About us
The Centre for Dialogue is a major initiative of La Trobe University. The Centre was inaugurated on 15 August 2006, at the National Gallery of Victoria, with the strong support of the Victorian Government. At the opening, attended by more than 700 people, Judge Christopher Weeramantry, former Vice-President of the International Court of Justice, delivered the inaugural Annual Lecture. Messages of support were received from the Australian Prime Minister John Howard, the UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan, distinguished scholars, international research centres, religious leaders and twenty five governments.
'Your undertaking comes at a period of sharply increasing intolerance, extremism and violence...that is why initiatives such as your Centre for Dialogue are so important.' Mr Kofi Annan, Secretary-General of the United Nations (1997-2007)
