2025 Forum

United Nations
Palais des Nations, Geneva, 1 October 2025

Dr. Hans Köchler

President of the International Progress Organization

Co-founder of International Patriotic Pact Organization (China), Vice-Chair of the 2025 Forum

Keynote speech

« Right to Development and National Interest in the Global Context »

Hans Köchler (Austria) (right), Vice-Chair of the 2025 Forum, flanked by Mr. Guowei Cui (China), founder and President of the International Patriotic Pact Organization.

Hans Köchler's speech

Salle XII, Palais des Nations

Guowei Cui (China), President of IPPO, and Hans Köchler (Austria), Vice-President of the 2025 Forum, center, with speakers and delegates

Panelists from non-governmental organizations in consultative status with the UN from Bangladesh, Belgium, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, China, India, Iraq, Mauritania, Pakistan, Russia, Senegal, Serbia, and Sri Lanka.

Panelists, from left: Mr. Guowei Cui (China), President; Prof. Hans Köchler (Austria), Vice-Chairman of the Forum; Mr. Ravuri Balaraju (India), Chairman of the World Human Rights Council - India; Mr. David Mekkaoui (Belgium), CEO, ALL Digital, Brussels; Ms. Jiangrong Yu (China), IPPO Secretariat.