High Level Meeting on Peacebuilding and Sustaining Peace [1]
Hosted by DPI NGO
Date: Tuesday, 24 April 2018 – Wednesday, 25 April 2018
Venue: UN Headquarters (New York)
About the event:
The President of the 72nd Session of the United Nations General Assembly, H.E. Mr. Miroslav Lajčák identified peacebuilding and sustaining peace as a key priority. Therefore he will convene a High-Level Meeting on Peacebuilding and Sustaining Peace on 24 and 25 April 2018 to assess efforts undertaken and opportunities to strengthen the United Nations’ work on peacebuilding and sustaining peace.
The High-level meeting will open on Tuesday, 24 April, with an opening segment and contributions from high-level speakers with experience on peacebuilding and sustaining peace. It will then be followed by high-level plenary meeting of the General Assembly, where Member States will be able to deliver their statements.
During the two-day event, four interactive dialogues will be held in parallel to the high-level plenary meeting, which will focus on objectives mentioned above and take into account the report of the Secretary-General as per resolutions 70/262 and 2282 (2016) on the Review of the United Nations Peacebuilding Architecture.
On the first day, two interactive dialogues will be held in the afternoon. On the second day, the plenary debate will continue and another two interactive dialogues will take place in the morning.
Stakeholder Respondents:
Interactive Dialogue I: Sustainable Financing for Peace
Christina Bennett - Overseas Development Institute, Humanitarian Policy Group [2] - UK/USA
Scofield Muliru - Scofields Associates [3] - Kenya
Interactive Dialogue II: Strengthening the UN Work on Peacebuilding and Sustaining Peace in the Field
Aytan Aliyeva - Great Silk Way International Youth Union [4] - Azerbaijan
Julian Rodriguez Sastoque - DOMOPAZ Foundation (International Dome for Peace Foundation) [5] - Colombia
Interactive Dialogue III: Strategic Partnerships with the UN for Peace
Anca Gliga - Youth Peace Ambassadors Network / UN Major Group for Children and Youth [6] - Italy/Romania
Peter van Sluijs - Cordaid [7] - Netherlands
Interactive Dialogue IV: UN Comprehensive and Integrated Approach to Peace
James Thuch Madhier - Rainmaker Organization for Sustainable Development [8] - Canada/South Sudan
Farahnaz Ghodsinia - Children of Mindanao [9] - Philippines
More information is available here [10].
Registration can be done here [11].