Dialogue, Truth, and Reconciliation as Means to Sustaining Peace: g7+ Experiences

The panel will feature speakers from the g7+ Secretariat, various governments, and other relevant stakeholders to discuss how dialogue, truth, and reconciliation can contribute to sustaining peace.

Welcoming Remarks

• H.E. Mr. Kay Rala Xanana Gusmão- Prime Minister of Timor-Leste and Eminent Person of g7+ (via video-message)

Speakers

• Mr. Helder da Costa - Secretary-General of the g7+
• H.E. Mrs. Lurdes Bessa - Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Timor-Leste to the United Nations office and other international organizations in Geneva
• H.E. Mr. Samuel Housman Buggie SAFFA - Ambassador and Deputy Permanent Representative of Sierra Leone to the United Nations office and other international organizations in Geneva
• Mr. Bernanrd Duhaime -  Special Rapporteur on the promotion of truth, justice, reparation and guarantees of non-recurrence (via video-message)
• Mr. Richard Bennett - Former head of the human rights components of peacekeeping operations in Sierra Leone, Timor-Leste, South Sudan and Afghanistan and Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Afghanistan.

Moderator

• Ms. Christine Löw - Deputy Head of the Peace and Human Rights Division, Switzerland
   

Main Organizer

• The g7+ Secretariat
• The Permanent Mission of Timor-Leste to the United Nations Office and other International Organizations in Geneva. 

Co-Organizers

• Federal Department of Foreign Affairs, Switzerland