Presentations

Opening address: Martin Dahinden

Opening address by Martin Dahinden, State Secretary, Director General of the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation, Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs. Introduced by Alexandre Fasel, Amabassador, Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs. [speech text]

• This presentation is in French

Opening address: Helen Clark

Opening address by Helen Clark, Administrator, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), incorporating a message from Didier Drogba, UNDP Goodwill Ambassador. [speech text]

The Global Burden of Armed Violence 2011

Presentation on the Global Burden of Armed Violence 2011—Lethal Encounters at the GD Second Ministerial Review Conference, on 31 October 2011, Geneva, Switzerland. Keith Krause presents the findings of the Global Burden of Armed Violence 2011 .

• The Global Burden of Armed Violence 2011 takes an integrated approach to the complex and volatile dynamics of armed violence around the world. This podcast provides a brief overview of the report's key findings on the global patterns of armed violence, the integrated approach to the subject that the study adopted, the characteristics of armed violence, femicide, and the relationship between armed violence and development.
• This presentation is also available as a narrated slideshow.

High-level Panel: Day One

High-level Panel Discussion at the GD Second Ministerial Review Conference. Question-and-Answer Panel on "Armed violence and development: putting people first" moderated by BBC journalist Zeinab Badawi.

• Latifa Akharbach, State Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Morocco
• Helen Clark, UNDP Administrator
• Jakob Kellenberger, President of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)
• Brian Atwood, Chairperson, OECD-Development Assistance Committee
• Adam Blackwell, Ambassador, Secretary for Multidimensional Security, Organzation of American States (OAS)
• Rubem César Fernandes, Executive Director, Viva Rio - Brazil

World Development Report findings

What is needed for a paradigm change? Key findings of the World Development Report 2011

• Sarah Cliffe, Director and Special Representative for the WDR 2011, World Bank
• Introduced by Neil Buhne, UNDP

High-level Panel: Day Two

High-level Panel Discussion at the GD Second Ministerial Review Conference. Question-and-Answer Panel on "Achieving  effective armed violence reduction: the need for a paradigm change" moderated by Andreas Zumach, journalist. 

• Luis Alberto Otarola Peñaranda, Vice-Minister of the Interior of Peru
• Gettie Sandoval, Undersecretary of the Office of the President for the Peace Process, Philippines
• Jordan Ryan, UNDP Assistant Administrator and BCPR Director
• Sandeep Chawla, Director of the Division for Policy Analysis and Public Affairs, UNODC
• Elaine K. Dezenski, Senior Director and Deputy Head, Risk Response Network, World Economic Forum

Thematic sessions: Mayors and local authorities against armed violence

Mayors and high level administrators responsible for urban safety and security discuss the role of cities in the fight against armed violence. Chaired by Paula Miraglia, Director of International Centre for the Prevention of Crime (ICPC) - Canada, with:

• Pierre Maudet, Mayor of Geneva - Switzerland
• Jairo Jorge da Silva, Mayor of Canoas - Brazil
  Peace building in the territory: the experience of Canoas
• Lorena Martinez, Mayor of Aguascalientes - Mexico
  Programa de seguridad y convivencia ciudadana: La aplicación de una política pública de prevención social de las violencias y el delito con participación ciudadana
• Philip Kisia, Town Clerk at the City Council of Nairobi - Kenya

Plenary: Priorities ahead and closing statements

Plenary session: The Priorities Ahead

After a summary of the results of the thematic sessions, the Chairpersons of these sessions  outline the main priorities for operationalizing the Geneva Declaration on Armed Violence and Development.

Closing remarks and conclusion of the Conference:

• Peter Maurer, State Secretary, Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs [speech text]
• Civil society representative [speech text]
  
• Jordan Ryan, UNDP Assistant Administrator and BCPR Director