🔴 UCLG Municipal Peace Talks: Local Governments roles and solidarity in times of international crisis

Led by the World Human Rights Cities Forum of Gwangju in cooperation with the UCLG Policy Council on Opportunities for All, Culture and City Diplomacy: Keys to Sustainable Development and Peace.

🎯 Description: Building on our origins as a movement driven by Peace and city diplomacy, and following the mandate received from its Presidency, UCLG has launched the Municipal Peace Talks.This session aims at discussing on the role of local and regional governments and solidarity in times of international crisis, and is envisioned not just as part of the UCLG Municipal Peace Talks, but also as the third session of the “Myanmar Conference III”.

This session of the Talks will also incorporate peacebuilding organizations and will lead to concrete action within the UCLG work program, in the framework of the broader Peace Agenda.

Connection link 💬 Interpretation in: English, French, Spanish, Korean.

‍🎤 Some of the voices you will hear: 

• Carola Gunnarsson, Mayor of Sala, Vice-President of SALAR, Vice-President of UCLG for Europe

• Philippe Rio, Mayor of Grigny, Copresident of the UCLG Committee on Social Inclusion, Participatory Democracy and Human Rights 

• Issa Kassis, Mayor of Ramallah

• Vasu Gouden, Executive Director, ACCORD 

• Khadija Ahamadi, Former Mayor of Nili

• François de Coster, Mayor of Saint-Omer and Member of the Committee of the regions

• Richard Bennett, UN Special Rapporteur on Afghanistan

• Tom Andrews, UN Special Rapporteur on Myanmar (video-intervention)

📌 Key Documents:

▶️ Concept note