THE THIRD UN HIGH LEVEL FORUM ON THE CULTURE OF PEACE

The Third UN High Level Forum on The Culture of Peace held on Tuesday, 9 September 2014, from 10:00 am to 6:00 pm in the Trusteeship Council Chamber, UN Headquarters, NY which was convened by

H.E. Mr. John W. Ashe President of the 68th Session of the United Nations General Assembly

OPENING SESSION - Trusteeship Council Chamber

Opening Remarks:
H.E. Mr. John W. Ashe, President of the General Assembly

H.E. Mr. Ban Ki-moon, Secretary-General of the United Nations

Keynote address:
H.E. Ms. Leymah Gbowee, 2011 Nobel Peace Prize laureate, Founder and President of "Gbowee Peace Foundation Africa"

Member States:
Philippines, United States, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Qatar, Cuba, Bhutan, Kazakhstan, Brazil, Sri Lanka, Egypt, Nigeria, Romania, Republic of Korea, Turkey, Montenegro, Malaysia, Algeria, Ethiopia, Saudi Arabia, Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of), Morocco, United Arab Emirates, Bosna and Herzegovina.

PANEL DISCUSSION 1: ECOSOC Chamber
"The Role and Contributions of Women and Youth to the Culture of Peace"

Chair and Moderator:
H.E. Mr. Anwarul K. Chowdhury, Former Under-Secretary-General and High Representative of the United Nations

Panelists:
Ms. Lakhsmi Poru, Assistant-Secretary-General, UN Women

Mr. Ahmad Alhendawi, UN SG's Envoy on Youth

Ms. Kathleen Kuehnast, Director, Center for Gender & Peacebuilding, US Institute of Peace (USIP)

Ms. Sanam Anderlini, Co-Founder, International Civil Society Action Network (ICAN)

Mr. Oliver Rizzi Carlson, Representative to the United Nations, United Network of Young Peacebuilders

PANEL DISCUSSION - 2: ECOSOC Chamber
"Global Citizenship as a pathway to the Culture of Peace"

Chair and Moderator:
H.E. Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Flores Flake, Ambassador, Permanent Representative of Honduras to the United Nations

Panelists:
Mr. Federico Mayor, Former Director-General of UNESCO

Ms. Dot Maver, President, National Peace Academy

Mr. Douglas Roche, Author, diplomat, former Canadian Senator

Ms. Vikebe Jensen, Director, UNESCO Office in New York

Mr. Mohammed Abu-Nimer, Senior Adviser, King Abdullah International Centre for Interreligious and Intercultural Diaogue (KAICIID)

CLOSING SESSION - ECOSOC Chamber

Closing Remarks:
H.E. Mr. A.K. Abdul Momen, Ambassador, Permanent Representative of Bangladesh to the United Nations


This day-long event presented a unique opportunity for UN member states, UN system entities, media and civil society interested in discussing the ways and means to promote the Culture of Peace.

The 15th anniversary of the consensus adoption of the inspirational “Declaration and Programme of Action on Culture of Peace” falls on 13 September 2014.

This album created based on the aforementioned event on September 10, 2014 by The Light Millennium to reflect the outcome of the Third UN HLF/CoP as well as for the 15th Anniversary Celebration of the "Declaration and Programme of Action on Culture of Peace.

Photographers of the event provided by The Light Millennium in collaboration with the Global Movement for the Culture of Peace.

PHOTOGRAPHS BY:
Jose Pinto Stephen, morning and afternoon session as a full-day;
Julie Mardin, afternoon session, as half-day;
&
Bircan Unver, morning session, mainly wide shots and the opening of the high level session (reference#0001- 0083);
Also
Additional photos provided by:
Georgina Galanis, Global Movement for the Culture of Peace (reference#4847, 4848 and 4849) &
Iris Spellings, Global Movement for the Culture of Peace (re UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon & Ambassador Chowdhury)

Websites: http:/www.lightmillennium.org &
http://www.gmcop.org

The Light Millennium - September 10, 2014, NYC. Updated on September 14, 2014.

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