Day One Statements - UN Global Congress of Victims of Terrorism 2022

Time

GA Hall Plenary

10:00 – 11:00

High Level Opening

MC Welcome and Introduction

• Ms. Oguljeren Niyazberdiyeva, Chief, Office of the Under-Secretary-General, United Nations Office of Counter-Terrorism

Call to action by victims of terrorism:

• Ms. Ana Evans, Argentina
• Mr. Parfait Kari Wadjoré, Cameroon
• Mr. Karambir Singh Kang, India
• Ms. Iman Abdullah Hamad, Iraq
• Mr. Ashraf Al-Khaled, Jordan
• Mr. Max Boon, The Netherlands
• Ms. Fatima Ali Haider, Pakistan
• Ms. Vera de Benito, Spain
• Ms. Grace Acan, Uganda
• Mr. Joseph Pfeifer, United States of America

High-Level Parliamentarian Session:

• H.E. Mr. Mohamed Ali Houmed, Speaker of the National Assembly of Djibouti and President of the Executive Committee of the African Parliamentary Union (French)
• H.E. Mr. Adel bin AbdulRahman Al Asoomi, Member of the Council of Representatives of Bahrain and President of the Arab Parliament (Arabic) (English)
• H.E. Mr. Gennaro Migliore, President Parliamentary Assembly of the Mediterranean (PAM) 
• H.E. Mr. Reinhold Lopatka, Member of the National Council of Austria, Vice-President of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe Parliamentary Assembly and Chair of its Ad Hoc Committee on Counter-Terrorism
• Mr. Dherar Humaid Belhoul Al Falasi, Member of the Federal National Council of the United Arab Emirates and PAM Special Representative on Children and Armed Conflict (Arabic) (English)
• Mr. Pascal Kober, The Federal Government Commissioner for Persons Affected by Terrorist and Extremist Attacks Committed on National Territory, Germany

11:00 – 11:40

Introductory Remarks:

• Mr. Vladimir Voronkov, Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations Office of Counter-Terrorism

Keynote Address:

• H.E. Ms. Amina J. Mohammed, Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations

Opening Remarks:

• H.E. Mr. Abdulla Shahid, President of the General Assembly of the United Nations

Eminent Speakers:

• H.E. Mr. Fernando Grande-Marlaska Gómez, Minister of the Interior, Kingdom of Spain, in its capacity as Co-Chair of the Group of Friends Victims of Terrorism
• H.E. Mr. Qassim al-Araji, National Security Advisor, Republic of Iraq, in its capacity as Co-Chair of the Group of Friends Victims of Terrorism

11:40 – 13:00

Musical Interlude:

Manchester Survivors Choir “Bee the Difference Project”

• Dr. Cath Hill, Choir founder, victim of terrorism
• Ms. Amelia Bradbourne, victim of terrorism
• Ms. Ruby Bradbourne, victim of terrorism
• Ms. Lucy Jarvis, victim of terrorism
• Ms. Yasmine Lee, victim of terrorism 
• Ms. Alicia Taylor, victim of terrorism
• Ms. Ellie Taylor, songwriter, victim of terrorism

Ministerial Statements and Interventions:

• H.E. Major General Kahinde Otafire, Minister of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Uganda
• H.E. Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan
• H.E. Mr. Péter Szijjártó, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Hungary
• H.E. Catarina Sarmento e Castro, Minister of Justice of the Portuguese Republic
• H.E. Vincent Van Quickenborne, Minister of Justice of the Kingdom of Belgium
• H.E. Amb. Linda Thomas-Greenfield, Representative of the United States to the United Nations and the Representative of the United States to the Security Council
• H.E. Priyanca Radhakrishnan, Minister for Diversity, Inclusion and Ethnic Communities of Interior and Decentralization of New Zealand
• H.E. Mr. Eric Dupond-Moretti, Minister of Justice of the French Republic
• H.E. Dr. Fayssal Mekdad, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates in the Syrian Arab Republic (Arabic)
• H.E. Mr. Riyad Mansour, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates of the State of Palestine
• H.E. Hisham Ahmed, State Minister of the Republic of Sudan
• H.E. Carlos Fernádez de Cossio Dominguez, Deputy Minister of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Cuba
• Mr. Wnyan Alsubaiee, Head of the Counseling and Care Centre, Presidency of State Security in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
• H.E. Major-General Nassir Saeed Al-Hajiri, Vice-Chair of the National Counterterrorism Committee in the States of Qatar
• Mr. Cheng Guoping, External Security Commissioner of the Foreign Ministry of the People’s Republic of China
• Mr. Boy Rafli Amar, Commissioner General of Police of the Republic of Indonesia
• Ms. Clarita R. Carlos, National Security Adviser, National Security Council of the Republic of the Philippines
• Mr. Serhii Andrushchenko, Deputy Head of the Security Service of Ukraine

