'Securing our common future: Promoting gender-responsive disarmament and security'

When:
October 15, 2018 @ 13:15 – October 15, 2018 @ 14:30
Where:
United Nations Headquarters - Conference room 4
One United Nations Plaza
in New York NY 10017

International Gender Champions Disarmament Impact Group Securing our common future:Promoting gender-responsive disarmament and security

Side Event at UNGA73 First Committee

Programme 

  • Introductory remarks by H.E. Michael Gaffey, Ambassador of Ireland to the United Nations in Geneva
  • Keynote speech by Izumi Nakamitsu, United Nations Under-Secretary-General and High Representative for Disarmament Affairs
  • Expert contribution from Päivi Kannisto, Chief of Peace and Security at UN Women
  • Expert contribution from H.E. Neville Gertze, Permanent Representative of Namibia to the United Nations in New York
  • Expert contribution from H.E. Pennelope Beckles, Permanent Representative of Trinidad & Tobago to the United Nations in New York
  • Expert contribution from Victoria “Mavic” Cabrera Balleza, founder/CEO Global Network of Women Peacebuilders. 
  • Plenary discussion, moderated by Renata Dwan, Director of the United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research, UNIDIR
  • Closing remarks by H.E. Michael Gaffey, Ambassador of Ireland to the United Nations in Geneva

Organised by the International Gender Champions Disarmament Impact Group in Geneva – including the United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research (UNIDIR) and the governments of Ireland and Namibia – and the United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs (UNODA).