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Project Launch by OSRSG-CAAC
Tuesday
11
March
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Prove it Matters: A Global Plea for Protecting Children in Conflict Situations

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Auditorium Ivan Pictet 1B at the Maison de la paix

This event is supported by the City of Geneva and Geneva-based Group of Friends on Children and Armed Conflict.

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The United Nations Special Representative for Children and Armed Conflict (OSRSG-CAAC) is launching a global campaign entitled 'Prove It Matters' to uphold the spirit and letter of the Convention on the Rights of the Child and to bring the voices of children up front. The campaign strives to inspire collective action, engaging the voices and participation of children, and to promote long-term solutions that uphold the rights and well-being of conflict-affected children.

Let us hear our own children: their requests are simple, they want peace, an education and the opportunity to heal, to grow and to hope.
Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict, Virginia Gamba

About the SPEAKERS

  • Ms. Christina Kitsos, Mayor of Geneva
  • Video statement from the UN Secretary-General, Mr. António Guterres
  • H.E. Mr. Xavier Espot Zamora, Prime Minister of Andorra
  • Video statement from H.E. Mr. Robert Abela, Prime Minister of Malta
  • Ms. Virginia Gamba, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict
  • Ms. Aissatou Alassane Sidikou, Member of the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child from Niger
  • Ms. Rosaria Correa, Member of the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child from Panama
  • Video statement from Mr. Forest Whitaker, CEO of the Whitaker Peace & Development
  • Initiative & UNESCO Special Envoy for Peace and Reconciliation (TBC)10. M. Junior Nzita, President of Peace for Children & Author of If My Life as a Child Soldier Could Be Told
  • M. Egide Niyonkuru, youth advocate from Burundi

Moderation by M. Philipp Jaffe, Member of the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child from Switzerland

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