UN Culture of Peace | Special Event on Early Childhood and Peace Building

  • Yale delegation arrives at the United Nations HQ
    Yale delegation arrives at the United Nations HQ
  • United Nations flag
    United Nations flag
  • UNICEF team welcomes guests
    UNICEF team welcomes guests
  • Rima Salah, PhD; Yale Child Study Center; Former Deputy Executive Director of UNICEF, Chair, delivers opening remarks
    Rima Salah, PhD;Yale Child Study Center; Former Deputy Executive Director of UNICEF, Chair, delivers opening remarks
  • Ambassador Anwarul K. Chowdhury, Former UN Under-Secretary-General and High Representative speaks to an audience of distinguished guests at the Lunch Event on Early Childhood Development and Peace.
    Ambassador Anwarul K. Chowdhury, Former UN Under-Secretary-General and High Representative speaks to an audience of distinguished guests at the Lunch Event on Early Childhood Development and Peace.
  • Dr. Christian Salazar Volkmann, Deputy Director Program me Division, UNICEF
    Dr. Christian Salazar Volkmann, Deputy Director Program me Division, UNICEF
  • James F. Leckman, MD, PhD; Neison Harris Prof Child Psychiatry, Psychology and Pediatrics, Yale Child Study Center
    James F. Leckman, MD, PhD; Neison Harris Prof Child Psychiatry, Psychology and Pediatrics, Yale Child Study Center
  • Siobhan Fitzpatrick, PhD; Director, Early Years (Northern Ireland)
    Siobhan Fitzpatrick, PhD; Director, Early Years (Northern Ireland)
  • H.E. Mrs. María Emma Mejía Vélez, Permanent Representative of Colombia to the United Nations
    H.E. Mrs. María Emma Mejía Vélez, Permanent Representative of Colombia to the United Nations
  • H.E. Mr. AK Abdul Momen, Permanent Representative of Bangladesh to United Nations
    H.E. Mr. AK Abdul Momen, Permanent Representative of Bangladesh to United Nations
  • Federico Mayor Mayor Zaragoza, MD; Former Director-General UNESCO, founder of The Culture of Peace
    Federico Mayor Mayor Zaragoza, MD; Former Director-General UNESCO, founder of The Culture of Peace
  • Ms. Leila Zerroughi, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict at the Under Secretary-General level, United Nations
    Ms. Leila Zerroughi, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict at the Under Secretary-General level, United Nations
  • Joseph Cornelius Donnelly, Representative, Caritas
    Joseph Cornelius Donnelly, Representative, Caritas
  • Ms. Martha Santos Pais, Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General on Violence against Children United Nations
    Ms. Martha Santos Pais, Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General on Violence against Children United Nations
  • Hanifa D. Mazoui, PhD; Representing H.E. Nassir Abdulaziz Al-Nasser, High Representative for the Alliance of Civilizations, United Nations
    Hanifa D. Mazoui, PhD; Representing H.E. Nassir Abdulaziz Al-Nasser, High Representative for the Alliance of Civilizations, United Nations
  • L. Angelica Ponguta, PhD, MPH; Associate Research Scientist, Yale Child Study Center
    L. Angelica Ponguta, PhD, MPH; Associate Research Scientist, Yale Child Study Center
  • Catherine Panter-Brick, PhD; Professor of FASATH Anthropology, Health & Global Affairs and School of Public Health, Yale University
    Catherine Panter-Brick, PhD; Professor of FASATH Anthropology, Health & Global Affairs and School of Public Health, Yale University
  • Dr. Christian Salazar Volkmann, Deputy Director Program me Division, UNICEF
    Dr. Christian Salazar Volkmann, Deputy Director Program me Division, UNICEF
  • Mohammed Abu-Nimer, PhD; Professor, American University
    Mohammed Abu-Nimer, PhD; Professor, American University
  • James F. Leckman, MD, PhD; Neison Harris Prof Child Psychiatry, Psychology and Pediatrics, Yale Child Study Center
    James F. Leckman, MD, PhD; Neison Harris Prof Child Psychiatry, Psychology and Pediatrics, Yale Child Study Center
  • Catherine Panter-Brick, PhD; Professor of FASATH Anthropology, Health & Global Affairs and School of Public Health, Yale University
    Catherine Panter-Brick, PhD; Professor of FASATH Anthropology, Health & Global Affairs and School of Public Health, Yale University
  • Yale Delegation
    Yale Delegation
  • Ilham Nasser, Associate Professor, Early Childhood Education Program
    Ilham Nasser, Associate Professor, Early Childhood Education Program
  • Federico Mayor Mayor Zaragoza, MD; Former Director-General UNESCO, founder of The Culture of Peace
    Federico Mayor Mayor Zaragoza, MD; Former Director-General UNESCO, founder of The Culture of Peace
  • Rima Salah, PhD; Yale Child Study Center; Former Deputy Executive Director of UNICEF, Chair, delivers opening remarks
    Rima Salah, PhD; Yale Child Study Center; Former Deputy Executive Director of UNICEF, Chair, delivers opening remarks
September 9, 2014

On the occasion of the 2014 UN High-level Forum on The Culture of Peace on 9th September, Yale University along with members of the Early Childhood Peace Consortium (a loose affiliation of global partners from multiple sectors, institutions and organizations engaged in peace building in early childhood development), UNICEF and the Global Movement for the Culture of Peace organized a luncheon with distinguished guests to discuss the transformative power of children and families as a pathway to peace. This page captures the knowledge, ideas and human spirit shared during the event.

Learn more about this milestone event.

(Photos courtesy N.S. Fallon and Star Ruotolo)

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