WHAT:
A commemoration event co-organized by the United Nations Alliance of Civilizations (UNAOC) and the Permanent Mission of Portugal to the United Nations to pay tribute to the memory of H.E. President Jorge Sampaio, former President of the Portuguese Republic and the first High Representative of the Alliance of Civilizations (UNAOC) and UN Special Envoy to Stop Tuberculosis. He passed away on 10 September 2021.
WHEN:
Monday 6 December, 2021, from 13:30 AM to 14:30 PM EST
WHO:
(in no particular order)
- Chair : H.E. Mr. Miguel Ángel Moratinos, High Representative for the United Nations Alliance of Civilizations (UNAOC)
- H.E. Mr. António Guterres, United Nations Secretary-General
- H.E. Mr. Augusto Santos Silva, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Portugal
- H.E. Mr. Abdulla Shahid, President of the 76th Session of the United Nations General Assembly
- President of Turkey, H.E. Mr. Recep Tayyip Erdoğan (video message)
- Former Prime Minister of Spain, H.E. Mr. José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero (video message)
- Representatives of Regional Groups of Member States
- Ambassador José Filipe Moraes Cabral, Head of the Civilian Household of President Sampaio and former PR of Portugal to the UN (video message)
LIVESTREAM AND MORE INFORMATION:
UN TV WEBCAST: The event will be streamed live on UN Web TV: https://media.un.org/en/asset/k1o/k1o80xtfiw
SOCIAL MEDIA: Join the social media conversation by following @UNAOC and posting with the hashtag #SolidarityIsaDuty
CONTACT:
Ms. Nihal Saad, Chief of Cabinet and Spokesperson, United Nations Alliance of Civilizations (UNAOC), saadn@un.org and Mr. Stefano Guerra, Permanent Mission of Portugal to the United Nations, Stefano.guerra@mne.pt