UNIS/MA/181
27 September 2017
on
5 - 6 October 2017
at the Vienna International Centre
VIENNA, 27 September (UN Information Service) - The United Nations Department of Public Information will hold its annual International Media Seminar on Peace in the Middle East, at the Vienna International Centre (Conference Room 3), in Vienna, from 5 to 6 October 2017. The event is being organized in cooperation with the Bruno Kreisky Forum for International Dialogue, with the support of the United Nations Information Service in Vienna.
This year, discussions under the overall theme "The question of Palestine: media narratives and public perspectives" will focus on a range of topics related to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, including the current trends and outlook for the future in the light of 50 years of occupation; the role of empathy as an alternative way for seeking peace; media narratives and public perceptions from the Israeli and Palestinian perspectives; and the conflict through the lens of international media.
The two-day event will bring together journalists, diplomats, current and former policy-makers, academics, experts, and representatives of civil society from various parts of the world, including from Israel and Palestine. It will be opened by Alison Smale, United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Global Communications, and Gertraud Borea d'Olmo, Secretary General of the Bruno Kreisky Forum for International Dialogue, and feature a number of renowned personalities, including Avraham Burg, former Speaker of the Israeli Knesset and Ambassador Riyad Mansour, Permanent Observer of the State of Palestine to the United Nations in New York, among others.
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If you wish to participate, please register using this form: http://bit.ly/2wgSGsY
Kindly note that seating is limited. We welcome registrations by 29 September.
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For further information, please contact:
Katharina
Goetze
Associate Public Information Officer, UNIS Vienna
Telephone: (+43-1) 26060-4949
Mobile: (+43) 699-1459-4949
Email: katharina.goetze[at]un.org
