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Tuesday, September 7, 2021 - 10:00am to 1:00pm
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Virtual High-level Event
Summary
[From UN President of the General Assembly (PGA) website]
This year’s high-level forum will offer an opportunity to the Member States and Observers of the United Nations and other stakeholders to renew their commitments to the full and effective implementation of the UN Declaration and Programme of Action on a Culture of Peace, with particular emphasis on tackling the multidimensional impacts of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, and towards a resilient and inclusive recovery.
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- Morning session (10AM - 1PM ET)
- Afternoon panel session (3-6PM ET)
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In accordance with General Assembly resolution 75/25 of 9 December 2020 entitled, “Follow-up to the Declaration and Programme of Action on a Culture of Peace”, the President of the General Assembly will convene the High-level Forum on the Culture of Peace at 10 am on Tuesday, 7 September 2021, at the General Assembly Hall, United Nations Headquarters.
This year’s High-Level Forum will offer an opportunity to the Member States and observers of the General Assembly and other stakeholders to renew their commitments to the full and effective implementation of the UN Declaration and Programme of Action on a Culture of Peace, with particular emphasis on tackling the multidimensional impacts of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, and towards a resilient and inclusive recovery.
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Programme
This years High-level Forum on the Culture of Peace will be held under the theme “Transformative Role of the Culture of Peace: Promoting Resilience and Inclusion in Post-Covid Recovery”. It consists of an opening segment, a plenary segment and a panel discussion.
10:00 -10:45 AM
Opening Remarks
- H.E. Mr. Volkan Bozkir, President of the 75th Session of the UN General Assembly
- Video message by H.E. DR AK Abdul Momen, MP, Minister for Foreign Affairs, Bangladesh
- H.E. Maria Luiza Ribeiro Viotti, Chef de Cabinet of the UN Secretary General
- Video message by H.E. Mr. Miguel Ángel Moratinos, High Representative of the United Nations Alliance of Civilization (UNAOC)
- Mr. Eliot Minchenberg, Director a.i., the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) Liaison Office in New York
10:40 AM -1:00 PM
Plenary Segment
- Statements by Member States and observers
3:00-5:45 PM
Panel Discussion: “Transformative Role of the Culture of Peace: Promoting Resilience and Inclusion in Post-Covid Recovery”
Chair and Moderator
- H.E. Ambassador Anwarul K. Chowdhury, Founder of the Global Movement for the Culture of Peace (GMCoP), Former Under-Secretary-General and High Representative of the United Nations, Chairman of the UN General Assembly negotiations for the Declaration and Programme of Action on a Culture of Peace (1998-1999)
Keynote message
- Ms. Beatrice Fihn, 2017 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate and Executive Director, the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN)
Video Messages:
- Hon. Mr. Kazumi Matsui, Mayor of Hiroshima, Japan and President of “Mayors for Peace” with a worldwide membership of 8000 City Mayors; and
- Ms. Jayathma Wickramanayake, UN Secretary-General’s Envoy on Youth.
Panellists:
- H.E. Ms Rabab Fatima, Permanent Representative of Bangladesh to the United Nations;
- H.E. Mr. Rodrigo A. Carazo, Permanent Representative of Costa Rica to the United Nations;
- H.E. Ms. Mathu Joyini, Permanent Representative of South Africa to the United Nations;
- Mr. Federico Mayor Zaragoza, President of Foundation for a Culture of Peace, former Director-General of UNESCO (1987-1999);
- DR Ada Juni Okika, Global Director of the Centre for Transformative Advancement of Development of Africa;
- Mr. Liu Zhenmin, Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs;
- Mr. Francisco Rojas Aravena, Rector of the University of Peace in Costa Rica.
- [Interactive segment with comments, questions and answers from the floor with participation of the panellists]
5:45-6:00 PM
Closing Segment
- Closing remarks by the President of the General Assembly