Fifth Conference of States Parties (CSP5)

The details of the Conference are as follows: 

 Date:                  26-30 August 2019
 Venue: 

Centre International de Conférences Genève (CICG),

Geneva, Switzerland
 Time: 10:00 - 13:00 and 15:00 - 18:00

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CSP5 OPENING SESSION

 1.                  The opening session of the Conference will take place on Monday, 26 August 2019, from 10h00 -11h00 and will be addressed by the following invited dignitaries in the following order:

a.       H.E. Ms. Izumi NAKAMITSU, Under-Secretary-General and High Representative for Disarmament Affairs

b.       H.E. Ms. Christine HOEBES, Deputy Minister of International Relations and Cooperation, Republic of Namibia

c.       Mr. Gilles CARBONNIER, Vice President, International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)

d.       H.E. Mr. Andris PELŠS, Secretary of State, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Latvia

e.       H.E. Ms. Fiorella SALAZAR ROJAS, Deputy Minister of Public Security, Costa Rica

f.        Ms. Nounou Booto MEETI, Director at the Center for Peace Security and Armed Violence Prevention (CPS-AVIP)

THEMATIC DISCUSSON ON GENDER AND GENDER BASED VIOLENCE

2.                  The thematic discussion on Gender and Gender Based Violence will take the form of a panel discussion involving the following high level speakers:

a.       1^st Panelist: H.E. Ms. Vaira VĪĶE-FREIBERGA, former President of Latvia.

b.       2^nd Panelist: H.E. Ms. Christine HOEBES, Deputy Minister of International Relations and Cooperation, Republic of Namibia.

c.       3^rd Panelist: H.E. Ms. Izumi NAKAMITSU, Under-Secretary-General and High Representative for Disarmament Affairs.

d.       4^th Panelist: Mr. Gilles CARBONNIER, Vice President, International Committee of the Red Cross

e.       5^th Panelist: Ms. Annie Matundu MBAMBI, President of Women's League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF), Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Ambassador Jānis KĀRKLIŅŠ, the President of Conference, will facilitate the panel discussion.