At the request of the Office of the President of the General Assembly (OPGA), UN-NGLS facilitated a process to identify two civil society speakers for the 24 January 2017 High-level Dialogue on "Building Sustainable Peace for All: Synergies between the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the Sustaining Peace Agenda," taking place at UN Headquarters in New York. UN-NGLS facilitated a Civil Society Selection Committee to review applications for the speaking roles and create a regionally and gender balanced short-list of candidates for the President of the General Assembly to consider.
The President of the General Assembly has now selected the following two speakers through this process:
Opening Session
Ms. Julienne Lusenge
SOFEPADI / Fonds pour les femmes congolaises (FFC)
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Interactive Panel Discussion
Ms. Joy Onyesoh
Women's International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF)
Nigeria
More information about this process is available here.
Civil society representatives may still apply to attend this event through 17 January here.
The event will include an opening session, interactive panel discussion, and the following three workshops in the afternoon:
Workshop 1: Empowering women, girls and youth for peace and sustainable development
Workshop 2: Managing natural resources for peace and sustainable development (updated 9 December)
Workshop 3: Strengthening transparent, inclusive and accountable institutions for peace and sustainable
More information about the High-level Dialogue is available here.