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UN PhotoStomping for Peace: An Event on Children's Voices and Recommendations for a Peaceful World
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On the Occasion of the 35th Anniversary of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, hear from children's experiences and realities in their own words.
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Speakers include:
View moreView less- Learn from and reflect upon the messages directly from children around the world, based on the 'Stomping for Peace' Campaign calling for more peaceful societies for children.
- Hear about the intergenerational, long-lasting impacts of lack of peace for children and what the international community can do better to prevent conflict, end existing wars and protect children at all times.
Speakers include:
- H.E. Amb. Philippe Kridelka, Permanent Rep, Permanent Mission of Belgium to the UN.
- H.E. Amb. José Alberto Bríz Gutiérrez, Permanent Rep, Permanent Mission of Guatemala to the UN.
- Hilde Boeykens, Chief Executive Officer, SOS Children's Villages Belgium.
- Sophie Ndong, National Director, SOS Children's Villages Sierra Leone.
- Dragica Mikavica, Program Officer, Office of SRSG on Children and Armed Conflict.
- Lily Gray, Senior Liaison Officer, UNESCO.
- Laura Perez, Co-Director, Human Rights and Humanitarian Policy Concentration, School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA), Columbia University.