Prof. Dr. Norbert Wimmer, First Deputy Mayor of Innsbruck, addressing the participants of the International Roundtable "Civilizations: Conflict or Dialogue?" at the Old City Hall in Innsbruck (Austria) on the occasion of the Lord Mayor's reception 8 June 1998). At his left: Ms. Eva-Maria Jansen, Permanent Representative of the I.P.O. to the United Nations Office at Vienna.