Welcome to the United Nations
Special addresses by:
H. E. Mr. Sergio Mattarella
President of the Republic of Italy
H. E. Ms. Paula Narváez
President,
United Nations Economic and Social Council
Ms. Amina J. Mohammed
Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations
Mr. Orlando Aguirre Gómez
President of the Supreme Court of Justice of the Republic of Costa Rica
Ms. Maria Isabel Aninat Sahli
Dean of Faculty of Law, Universidad Adolfo Ibañez, Chile
Vice Chair of the Board of Advisors, International IDEA
Ms. Jan Beagle
Director-General,
International Development Law Organization
Mr. Abdul Tejan Cole
Executive Director,
African Center of Excellence-Access to Justice (Ace-AJ)
Mr. Michael Collins
Executive Director Americas,
Institute for Economics & Peace
H. E. Amb. Pedro Comissário Afonso
Permanent Representative of the Republic of Mozambique to the United Nations and President of the Security Council for May 2024
Mr. Helder Da Costa
General Secretary,
g7+ Secretariat
Mr. Oscar Escobar
Former Mayor of Palmira,
Colombia 2020-2023
H. E. Amb. Sarah Safyn Fyneah
Permanent Representative of Liberia to the United Nations
Mr. Blair Glencorse
Co-CEO, Accountability Lab and Civil Society Co-Chair,
Open Government Partnership Steering Committee
Mr. Luke Goh
Permanent Secretary for Law and Second Permanent Secretary for Foreign Affairs,
Singapore
Amb. Gianluca Greco
Deputy Permanent Representative of Italy to the United Nations
Ms. Shannon N. Green
Assistant to the Administrator of the Bureau for Democracy, Human Rights, and Governance (DRG)
United States Agency for International Development (USAID)
Ms. Patricia Kameri-Mbote
Director, Law Division,
United Nations Environment Programme
Ms. June Kunugi
Director, Public Partnerships Division,
United Nations Children’s Fund
Ms. Elizabeth (Liz) Hume
Executive Director,
Alliance for Peacebuilding and Co-chair, Transparency, Accountability & Participation (TAP) Network / Civil Society Platform for Peacebuilding and Statebuilding (CSPPS)
Mr. Li Junhua
Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs,
Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA)
Ms. Charlotte Le Faucheur
Program Associate, Cordaid and Civil Society Platform for Peacebuilding and Statebuilding (CSPPS)
Ms. Najat Maalla M’jid
Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General on Violence against Children
Ms. Luísa Franco Machado
Young Leader for the SDG
Amb. Maurizio Massari
Permanent Representative of Italy
to the United Nations
Ms. Ulrika Modéer
Assistant Administrator, Director of the Bureau of External Relations and Advocacy,
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP-BERA)
Ms. Claudia del Rosario Palencia Morales
Vice Minister,
Ministry of Governance, Guatemala
Ms. Ana Patricia Muñoz
Executive Director,
International Budget Partnership
Ms. Gwendolyn Myers
Founder and Executive Director,
Messengers of Peace (MOP)
Mr. John Romano
Director,
Transparency, Accountability & Participation (TAP) Network
Mr. Martin Seychell
Deputy Director General,
Directorate General for International Partnerships, European Commission
Mr. Mandeep Tiwana
Chief Officer,
Evidence and Engagement, CIVICUS
Mr. Peter van Sluijs
Peacebuilding and Conflict Prevention Expert and Coordinator,
Civil Society Platform for Peacebuilding and Statebuilding (CSPPS)