📣 UNAOC News Flash 56 is out now!
🗞️ Check out activities and updates from the busy month of May. See high-level engagements, programming highlights, and key advocacy efforts.
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Pleasure receiving H.E. Ms. Rosa Yolanda Villavicencio Mapy @ryvillavicencio, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Colombia @CancilleriaCol. We exchanged views on issues of mutual interest.
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As we reflect on her legacy, we reaffirm our commitment to combating antisemitism, racism, and all forms of hatred, while promoting dialogue, mutual respect, and our shared humanity. (2/2)
Thank you to @UN DGC for organizing the event.
#AnneFrank#combatantisemitism@UNAOC
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🎬 And that's a wrap.
🤝At today's launch of the #MuscatActionPlan, speakers highlighted the important contributions that traditional & indigenous actors can make to conflict prevention, peace mediation & social cohesion.🕊️
In closing the #MuscatActionPlan launch, Mr. Khalid Saleh Said Al Rubkhi, @Oman_UN Deputy Permanent Representative, stressed, “This is only the beginning. Today’s challenges mean we need to step up our efforts to promote the dignity of every human & foster peaceful coexistence.”
🎙Mrs. Bola Asaju, Permanent Mission of #Nigeria to the 🇺🇳: “Peace is more durable when local & community leadership is at the center of prevention efforts. Traditional leaders are not peripheral actors; they are central to social harmony.” #MuscatActionPlan
🎙️Ms. Varduhi Melikyan, @ArmeniaUN: “Trusted community leaders can play an indispensable role in fostering dialogue, strengthening social cohesion and advance prevention efforts at local level.” #MuscatActionPlan
🎙️Mrs. Nasria Elardja Flitti, Deputy Permanent Observer for the League of Arab States to the 🇺🇳: “May the #MuscatActionPlan be a new bridge between nations & a beacon of hope that leads to mutual understanding & brings a renewed message of peace.”
🎙Mr. Faisal Alenezi, Deputy Permanent Representative of Kuwait to the 🇺🇳: “...Traditional & indigenous leaders play a vital role in local dynamics. Their ability to mediate disputes and foster reconciliations makes them indispensable partners.” #MuscatActionPlan
🎙Ms. Suma Sameer Abdulkarim Alalaiwat, @BahrainMsnNY Deputy Permanent Representative: “The rise in extremism, incitement and hate speech threatens local communities. We welcome the #MuscatActionPlan and its effort to bring traditional leaders together in support of peace.”
🎙H.E. Ms. Maria Zabolotskaya, @RussiaUN Deputy Permanent Representative at #MuscatActionPlan launch: “Russia supports all efforts to protect indigenous people. We support all initiatives of the UN to combat racial discrimination.”
🎙 H.E. Lukman Abdulraheem Al Faily, Permanent Representative of @iraq_un, expressed support for the #MuscatActionPlan, stating, “Religious awareness and the role of tribal leaders are indispensable in supporting states’ efforts to combat extremism and violence.”
🎙 H.E. Dionisio Da Costa Babo Soares, Permanent Representative of Timor-Leste to the 🇺🇳: “We welcome the adoption of the #MuscatActionPlan as a timely step towards preventive frameworks. We recommend that Member States...integrate traditional mediation systems.”
🎙H.E. @AmbKazUN, Permanent Representative of @KazakhstanUN: “🇰🇿 strongly supports inclusive peacebuilding & welcomes the inclusion of traditional leaders, whose moral authority makes them indispensable partners. The #MuscatActionPlan provides a vital shield on the ground.”
🎙H.E. @AmbAlyaAlThani, Permanent Representative of 🇶🇦to the 🇺🇳: “#Qatar welcomes the #MuscatActionPlan & supports efforts aimed at fighting hate speech. This Plan represents an important & practical framework to promote the participation of traditional & indigenous leaders.”
🎙H.E. @Asimiahmad, Permanent Representative of @PakistanUN_NY: “Prevention entails both international responsibility & local action. Traditional leaders have historically played a leading role in mediation & today they continue to play an important role...” #MuscatActionPlan
🎙 H.E. Mr. Omar Hilale, Permanent Representative of @Morocco_UN: “The Kingdom of Morocco welcomes the introduction of the #MuscatActionPlan which recognizes the indispensable role that traditional leaders can play in addressing the root causes of violent extremism.”
🎙“Indigenous peoples possess ancient wisdom & their role is important in addressing conflict and violent extremism. The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia reiterates its full readiness to support efforts to address hate speech.” — H.E. @AzALWASIL@ksamissionun | #MuscatActionPlan
🎙H.E. Talal Sulaiman Habib Alrahbi, Ambassador of the Sultanate of Oman to the United States @OmanEmbassyUSA, at the launch of the #MuscatActionPlan: “One of the ironies of our time is that while the world is more interconnected, there is no greater ease of understanding. "
H.E. Talal Sulaiman Habib Alrahbi, @OmanEmbassyUSA Ambassador: “Conflicts do not start with weapons, but with a diminished ability to listen to the other. Real prevention does not begin when crises begin, but way before when spaces of dialogues are lacking.” #MuscatActionPlan