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The United Nations Annual International Media Seminar on Peace in the Middle East will be held virtually this year on 16 November and 17 November.
Media www.rajawalisiber.com – Organized by the United Nations Department for Global Communications, in the context of its special information programme on the question of Palestine, this annual event aims to sensitize public opinion to the question of Palestine and promote a peaceful settlement to the Israeli‑Palestinian conflict. It also aims to bring together journalists, media experts, think tanks, diplomats and members of academia from Israel, the State of Palestine, the wider Middle East, Europe, the United States and other parts of the world to discuss media-related dynamics and trends connected to the Israeli‑Palestinian conflict.
The seminar will open on Tuesday, 16 November, at 10 a.m. EST with a recorded message of United Nations Secretary ‑ General António Guterres. United Nations Under‑Secretary‑General for Global Communications, Melissa Fleming, will chair and moderate the first panel discussion under the theme: “The Thirtieth Anniversary of the Madrid Peace Conference: Can hope prevail?” Yossi Beilin, Former Minister and Former Knesset Member, Riyad Mansour, Permanent Observer of the State of Palestine to the United Nations and Grace Wermenbol, Non‑Resident Scholar at the Middle East Institute will speak on that panel.
Panel 1: The 30th Anniversary of Madrid Peace Conference: Can hope prevail.