In third breakfast dialogue, UN, Member States and civil society focus on inequalities
The third, in an ongoing series of informal breakfast dialogues organized by the Baha'i International Community and the International Movement ATD Fourth World, focused on inequalities. Opening remarks were given by Ms. Amina J. Mohammed, Assistant Secretary-General, Special Adviser on Post-2015 Development Planning; Mr. John Hendra, Assistant Secretary-General, UN Women; and H.E. Mr. George Wilfred Talbot, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Permanent Mission of the Republic of Guyana to the United Nations. Discussion focused, among other things, on the need for a transformative Post-2015 agenda; structural inequalities; approaches to measurement; a human-rights based approach; and the rule of law (informal notes). The fourth breakfast dialogue, scheduled for the week of November 12th will focus on the topic of poverty.