(as of 11 September 2023)
Inclusive Global Governance
for a Peaceful and Resilient World
Friday, 15 September 2023, 9:00 am – 5:00 pm*
The Church Center for the United Nations, NY, NY
BELOW YOU CAN ACCESS AN UNEDITED RECORDING OF THE EVENT. AN EDITED VERSION OF THE RECORDING, AS WELL AS A REPORT WITH THE MAIN POINTS RAISED IN THE PANEL DISCUSSIONS, WILL BE MADE AVAILABLE AT A LATER STAGE.
ANNOTATED AGENDA
09:00 – 09:30 Registration, coffee
09:30 – 09:45 Welcoming remarks
- Yoriko Yasukawa, Vice-President, FOGGS
09 :45 – 10 :30 Presentation of Global South Perspectives on Global Governance Reform Report*
- Introduction by the Report Editors – Cilene Victor and Georgios Kostakos
- A word by some of the Authors – Klaus Kotzé, Benedine Azanu, Roberto Chiachiri, Daryl Swanepoel, Adel Abdelsadek, Shabnam Delfan Azari
10:30 – 11:15 Comments on the Report
Chair: Buyelwa Sonjica, former Cabinet Minister, South Africa
- Daniel Perell, Steering Committee Co-Chair, Coalition for the UN We Need (C4UN)
- Augusto Lopez-Claros, Executive Director, Global Governance Forum
- Amy Chalán Vacacela, Kichwa Saraguro Youth Leader, Harvard University student
Q&A with participants
11:15 – 11:30 Closing remarks by the Report Editors and Authors
11:30 – 11:45 Coffee break
11:45 – 12:30 Presentation of PRG Booklet on an Enhanced Role for the UN in Peace and Human Security*
- Introduction by the Booklet Editors Editors – Yoriko Yasukawa, Paola Bettelli, Georgios Kostakos
- A word by some of the Authors – Kerstin Leitner, Gary Slutkin, Ariel Français, Tore Rose, Yoriko Yasukawa, Georgios Kostakos, Sukehiro Hasegawa
12:30 – 13:15 Comments on the Booklet
Chair: Dawn Clancy, PassBlue reporter
- Richard Gowan, UN Director, International Crisis Group
- Courtney Smith, Professor and Dean, Seton Hall University, and Vice President, Academic Council on the United Nations System (ACUNS)
- Rafael Archondo, Professor at the Iberoamerican University in Puebla, Mexico, former Deputy Permanent Representative of Bolivia to the UN
- Nudhara Yusuf, Global Youth Coordinator, Coalition for the UN We Need (C4UN), and Facilitator, Global Governance Innovation Network (GGIN), Stimson Center
Q&A with participants
13:15 – 13:00 Closing remarks by the Booklet Editors and Authors
13:30 – 14:00 Light lunch
14:00 – 15:15 Panel discussion : Resilience for the world and a Global Resilience Council for the UN
Chair: Benedine Azanu, Acting Head, Department of Journalism, Ghana Institute of Journalism, University of Media Arts and Communication
- Georgios Kostakos, Executive Director, FOGGS
- Buyelwa Sonjica, former Cabinet Minister, South Africa
- Manuela Tortora, Vice-President, “Greycells” – Association of Former International Civil Servants for Development
- Frank Van Gansbeke, Co-founder, Beyond Bretton Woods
- Jeffery Huffines, Senior Advisor, Coalition for the UN We Need (C4UN)
Q&A with participants
15:15 – 15:30 Coffee break
15:30 – 16:45 Panel discussion: The Russia-Ukraine war and the need for a global Peace Architecture
Chair: Daryl Swanepoel, Chief Executive Officer, Inclusive Society Institute
- Kerstin Leitner, former senior UNDP and WHO official
- Gay Rosenblum-Kumar, UN Representative, Nonviolent Peaceforce
- Mohammad Taher Gholi Tabar, University of Religions and Denominations, Iran
- Tapio Kanninen, President, Global Crisis Information Network
Q&A with participants
16:45 – 17:00 Wrap-up
