Date & Time: Tuesday, 10 December 2024, 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm

Location: Building A, Room IX, Palais des Nations

UNiTE! To End Violence Against Women and Girls

As the global community approaches the 30^th-anniversary review of the implementation of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action and following the 2023 SDG Summit’s call for accelerated progress toward achieving the 2030 Agenda, violence against women and girls remains a global pandemic that affects every country and every region in the world.

In the context of the Secretary-General’s UNiTE! campaign to end violence against women and girls, the Beijing+30 review, and the 25th anniversary of the UN General Assembly’s designation of November 25 as the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, in memory of the Mirabal sisters, this event seeks to address the causes and consequences of gender-related killings. It will also facilitate the exchange of best practices and lessons learned from different contexts to highlight policy recommendations on prevention, access to justice, accountability for perpetrators, support, and protection.

Agenda

Opening remarks: (12 min)

• H.E. Ms. Tatiana Valovaya, Director-General, United Nations Office in Geneva.
• H.E. Mrs. Olympia Neocleous, Permanent Mission of the Republic of Cyprus to the United Nations Office in Geneva and other international organizations in Switzerland.
• H.E. Mr. Héctor Virgilio Alcántara, Permanent Mission of the Dominican Republic to the United Nations Office and other international organizations in Geneva.
• Mr. Dimiter Chalev, Chief, Rule of Law, Equality and Non-Discrimination Branch, Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, and Representative of the Secretary-General.
• H.E. Mr. Michele Cervone, Deputy Permanent Representative, Permanent Delegation of the European Union to the United Nations Office and other international organizations in Geneva.

Interactive Dialogue: (45 min)

• Ms. Minerva "Minou" Tavárez Mirabal, Chair of the Board of Directors of the Trust Fund for Victims, International Criminal Court (ICC).
• H.E. Mr. Marcel Robert Tibaleka, Ambassador, Permanent Representative of the Permanent Mission of the Republic of Uganda to the United Nations Office and other international organizations in Geneva.
• H.E. Mr. Yerlan Alimbayev, Ambassador, Permanent Representative, Permanent Mission of the Republic of Kazakhstan to the United Nations Office and other international organizations in Geneva.
• H.E. Mrs. Priyanka Chauhan, Ambassador, Deputy Permanent Representative, Permanent Mission of India to the United Nations Office and other international organizations in Geneva.
• CSO representative

Closing remarks: UN Women Geneva Office.

Moderator:  Ms. Adriana Quinones, Head, Human Rights and Development, UN Women Geneva Office.

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