TORONTO and OTTAWA, May 26, 2017 /CNW/ - On Monday, May 29, Canadian journalist, commentator and author Carol Off will moderate a discussion on the issue of children in armed conflict with the Minister of Defence, The Honourable Harjit Singh Sajjan, retired Lieutenant-General Roméo Dallaire, and South Sudanese child refugee James Thuch Madhier. This high-level non-partisan event is organized by leading Canadian child rights organizations Save the Children, the Roméo Dallaire Child Soldiers Initiative, UNICEF Canada and World Vision Canada, and will bring together Canadians who have direct experience with children in armed conflict to consider the leadership role Canada can play in helping keep children safe in war as Canada considers the best approaches to take in fulfilling its commitment on peacekeeping.
| WHAT: |
Protection of Children Within the Peace and Security Agenda: Canadian Leadership |
| WHO: |
The Honourable Harjit Singh Sajjan |
| PC OMM MSM CD MP |
|
| Lieutenant-General Roméo Dallaire |
|
| Founder of the Roméo Dallaire Child Soldiers Initiative |
|
| James Thuch Madhier |
|
| Child refugee from South Sudan, Social Entrepreneur Rainmaker |
|
| Carol Off (Moderator) |
|
| Canadian Journalist, Commentator and Author |
|
| WHEN: |
Monday, May 29, 2017 |
| 12:00 – 1:30PM |
|
| WHERE: |
180 Wellington St., Room 310, Ottawa |
| HOW: |
To rsvp or for more information, contact [email protected] |
| For interviews with Save the Children CEO Patricia Erb, contact Katharine Harris at [email protected] or 647-973-1185. |
|
| For interviews with UNICEF Canada Chief of Program, Meg French, contact Stefanie Carmichael at [email protected] or 647-500-4230. |
|
| For interviews with the Roméo Dallaire Child Soldiers Initiative contact Dr. Shelly Whitman at [email protected] or 902-430-6126. |
|
| For interviews with World Vision Canada Director of Policy Martin Fischer, contact Trisha Owens at 613-286-1559. |
SOURCE UNICEF Canada
UNICEF is the world’s leading humanitarian organization focused on children. We work in the most challenging areas to provide protection, healthcare and immunizations, education, safe water and sanitation and nutrition. As part of the United Nations, our unrivaled reach...
Share this article