International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade
Wednesday, 23 March, 2011
1:30 to 3:00
Room XIX, Palais des Nations
Refreshments from 1:00 to 1:30 p.m.
Speakers :
H.E. Prosper Vokouma, Permanent Representative of Burkina Faso,
President of the African Group
Sergei Ordzhonikidze, Director General, United Nations Office at Geneva
(tbc)
Navi Pillay, High Commissioner for Human Rights
Representative of the Caribbean Community
Jan Lönn, Secretary, World Against Racism Network
Mireille Fanon-Mendes France, President, Franz Fanon Foundation
Martin Maluza, President, International Committee for the Application of the African Charter for Peoples and Human Rights
Ositadinma Anaedu, Coordinator of the African Group for Human Rights issues
Organized by :
AFRICAN GROUP and WORLD AGAINST RACISM NETWORK
