Media Advisory
High-Level Thematic Debate on Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ, Peace and Security
10-11 May, Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Headquarters in New York
To engage in a strategic reflection about today’s threats to international peace and security and examine how to strengthen the performance of the United Nations’ engagement in this field, the President of the General Assembly, H.E. Mogens Lykketoft, is organising a High-level Thematic Debate of the Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ General Assembly focused on Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ, Peace and SecurityÌýon 10-11 May 2016.
Titled , the debate will also allow Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ member states to consider the means, instruments and practices available within a Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ-context to tackle these challenges as well as the responsibilities and institutions required for an effective collective security architecture.
Building on recent Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ peace and security reviews and informed by a series of coordinated, independently organized regional workshops and seminars, this debate will take place as the world is considering how best to implement the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and who, as the next Secretary-General, will lead the Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ in this and other tasks.
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Mogens Lykketoft, President of the United Nations General Assembly
Jan Eliasson, Deputy Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Secretary-General
Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, former President of Indonesia
Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga, former President of Sri Lanka
Leymah Gbowee, 2011 Nobel Peace Laureate, SDG Advocate
Amre Moussa, former Secretary-General of the League of Arab States
Jose Ramos-Horta, Chair, High-level Independent Panel on Peace Operations
Smaïl Chergui, African Union Commissioner for Peace and Security
Plus more than 25 Ministers
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What:ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý High-level debate on Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ, peace and security plus more than 15 related side events
When:ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý 10-11 May and related side events from 8-12 May, 2016
Where:ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Trusteeship Council, Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Headquarters, New York
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Media contacts
Dan Thomas, T: +1 917 225-1913 | E: daniel.thomas@un.org
Ulla Oestergaard, T +1 646 388 3080 | E: oestergaard@un.org
For more information on the meeting and programme of events, please visit website: http://www.un.org/pga/70/events/hltd-peace-and-security/and follow the PGA on Twitter at @Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ_PGA