Panel public - Conflits autour de l'eau, de la terre et de l'alimentation : Prévention et réponses
Les politiques et les pratiques à multiples facettes qui combinent les approches du développement, de la consolidation de la paix et des droits de l'homme de manière complémentaire et se renforçant mutuellement présentent un potentiel de prévention de la violence structurelle et directe. Cet événement abordera le potentiel de la terre, de l'alimentation et de l'eau en tant qu'instruments de paix pour prévenir les conflits et construire la paix dans les situations d'urgence.
18:00-19:30
World Meteorological Organization (WMO)
Avenue de la Paix 7bis, Geneva.
2nd floor, De Mello Room Auditorium (access map).
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Dans le cadre de la semaine de la paix à Genève, les organisations suivantes sont impliquées dans l'organisation de cet événement :
The Geneva Water Hub
The Quaker United Nations Office (QUNO)
The UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO)
The UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)
Président
Ms Florence Foster
Representative for Peace and Disarmament, Quaker United Nations Office (QUNO)
Florence specializes in displacement and conflict analysis, with an increasing emphasis on disarmament, mediation and conflict transformation. She began her career at the Global Protection Cluster and the International Service for Human Rights in Geneva, before moving on to focus on West African conflict dynamics at the Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre, with work in Côte d’Ivoire and Mali. Through her latest roles as Programme Manager at the Fondation Suisse de Déminage and Finn Church Aid, Florence led mediation and armed violence reduction initiatives in the Central African Republic.
Intervenants
Mr Murray Burt
Senior WASH Officer at Global level, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)
Murray is a chartered civil and environmental engineer with over twenty years’ experience working with United Nations, commercial engineering consultancies and non-governmental organisations in Europe, Middle East, Africa, Asia and Pacific. He focuses on WASH policy and strategy development and implementation, lead research and innovation in WASH, and supports the technical assistance to UNHCR WASH staff. He has extensive humanitarian experience responding to multiple refugee emergencies, natural disasters and conflict situations across the globe. He has worked for UNHCR since 2012.
Mr Julius Jackson
Technical Officer (Protracted Crises) UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), Rome.
Julius has held a variety of positions with FAO since 2002, including managing large-scale emergency and rehabilitation programmes in Pakistan and the North Caucasus. Between 2013-2015, with the Committee on World Food Security, he coordinated a global policy process to develop a framework for action for food security and nutrition in protracted crises. Under FAO’s Strategic Programme on Resilience he works on conflict-affected contexts, with a particular interest in how building resilience and supporting livelihoods relates to sustaining peace. He holds a BSc in politics and an MA in international conflict analysis.
Ms Nora Meier
Consultant, Quaker United Nations Office (QUNO)/UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO).
Nora is doing research on the role of farmers’ seed systems in sustaining peace with an emphasis on social cohesion as a pathway to positive local collective action. She has previously worked for the Quaker United Nations Office (QUNO) in Geneva as the program assistant on food and sustainability, focusing on small-scale farmers and agricultural biodiversity. She holds a B.A. in Political Science and a Master in Public Administration (Global Leadership and Management).
Mr Michael Talhami
Urban Adviser on Water and Habitat, International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC).
Michael focuses on urban policy formation that helps guide humanitarian programming in support of helping utilities to ensure operational continuity in service provision during times of crises. Previously Michael was the Regional Water and Habitat Adviser for the Middle East, where he supported ICRC`s programs in Syria, Iraq, Lebanon, Palestine, Jordan and Yemen. Before the ICRC, he worked in the Middle East as a consultant for several development agencies and UNDP as a policy adviser addressing the management and governance of water resources problems in conflict settings.
Dr Mara Tignino
Senior Lecturer and Coordinator of the Platform for International Water Law/Geneva Water Hub, University of Geneva.
Mara enseigne le droit international de l'eau et le droit de l'environnement à l'Université de Genève. Ses recherches portent sur le droit international humanitaire, les droits de l'homme et le règlement des différends. Mara intervient en tant qu'experte et conseillère juridique auprès d'États, d'organisations internationales et non gouvernementales. En septembre 2017, elle a reçu le prix "Women Peacebuilders for Water" (Femmes bâtisseuses de paix pour l'eau) décerné par le Centre de Milan pour le droit et la politique alimentaires. Elle est membre du comité de coordination du groupe d'intérêt sur les entreprises et les droits de l'homme de la Société européenne de droit international.
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