed, 20 Mar 2013 03:06:03 +0000 march 27.. are you sure terje conferrcen is in march? On Mon, Mar 18, 2013 at 7:26 AM, Thorbjen Jagland <1 > wrote: The best date is 27. I probably have to go to Luxembourg on the 24 (Terje is convening a meeting about Syria there) and I will be back on the 25, but two ministers are coming to my office that very day. So 27 is the best. You said that Bills assistant asked for more information about "The world Forum for Democracy" in Strasbourg. This is a new thing. the first edition was last year. Ban Ki Moon opended it together with Nobel Peace Prize Leurate Tawakol Kaman. 1500 people were present, political leaders from many parts of the world together with academics, media, NGOactivits and business professionals. This year we will focus on the need to reconnect citizens to representative institutions and new ways of governance at he local, national as well as at the global level. We want to promote new promising voices and new forces. And Bill Gates represents boths. He has said: "if we are going to change peoples lives, we need another level of innovation. Not just technology innovation - system innovation" I have also seen him saying that he is promoting innovative ideas that could help remove bathers: new teckniques to help farmers in developing countries grow more food and earn more money, new tools to prevent and treat deadly disease, new methods to help students and teachers in the classroom." This could be his theme at the opening session of the Forum with a wonderful opportunity also to speak about his work to combat diseases in the third world which I see as a very important contribution to new global governance in order to combat powerty and promote peace. Innvolvement of private sector is important in that respect, as Sec Gen. Koffi Annan spoke about in the millenium speech. The opening session will be around 11