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Opening Plenary

10:00 AM–11:30 AM Aug 26, 2019 (US - Mountain)

Exhibit Hall CD

Description

Welcoming remarks

Maher Nasser, Director, Outreach Division, United Nations Department of Global Communications

Alison Smale, Under-Secretary-General for Global Communications, United Nations

António Guterres, United Nations Secretary-General
(video message)

Mike Mower, Deputy Chief of Staff, Office of Utah Governor

Fannie Munlin, Chair, NGO/DPI Executive Committee

Liberato Bautista, President of CoNGO 

Mario Organista, Co-chair, Conference Planning Youth Sub-committee 

Ali Mustafa, Co-chair, Conference Planning Youth Sub-committee 

Maruxa Cardama, Chair, 68th United Nations Civil Society Conference


Cultural Performance


Speakers

Jackie Biskupski, Mayor of Salt Lake City 

John Price, Former United States Ambassador to the Republic of Mauritius, Republic of Seychelles, and the Union of the Comoros

Maimunah Binti Mohd Sharif, Under Secretary-General, Executive Director of the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat)

Luke Mullen, Actor, Climate Activist

Astrid Tuminez, President, Utah Valley University (UVU)

Rachel Bowen Pittman, Executive Director, UNA-USA

Hanko Kiessner, CEO, Packsize International

Closing Remarks

Maruxa Cardama, Chair, 68th United Nations Civil Society Conference

Live Stream is available here.