Are human rights still a priority for the ‘Peoples of the United Nations’? Findings of the UN75 global survey and report
Join us for a virtual UN75 dialogue on strengthening human rights
14h00 CET, 08h00 EST
Thursday 10 December 2020
Zoom
The UN75 Office together with Universal Rights Group is pleased to invite you to participate in a virtual dialogue and high-level panel discussion to mark the 75th anniversary of the United Nations and Human Rights Day: “Is human rights still a priority for the ‘Peoples of the United Nations’? Findings from the UN75 global survey and report.”
The event will take place through Zoom on 10 December 2020, 14h00 CET, 08h00 EST (Please register through this link)
Throughout the course of the last twelve months, the UN75 Office has conducted a global survey to understand individual people’s views about the UN and its future, and about the key challenges and opportunities facing the organisation in the 21st Century. More than a thousand dialogues were held across 193 countries, and 1.2 million survey responses were received and analysed.
The results were summarised and published in a major UN report which should inform UN member States and the UN Secretary-General as they seek to build a United Nations Organisation that responds to the hopes and aspirations of all the peoples of the world.
One important finding from the survey is the enormous importance people attach to human rights and the widespread belief that, looking ahead, this should be a central priority of the United Nations organisation as it seeks to deliver for its member States and their citizens. Human rights came third in respondents’ list of long-term priorities for the UN, behind protecting the environment and better access to healthcare.
Against this background, on UN Human Rights Day 10 December, a diverse high-level panel consisting of UN officials, human rights advocates, private sector executives and youth representatives will discuss and examine the UN75 report findings with a focus on the human rights aspirations of people around the world.
Programme
Presentation of the results of the UN75 global public survey and global media survey:
Mr Fabrizio Hochschild, Special Adviser on UN75 and UN Under-Secretary-General
Moderated panel debate to consider the findings:
Moderator:
His Excellency Mr Michael Freiherr von Ungern-Sternberg, Permanent Representative of Germany to the United Nations Office in Geneva
Panellists:
- Ms Ilze Brands Kehris, Assistant Secretary-General for Human Rights and Head, Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) in New York
- Ms Yvette Stevens, Member of the Board of Trustees of the Universal Rights Group, Chair-Rapporteur on the contribution of the Human Rights Council to prevention, former Permanent Representative of Sierra Leone to the United Nations Office at Geneva
- Ms Marcela Manubens, Global Vice President for Integrated Social Sustainability, Unilever
- Ms Akosua Agyepong, Youth Advocate (Ghana)
Discussant:
- Mr Matthias Thorns, Deputy Secretary-General, International Organisation of Employers - IOE
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