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About 500 delegates from different sectors of the country are expected to participate in the event, including members of the Diplomatic Corps.
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President Akufo-Addo and Chair of the Board of Directors of the African Center for the Constructive Resolution of Disputes (ACCORD) & Global Peace, Graça Machel, will co-host the first intergenerational dialogue on world peace in Accra.
The dialogue, scheduled for May 6 at the Kempinski Hotel in Accra, will set the tone for a global discussion among young leaders of the future, mayors of cities, captains of companies and leaders of society to discuss their aspirations for a better world. should look like.
About 500 delegates from different sectors of the country are expected to participate in the event, including members of the Diplomatic Corps.
Accra's inter-generational dialogue follows the announcement made on December 2, 2018 by Nana Akufo-Addo, co-chair of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals advocacy group, at the Global Citizen & # 39; s Festival in Johannesburg, South Africa. that in 2019, Ghana would organize the first intergenerational dialogue in Accra, in order to contribute to the creation of a link between peace and development in the country and in the world.
Context
World peace was launched on July 27, 2018 by ACCORD Chairperson Graça Machel at a luncheon hosted by South African President Cyril Ramaphosa for 20 Heads of State attending the BRICS Plus Summit of 2018.
Ms. Graça Machel then introduced Global Peace on September 24, 2018 to the world community at United Nations (UN) headquarters during the Nelson Mandela Peace Summit.
The initiative was then launched by Dr. Vasu Gounden, founder and executive director of ACCORD, in October 2018 at the African Union in Addis Ababa.
Global Peace is an initiative led by the countries of South, Africa and South. She is at the forefront of building a new speech and a new narrative on global issues.
Intergenerational Dialogues
Throughout 2019, Global Peace will hold a series of intergenerational dialogues that will take place in at least 100 cities around the world.
Local volunteers and community interlocutors will hold a two-hour interactive session at the global peace secretariat, based at ACCORD Headquarters in Durban, South Africa, where young future leaders will engage with local and regional leaders. current leaders on their aspirations for a better world. look like.
The dialogue will be guided by a series of issues that will involve local and global issues and rely heavily on the promotion of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
The future of world peace
The aspirations and outcomes of the global dialogues will be brought together in a Global Peace Charter to be adopted at the World Peace Dialogue in November 2019 in Durban, South Africa, and presented to the Secretary-General of the United Nations. United Nations.
The Secretary-General of the United Nations will be invited to host the first World Peace Forum in New York in 2020, on the occasion of the 75th anniversary of the founding of the United Nations.
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