AGENDA
8:15 Zoom opens for participants to join
8:30 WELCOME
Video Introduction to the Ninth Symposium
8:45 HIGH-LEVEL OPENING SESSION
The moderator will introduce the theme of the symposium, and the 9th Symposium will open with representatives of the three major organizing components of the annual symposium–UN official, faith-based representative and member state providing their perspectives on the theme of human security.
CO-MODERATORS:
• Rev. Dr. Liberato C. Bautista (Assistant General Secretary for United Nations and International Affairs, General Board of Church and Society of The United Methodist Church and Chair, 2023 Symposium Planning Team)
• Ms. Nika Saeedi (PVE Team Leader, Crisis Bureau, UNDP; Global focal point on Religion, Mental Health and Psychosocial Support, and Hate Speech for UNDP)
SPEAKERS:
• H.E. María Fernanda Espinosa Garcés (Former Minister of Foreign Affairs and Defense of Ecuador and former President of the UN General Assembly)
• H. E. Archbishop Gabriele Giordano Caccia (Apostolic Nuncio and Permanent Observer, Permanent Observer Mission of the Holy See to the United Nations)
• Ms. Ulrika Modéer (UN Assistant Secretary-General and Director of the Bureau of External Relations and Advocacy, UNDP)
• Ambassador (ret.) Sergio Duarte (Former United Nations High Representative for Disarmament Affairs and President of Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs)
• Bishop Dr. Heinrich Bedford-Strohm (Moderator, Central Committee of the World Council of Churches and Bishop, Evangelical Lutheran Church in Bavaria)
• Priestess Beatriz Schulthess (Founder and President of Indigenous Peoples Ancestral Spiritual Council and Member of Qulla/Kolla Nation and Co-President, Religions for Peace)
9:25 FRAMING HUMAN SECURITY AS SHARED SECURITY FOR PEOPLE AND THE PLANET
Conceptual and practical convergences on the topic of human security abound between faith communities and the UN System. These convergences also illustrate the complexity of what security, in its multiple dimensions, entails.
MODERATOR:
• Prof. Dr. Azza Karam (Secretary General, Religions for Peace)
SPEAKERS:
• Mr. Samuel Rizk (Head, Conflict Prevention, Peacebuilding and Responsible Institutions (CPPRI) Team, Crisis Bureau, UNDP)
• Ms. Njoki Rahab Kinyanjui (Senior Advisor, Policy, UN Mission in South Sudan {UNMISS}, Former Chief of Gender Unit & Senior Gender Adviser, UN Dept. of Peace Operations)
• Mr. Anwar Khan (President, Islamic Relief USA)
• Mr. Garry Jacobs (President and CEO of World Academy of Art and Science and Chairman and CEO the World University Consortium)
• Ms. Sophia Farion (Senior Program Officer for Eastern Europe, South Caucasus, and Central Asia, Global Network of Women Peacebuilders {GNWP})
• Dr. Anne Mette Fisker-Nielsen (Associate Professor, Soka University)
10:45 BREAK
Cultural intermission: Cello piece by Michael Fitzpatrick
90-second video on human security
11:00 SEEING AND DOING HUMAN SECURITY
This session will highlight actual activities and initiatives that are focused on and promote human security. It will demonstrate how faith based actors, UN entities and Member States see and work for human security.
MODERATOR:
• Mr. Rudelmar Bueno de Faria (General Secretary of ACT Alliance)
SPEAKERS:
• Ambassador Amanda Ellis (Former Ambassador and Permanent Representative of the Mission of New Zealand to the United Nations in Geneva and Professor, Arizona State University)
• Ms. Mehrnaz Mostafavi (Chief of the Human Security Unit {HSU} and the UN Trust Fund for Human Security {UNTFHS})
• Dr. Jerry White (Executive Director, United Religions Initiative {URI})
• Mr. Pak Syamsul (Senior Technical Advisor, UNDP Indonesia)
• Mr. Asif Ali Sherazi (Country Director Islamic Relief Pakistan)
• Atty. Salma Pir Rasul (Executive Director, Philippine Center for Islam and Democracy and Director, Islamic Law Studies, University of the Philippines Law Center {UPLC})
• Mr. Nelson Ngalle (Coordinator, National Peace Project, Presbyterian Church in Cameroon)
12:20 KEY LEARNINGS
This session will highlight key learnings that relate to work for human security and the roles different actors can play. It will address in concrete ways the development of “unity, solidarity, international cooperation and global coordinated action” necessary to make human security real.
MODERATOR:
• Ms. Audrey Kitagawa, JD (President/Founder, International Academy for Multicultural Cooperation and President, Light of Awareness International Spiritual Family)
SPEAKERS:
• Prof. Dr. PL de Silva (Adjunct Professor, UN Studies, Seton Hall University)
• Dr. Elizabeta Kitanovic (Executive Secretary, Human Rights, Council of European Churches)
• Ms Ruby Kholifah (Secretary General of The Asian Muslim Action Network {AMAN}, Country representative of AMAN Indonesia)
12:50 CONCLUDING SESSION
This concluding session will provide key ideas about what needs to be done next, and is envisioned to inspire action and impart a strong call for collaboration and partnership on the key learnings from the symposium.
CO-MODERATORS:
• Rev. Dr. Liberato C. Bautista (Assistant General for United Nations and International Affairs, General Board of Church and Society of The United Methodist Church and Chair, 2023 Symposium Planning Team)
• Ms. Nika Saeedi (PVE Team Leader, Crisis Bureau, UNDP; Global focal point on Religion, Mental Health and Psychosocial Support, and Hate Speech for UNDP)
SPEAKERS:
• Ms. Nika Saeedi (PVE Team Leader, Crisis Bureau, UNDP; Global focal point on Religion, Mental Health and Psychosocial Support, and Hate Speech for UNDP)
• Mr. Jonathan Granoff (Senior Advisor and Representative to the United Nations of the Permanent Secretariat of the World Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates)
• Dr. Ganoune Diop (Director, Public Affairs and Religious Liberty, Seventh-day Adventist Church)
1:30 CLOSE