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Statement by H.E. Ambassador Katalin Bogyay Permanent Representative on the occasion of the Launch of the Plan of Action for Religious Leaders and Actors to Prevent Incitement to Violence that Could Lead to Atrocity Crimes

Today, the UN and religious leaders and Member States gathered to launch a comprehensive “Plan of Action for Religious Leaders and Actors to Preventv Incitement to Violence that Could Lead to Atrocity Crimes”. In her statement, H.E. Ambassador Katalin Bogyay, Permanent Representative of Hungary to the United Nations drew attention to intercultural and interfaith dialogue in conflict prevention, and commended the commitment of faith leaders to fight discriminatory social norms against women, gender-based violence and engage in victim support.

On 23 June 2017, the President of the General Assembly H.E. Mr Peter Thomson organized an informal, interactive multi-stakeholder hearing in preparation for the High-level plenary meeting to review the Global Plan of Action to Combat Trafficking in Persons taking place at UN headquarters at the end of September. H.E. Ambassador Katalin Annamária Bogyay, Hungary’s Permanent Representative to the UN delivered her remarks in the first panel of the hearing addressing a human rights-based, survivor-centered approach to trafficking and modern day slavery.

Remarks by H.E. Ambassador Katalin Annamária Bogyay at the Informal Interactive Multi-stakeholder Hearing in support of the preparatory process towards the High-level Plenary Meeting in Review of the Global Plan of Action to Combat Trafficking in Persons

Statement by H.E. Ambassador Katalin Bogyay, Permanent Representative of Hungary to the UN, at the Circle of Women Ambassadors Luncheon, on 10 April 2017.