New York – 8 September 2015
The General Assembly will hold an informal interactive dialogue on the Report of the Secretary-General on the responsibility to protect populations by preventing genocide, war crimes, ethnic cleansing and crimes against humanity.
Objectives
The dialogue will provide a forum for Member States to consider how to best advance the principle of the responsibility to protect in practice, including by taking concrete steps to accelerate implementation in accordance with the six priorities identified by the Secretary-General in his report A/69/981.
It will further provide an opportunity to exchange views on how Member States can best address existing and emerging challenges, including the impact of new technologies and the commission of atrocity crimes by non-State armed groups.
The interactive nature of the dialogue will also assist in clarifying and deepening the shared understanding of the responsibility to protect among Member States.
Participation
It is expected that the Secretary-General, his Special Advisers on the Prevention of Genocide and on the Responsibility to Protect, representatives of Member States, and civil society will speak at the dialogue.
There will be an established list of speakers. To register, kindly send an email indicating the name of and the level of the speaker to the General Assembly Affairs Branch (212.963.5063) by 1:00 pm on 4 September 2015.
Civil society organisations interested in attending the event should register with osapg@un.org for a special events ticket. Organisations interested in speaking at the event should express this interest when registering to attend.
