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Greetings!

 

Please join the National Peace Academy for a free teleconference dialogue with Ambassador Anwarul Chowdhury, former Under-Secretary-General and High Representative of the United Nations and former Ambassador of Bangladesh to the United Nations.   

 

Ambassador_ChowdhuryAmbassador Chowdhury will share with teleconference participants the vision of the Human Right to Peace that has been developed in consultation with civil society as well as introduce the goals of the effort to introduce and adopt the Santiago Declaration on the Human Right to Peace at the United Nations.  At the conclusion of his talk, Ambassador Chowdhury will invite questions and dialogue with call participants. 

 

This conversation is the inaugural talk in the National Peace Academy's newest program: Peacebuilder Teleconference Dialogues. 


 Peacebuilder Teleconference Dialogue with: 
Ambassador Anwarul Chowdhury

"The Human Right to Peace"

April 19, 2011 * 7:00 - 8:30pm
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Ambassador Anwarul Chowdhury: The Human Right to Peace
Ambassador Anwarul Chowdhury: The Human Right to Peace

  Free advanced registration required. Click here to register. 
 (A dial in number and access code will be provided upon completion of registration)

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