22/07/09
Leonor Salazar General Director for the non-governmental organization VIDES Internazionale, will join over 2000 global civil society activists at the 62nd annual UN Department of Public Information/Non-Governmental Organizations Conference titled, “For Peace and Development: Disarm Now! !Desarme Ahora! Trabejemos por la Paz y el Desarrollo .”
The three-day Conference will take place in Mexico City, Mexico at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, from Wednesday, 9 September to Friday, 11 September 2009. The 62nd UN DPI/NGO Conference is being organized in partnership with the United Nations Department of Public Information, the NGO/DPI Executive Committee, the Government of Mexico and the UN Office of Disarmament Affairs.
The conference aims to promote ways in which civil society, in partnership with those in business, academia, philanthropy, media and medicine can work together for disarmament, peace and development.
“Our goal is to provide education and formation for children, women and youth, in particular those belong to disadvantaged situations, to guarantee the defense of human rights and the promotion of youth as active and responsible citizens.”
VIDES Internazionale is a non-governmental organization of 1.500 members dedicated to the education and development of women and youth. We serve the community through the work of local missions in 37 countries. The work of VIDES Internazionale also supports peace and development by providing education and promoting human rights according to the Don Bosco Preventive System.
Leonor Salazar as General Director and Graciela Castano, Gustavo Adolfo Rangel, Lizbeth Campoy Ortega, Mayra Janeth Lopez, Paulina Weigend as VIDES Human Rights Defenders will be attending the conference.
