78th UNGA Side Event – Advancing the Sustainability and Adaptability of the WPS Agenda

21 September 2023 | 11.00 am – 1.00 pm EDT

Location: New York, UN Headquarters, Conference Room 4

As 2023 Co-Chairs of the WPS Focal Points Network, the United States of America and Romania, in partnership with troika members, South Africa and Switzerland, and UN Women as Secretariat, invite the Focal Points to meet on the margins of the 78th session of the United Nations General Assembly. Drawing from the discussions at the Fifth Capital-Level Meeting of the Network, which was held in Washington, D.C. on 6-8 June 2023, this annual side event invites Network members at the ministerial and senior levels to share their reflections and practices on the themes and outcomes of the Washington, D.C. meeting, as well as their experiences in developing transformative strategies for the implementation of the Women, Peace and Security (WPS) agenda.

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Concept Note

2023 Capital-Level Meeting Joint Communiqué

Speakers

Antony John Blinken - U.S. Secretary of State

Luminita Odobescu - Romania Minister of Foreign Affairs

Sima Sami Bahous - Executive Director, UN Women

Geeta Rao Gupta - Ambassador-at-Large, U.S. Department of State, Secretary's Office of Global Women's Issues (SGWI)

Rebeca Grynspan - Secretary-General, United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)

Kaavya Asoka - Executive Director, NGO Working Group on Women, Peace and Security (NGOWG)

Maria Victoria Balleza - Chief Executive Officer, Global Network of Women Peacebuilders

Kat Fotovat - Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, Office of Global Women's Issues, U.S. Department of State and United States WPS Focal Point

Lieutenant-colonel Manuela-Elena Bercea, Chief, Gender Management Office, Ministry of Defence and Romania WPS Focal Point

 

Interventions

Yoko Kamikwa, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Japan

Lois Frankel, U.S. WPS Caucus Co-Chair, U.S. Congressional Representative

Thomas Gürber, Ambassador, Deputy State Secretary and Head of UN Division, Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs, Switzerland

Dritan Abazovic, Prime Minister, Government of Montenegro

Gordan Grlić Radman, Minister of Foreign and European Affairs, Croatia

Musa Timothy Kabba, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Sierra Leone

Helga Maria Schmid, Secretary General, Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE)

Angeles Moreno Bau, Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs, Spain

Heidi Hulan, Assistant Deputy Minister for International Security, Global Affairs Canada, Canada

Ole Thonke, Deputy State Secretary of Development Policy, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark

Mme. Bineta Diop, AU Special Envoy on WPS, African Union Commission

Belén Martinez Carbonell, Managing Director for Global Affairs, European External Action Service, European Union

Luise Amtsberg, Federal Government Commissioner for Human Rights Policy and Humanitarian Assistance, Germany

Jooyeon Kang, Director-General for International Organizations, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Republic of Korea

Melinda Bohannon, Director General, Humanitarian and Development, Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office, United Kingdom

Eduardo Jaramillo Navarrete, General Director for the United Nations, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Mexico 

Karen Burbach, Head of the Taskforce, NL MFA Taskforce Women's Rights and Gender Equality, the Netherlands

Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of International Relations and Cooperation, Namibia

Elizabeth Taylor, Vice minister of Multilateral Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Colombia

Ahood Al Zaabi, Director of United Nations Department of MOFA, United Arab Emirates

 

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