Welcome to the United Nations
High-level opening:
H. E. Ms. Amina J. Mohammed
Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations
H.E. Mr. Giorgio Silli
Undersecretary of State
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Italy
H. E. Mr. Philémon Yang
President of the General Assembly
H.E. Mr. Robert Rae
President of the Economic and Social Council
Mr. Li Junhua
Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs
UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA)
Ms. Jan Beagle
Director-General
International Development Law Organization (IDLO)
Ms. Liliane Adriko
Chief Executive Officer
Uganda Association of Women Lawyers (FIDA-Uganda)
Ms. Mojisola Akinsanya
Executive Director
Women for Peace & Gender Equality Initiative (WOPEGEE)
Ms. Daniela Barba
Director of Research on Access to Justice
World Justice Project
Ms. Manal Benani
Sustainable Cooperation for Peace and Security (SCPS)/
Africa Europe Foundation
H. E. Mr. Olivier Boucal
Minister of Public Service and Public Service Reform
Ministry of Public Service, Senegal
Mr. Helder Da Costa
General Secretary, g7+ Secretariat
Ms. Cristel Urquía Dubón
Deputy Mayor of Intibucá, Honduras
Ms. Müge Finkel
Associate Professor of International Development, Director of Ford Institute for Human Security, Co-Director of Gender Inequality Research Lab (GIRL), School of Public and International Affairs (SPIA), University of Pittsburgh
Ms. Rigbe Gebrehawaria
Commissioner for Women, Children,
Older Persons, and Disability Rights
Ethiopian Human Rights Commission
Ms. Lynrose Jane D. Genon
Executive Council Member
Young Women+ Leaders for Peace –
The Philippines (YW+PL-PH)
Mr. Navid Hanif
Assistant Secretary-General for Economic Development
UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA)
Mr. Andrews Kananga
Executive Director
Legal Aid Forum Rwanda
Ms. Luisa Franco Machado
Founder and Executive Director, EquiLabs
Young Leader for the SDGs (Brazil)
H. E. Mr. Maurizio Massari
Permanent Representative of Italy to the United Nations
H.E. Jorge Rodrigo Araújo Messias
Attorney General of the Union, Brazil
Hon. Lady Justice Philomena Mwilu
Deputy Chief Justice and Vice President
Supreme Court of Kenya
H.E. Ms. Anne Désirée Ouloto
Minister of Civil Service and Modernization of the Administration
Republic of Côte d'Ivoire
Ms. Natalia Peláez Pérez
Founder and Director
Fundación LATIR
Ms. Tashi Pem
Chairperson
Royal Civil Service Commission, Bhutan
Mr. John Romano
Director
TAP Network
Mr. Musa Ansumana Soko
Youth Partnership for Peace and Development/WASH-Net
Hon. Hussein Thomasi
Solicitor General and Legal Secretary
Ministry of Justice, The Gambia
Mr. Zia Ur-Rehman
Coordinator
Asia Development Alliance
Mr. Peter van Sluijs
Peacebuilding and Conflict Prevention Expert
and Coordinator, CSPPS
Ms. Ghada Fathi Waly
Executive Director
United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC)
Ms. Margaret Williams
Associate Director
SDG16+ Pathfinders for Peaceful, Just and Inclusive Societies
Mr. Haoliang Xu
Associate Administrator
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
H.E. Mr. Thomas Zahneisen
Deputy Permanent Representative of
Germany to the United Nations