On November 16, USIP hosted a conversation with U.N. Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide Alice Wairimu Nderitu on the efforts her office has taken to prevent atrocity crimes and to improve the U.N.’s ability to protect vulnerable civilian populations.
Philippe Leroux-Martin, welcoming remarks
Director, Governance, Justice and Security, United States Institute of Peace
Alice Wairimu Nderitu
Under-Secretary-General and U.N. Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide
Lauren Baillie, moderator
Senior Program Officer, Atrocity Prevention, U.S. Institute of Peace
For more information about this event, please visit: https://www.usip.org/events/un-approach-preventing-atrocities
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