CR.4 Plenary

15:00 – 16:05

Session 1: Recognition and Remembrance Measures

Moderator

• Mr. Rio Hada, Chief, Equality, development, and rule of law section, Office of the High Commissioner of Human Rights

Panelists: 

• Ms. Amy O'Neill, Psychotherapist, Consultant and Stakeholder, National Mass Violence and Victimization Resource Center and victim of terrorism, United States of America
• Ms. Soad Begdouri el-Khammal, President, Moroccan Association of Victims of Terrorism and victim of terrorism, Morocco
• Ms. Montserrat Torija Noguerales, Director General, Support to Victims of Terrorism, Ministry of the Interior, Spain
• Mr. Hak Seok Kim, Attorney and Vice President of Victim Support Asia, South Korea

CR.1 Parallel Session

16:15 – 17:15

Session 2: Parallel Breakout Sessions - New and emerging threats linked to terrorism

Breakout Session 2 A – Linkages between conflict-related sexual violence and terrorism (hybrid session)

Moderator

• Mr. Tonderai Chikuhwa, Chief of Staff and Senior Policy Advisor, Office of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Sexual Violence in Conflict, United Nations

Panelists: 

• Ms. Grace Acan, Author, Co-founder of the Women's Advocacy Network (WAN) Uganda, Board Member, Global Survivors Fund and survivor of sexual violence in conflict, Uganda
• Ms. Sarab Elias, Head of the General Directorate of Yazidi Female Survivors' Affairs, Iraq
• Ms. Zenaida Machado-Ezinteje, Senior Researcher, Human Rights Watch
• Ms. Adejoké Babington-Ashaye, International Criminal Law Expert and Doctoral Candidate, Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies, Nigeria

CR.4 Parallel Session

16:10 – 17:10

Session 2: Parallel Breakout Sessions - New and emerging threats linked to terrorism

Breakout Session 2 B – Terrorist attacks based on xenophobia, racism, and other forms of intolerance, or in the name of religion or belief (XRIRB)

Moderator

• Ms. Naureen Chowdhury Fink, Executive Director, Soufan Center

Panelists: 

• Ms. Lisbeth Røyneland, President, Norwegian Support Group After the 22nd July Terror Attacks and victim of terrorism, Norway
• Dr. Maysoon Salama, Manager and co-founder, An-Nur Child Education and Care and victim of terrorism, Jordan/Palestine
• Ms. Alice Wairimu Nderitu, Special Adviser of the Secretary-General on the Prevention of Genocide
• Dr. Virginie Andre, Victoria University and EU Radicalisation Awareness Network member, Australia

Member State Interventions:

• Republic of Azerbaijan

CR.1 Plenary

17:20 – 17:55

Day One Closing Plenary

Master of ceremonies introductory remarks

• Ms. Oguljeren Niyazberdiyeva, Chief, Office of the Under-Secretary-General, United Nations Office of Counter-Terrorism

Victims of terrorism spotlight: 

• Mr. Philippe Vansteenkiste, Belgium
• Ms. Soad Begdouri El-Khammal, Morocco (Arabic)(English)
• Mr. Sudirman Talib, Indonesia
• Ms. Laura Dolci, United Nations
• Mr. Zannah Mustapha, Nigeria

Closing Remarks:

• Mr. Raffi Gregorian, Deputy to the Under-Secretary-General and Director, United Nations Office of Counter-Terrorism