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DPI/NGO Relations invites you to a
Briefing
“May I Ask a Question, Special Representative
of the Secretary General for Children and Armed Conflict?”
with
Ms. Radhika Coomaraswamy
on
Thursday, 21 May 2009
10:15 a.m. – 12:15 p.m.
in the
Conference Room 2
Background Information:
Radhika Coomaraswamy, Special Representative of the Secretary
General for Children and Armed Conflict, was appointed by UN Secretary
General Kofi Annan in 2006, and re-appointed by UN Secretary General
Ban ki-Moon in 2007. A lawyer and academic by profession, the Sri-Lankan
born Ms. Coomaraswamy has written and published extensively on issues
such as women and conflict, minority rights and governance. As a
senior UN official, she has laid down new standards for investigating
and analyzing violence against women at all levels. Prior to joining
the UN she was formerly the Chairperson of the Sri Lanka Human Rights
Commission, a position which she held from 1994 to 2003. She was
1 of the 1000 women nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize in 2005.
Ms. Coomaraswamy visited the Republic of the Congo just last month
to get a first-hand look at the state of children who have been
living through years of armed conflict. Her extensive and impressive
body of human rights work has earned her the reputation of being
a brilliant scholar who has created “new conceptual and theoretical
frameworks for understanding women and conflict.”
“May I Ask a Question?” is a new Series
of Briefings where an influential personality will be invited to
speak and answer questions from the audience. The members of the
audience are encouraged to actively participate in the discussion.
Moderator:
Eric Falt, Director, Outreach Division, Department of Public
Information
Special Message from Miguel d’Escoto Brockmann,
President of the 63rd Session of the United Nations General Assembly
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