- Juanita Millán Hernández – Senior Mediation Adviser, United Nations DPPA, Security Arrangements (Ceasefire-SSR-DDR)
Closing Ceremony
Special Event
Gender and Minorities and Identities
Closing Ceremony
Geneva Peacebuilding Platform, Berghof Foundation
- 18/10/2024 @ 11:00 - 12:30
- Auditorium Ivan Pictet (pétale 1) – Hybrid
The Closing ceremony of Geneva Peace Week 2024 features a powerful conversation between two extraordinary women, Juanita Millán Hernández and Victoria Sandino Simanca Herrera, who played pivotal roles in the Colombian peace negotiations (2010-2016). As women negotiators in a male-dominated process, they will share their personal journeys, the obstacles they faced, and their ongoing work to promote peace in Colombia and beyond.
GPW Closing Ceremony
Speakers
- Victoria Sandino Simanca Herrera – Colombian politician and ex-insurgent, former commander of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia
Closing Remarks
- Annyssa Bellal - Executive Director, Geneva Peacebuilding Platform
Moderator
- Rachel Gasser - Senior Advisor, Negotiation and Mediation Support, Berghof Foundation
"Letters to a Young Mediator"
Book presentation
The ceremony will feature remarks from a representative of the Swiss government and a special reading from the collection "Letters to a Young Mediator." Attendees of the GPW Closing ceremony will receive the publication, which will also be launched and offered during a UN Security Council session under the Swiss presidency in October.
Introduction by Jonas Pasquier, Head of Global Affairs, Permanent Mission of Switzerland to the UN and other international organisations in Geneva
Poem reading by Juanita Millán Hernández – Senior Mediation Adviser, United Nations DPPA, Security Arrangements (Ceasefire-SSR-DDR)
