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12/10/2020 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 12/11/2020 11:03
Deputy Secretary-General Calls for Strengthening Social Contract, Bringing Women, Youth into Political Process, in Message to Democracy, Human Rights Dialogue
Following is the text of UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed s video message on the occasion of the ninth annual High‑level Dialogue on Democracy, Human Rights and Governance, on the theme Silencing the Guns through Building Resilient Democracies , today:
I am pleased to join you for this dialogue. The United Nations strongly supports the African Union s Silencing the Guns Initiative and its Lusaka Master Roadmap. In recent years, the United Nations Peacebuilding Fund has contributed nearly $400 million to support its implementation. Technical assistance to the recently operationalized African Union Mediation Support Unit and the Network of African Women Mediators known as FemWise are important examples of our collaboration.