![]() ![]() These individuals and organizations – journalists, peace activists, teachers, farmers, children, mothers, ex-combatants, local government officials – who often work in the vernacular, behind the limelight, support fragile processes that go far beyond 3 day global conferences of this magnitude. As the cries for the resolution of conflict through the enfilade of guns grows louder, the work of these individuals assumes an added significance to processes that need desperately need our attention and support. Those who are fortunate to join us today and share their experiences speak on behalf of numerous others, who outnumber us by the thousands, perhaps even millions, who work in media and peacebuilding, but are rarely heard outside of their own domains. We gather at this august assembly mindful of the fact that we leave behind, in the places we call home and other places that we have worked in, people and experiences that unfortunately cannot be brought in to these chambers.I am very thankful to both of them for helping me in this endeavour and hope that our combined efforts will engender some thought provoking discussions in these sessions.We are both helped by Alicia Miller, a student of law at the City University of New York and presently a volunteer at the UN.I am joined in the facilitation of this working group by Sandra Malone from the Search for Common Ground in place of Francis Rolt, from the same organization, with whom I had worked over the past couple of months on matters related to the design of this working group but had to pull out due to extraordinary circumstances.Thank you for participating at this conference and working group in particular. On behalf of the organizers & the ECCP, let me welcome you all to this conference and the working group on peace media. ![]()
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