Roundtable discussion the role of local communities in the prevention of sexual violence

Turning Commitment into Action

Organized on the occasion of the 6th session of UNITAR Peacekeeping Training Programme Advisory Board Meeting

Thursday, 23 October 2014, 15.00 – 17.00,  Palais des Nations, Room V

Speakers

Opening remarks

Ms. Sally Fegan-Wyles, Assistant Secretary-General of the United Nations and Acting Head of the United Nations Institute for Training and Research

Keynote speaker

H.E. Ms. Zainab Hawa Bangura, Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations and Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Sexual Violence in Conflict

Panelists

  • Lt. Gen. Roméo Dallaire (ret'd), former Commander of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Rwanda
  • Mr. Alan Doss, Senior Political Advisor of the Kofi Annan Foundation and Former Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General to the Democratic Republic of the Congo
  • Ms. Madeleine Rees, Secretary General of the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom (TBC)

Registration

http://www.unitar.org/event/ending-sexual-violence-conflict-turning-commitment-action-ptp201401c


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