UNSCR 1325: On Peace and Women and Security, and Secularism-1
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P R O G R A M M E
PEACE, WOMEN, SECURITY &
SECULARISM
Towards the 19th Anniversary of the United Nations Security Council Resolution 1325 (2000) on Women and Peace and Security
and
In support of the SDGs#5, #16 and #17
On Thursday, APRIL 11, 2019
Time: 2:00 – 4:00 pm.
The Leading Organization:
The Light Millennium (UN-DGC-CSO)
Co-Organizer: Azerbaijan Society of America
Leading Sponsor: Atatürk Society of America (UN-DGC-CSO)
Co-Sponsors:
Red Pepper Association (Kırmızı Biber Derneği, ECOSOC);
Turkish Women’s League of America &
Africana Women Working Group at the UN–1000 Women in Religion for Global Peace (ECOSOC).
Venue: The Salvation Army Intl. Social Justice Commission
221 E 52nd St, New York, NY, 10022
INTRODUCTION
This event aims to support and create awareness on the United Nations Security Council Resolution #1325 on Peace, Women and Security (2000) in correlation with the concept of “Secularism”, which is the missing key component of the #1325 framework!
It also aims to introduce the SDGS#5, 16 and 17 to the general public in conjunction with the #1325 towards the attainment of the 2030 Development Agenda.
OPENING SESSION
• Welcoming, Host & Concept by: Bircan ÜNVER, Founder-President, TV Producer & Representative of The Light Millennium to the United Nations Department of Global Communications (UN-DGC-CSO); Member, Global Movement for the Culture of Peace (GMCoP)
• OPENING REMARKS:
Tareq Md Ariful ISLAM (on Peace, Women and Security), Deputy Permanent Representative
Permanent Mission of Bangladesh to the United Nations, New York
KEYNOTE SPEAKERS ON THE THEME:
• Ambassador Anwarul K. CHOWDHURY (on UNSCR #1325), former Under-Secretary-General and High Representative of the United Nations & Founder of the Global Movement for the Culture of Peace (GMCoP).
&
• Mr. Sean FAIRCLOTH, (on Secularism), Author, “Attack of the Theocrats: How The Religious Right Harms Us All and What We Can Do About it” & Former Mayor and State Senator of Bangor, Maine.
• Ambassador Isaiah Zimba CHABALA, Former Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Zambia to the United Nations and Humanitarian;
Founder and President, Visionary Empowerment & Divine Empowerment Mission
• Concept & Directed by: Bircan ÜNVER, The Light Millennium
• Event Photographer: Demet DEMIRKAYA, The Light Millennium
• Additional photos provided by: Oguz ALPOGE
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