Alice Wairimu Nderitu’s Speeches and Public Statements (2021–2024): Insights on Genocide Prevention and Peacebuilding.

December 2023

• 14 December 2023
  Statement by Ms. Alice Wairimu Nderitu, United Nations Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide, on the renewed escalation of violence in Darfur, Sudan.
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November 2023

• 14 November 2023
  Statement by Ms. Alice Wairimu Nderitu, United Nations Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide, on the renewed escalation of violence in Darfur, Sudan
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October 2023

• 15 October 2023
  Statement of the Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide, Alice Wairimu Nderitu, on the situation in the Middle East
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September 2023

• 22 September 2023
  Statement by Ms. Alice Wairimu Nderitu, UN Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide, on the situation in Armenia and Azerbaijan
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May 2023

• 12 May 2023
  Statement to the Brazil Press Corps by USG Alice Wairimu Nderitu on conclusion of her visit to Brazil 1st to 12th May 2023
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February 2023

• 24 February 2023
  Statement by Alice Wairimu Nderitu, Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide
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• 23 February 2023
  Statement by Alice Wairimu Nderitu, Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide, on Bosnia-Herzegovina
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• 3 February 2023
  Statement by Alice Wairimu Nderitu, Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide, on the worsening security situation in Nigeria
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• 1 February 2023
  Annual Martin Luther King Day Lecture, delivered at the University of Michiganu2019s Donia Human Rights Center, by Ms. Alice Wairimu Nderitu, Under-Secretary-General and Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide
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November 2022

• 30 November 2022
  Statement by Alice Wairimu Nderitu, Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide, condemning the escalation in fighting in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)
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• 3 November 2022
  Statement by Alice Wairimu Nderitu, Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide, expressing concerns about the ongoing risk of violence in the Blue Nile region, Sudan
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October 2022

• 17 October 2022
  Statement by Alice Wairimu Nderitu, Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide, condemning the recent escalation of fighting in Ethiopia
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• 10 October 2022
  UN Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide, Alice Nderitu, on the situation in Armenia and Azerbaijan
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September 2022

• 28 September 2022
  Statement by Alice Wairimu Nderitu, Under-Secretary-General and Special Adviser of the Secretary-General on the Prevention of Genocide on the opening of the trial of Fu00e9licien Kabuga before the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals
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• 14 September 2022
  Statement by United Nations Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide, Ms. Alice Wairimu Nderitu, on the accession by the Republic of Zambia to the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide
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• 8 September 2022
  Statement by Alice Wairimu Nderitu, Under-Secretary-General and Special Adviser of the Secretary-General on the Prevention of Genocide, and the Special Adviser on the Responsibility to Protect, George Okoth-Obbo, on the recent visit of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, Karim A. A. Khan to Darfur, Sudan
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July 2022

• 11 July 2022
  Remarks at the 27th Commemoration of the Srebrenica Genocide by Ms. Alice Wairimu Nderitu, Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide
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• 10 July 2022
  Keynote remarks for Srebrenica Heroines International Conference, Srebrenica Memorial Center, by Ms. Alice Wairimu Nderitu, Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide
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June 2022

• 17 June 2022
  UN Human Rights Chief and Special Adviser on Prevention of Genocide disturbed by increase in violence and hate speech in eastern DRC
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• 15 June 2022
  Statement by Ms. Alice Wairimu Nderitu, Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide, on the launch of Kenya National Action Plan against Hate Speech
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May 2022

• 19 May 2022
  Statement by Alice Wairimu Nderitu, Under-Secretary-General and Special Adviser of the Secretary-General on the Prevention of Genocide on the killing of a female student in Sokoto state, Nigeria on 12 May 2022
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• 17 May 2022
  Statement by Alice Wairimu Nderitu, Under-Secretary-General and Special Adviser of the Secretary-General on the Prevention of Genocide on the killings in Buffalo, New York on 14 May 2022
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April 2022

• 14 April 2022
  Statement by Ms. Alice Wairimu Nderitu, Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide, on her official visit to Bangladesh from 11-14 April 2022
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• 7 April 2022
  Remarks to the African Union on the 28th Commemoration of the Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda at the African Union Commission on 7th April 2022 by Ms. Alice Wairimu Nderitu, Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide
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• 6 April 2022
  Statement by Ms. Alice Wairimu Nderitu, Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide, on developments in Ukraine and the need to reinforce prevention efforts in the Western Balkan region in light of that situation
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March 2022

• 18 March 2022
  Statement by Ms. Alice Wairimu Nderitu, Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide, on the Order of the International Court of Justice of 16 March 2022, indicating provisional measures in the case concerning Allegations of Genocide under the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (Ukraine v. Russian Federation)
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January 2022

• 24 January 2022
  Statement by Ms. Alice Wairimu Nderitu, Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide, on the 20 January adoption of a resolution by the General Assembly on Holocaust denial
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November 2021

• 08 November 2021
  Statement by Alice Wairimu Nderitu, Special Adviser of the Secretary-General on the Prevention of Genocide, on the situation in Ethiopia
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July 2021

• 30 July 2021
  Statement by Alice Wairimu Nderitu, United Nations Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide, on the continued deterioration of the situation in Ethiopia
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• 26 July 2021
  United Nations Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide welcomes the adoption by the General Assembly of an International Day for Countering Hate Speech
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• 23 July 2021
  Remarks by Ms. Alice Wairimu Nderitu, Special Adviser to the Secretary-General on the Prevention of Genocide, on the introduction of amendments to the Criminal Code of Bosnia and Herzegovina
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June 2021

• 28 June 2021
  Remarks by Ms. Alice Wairimu Nderitu, Special Adviser to the Secretary-General on the Prevention of Genocide, on the Interactive Dialogue at the 47th Session of the Human Rights Council
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March 2021

• 28 March 2021
  Joint Statement by Alice Wairimu Nderitu, United Nations Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide, and Michelle Bachelet, the High Commissioner for Human Rights, on the situation in Myanmar (Burmese)
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• 15 March 2021
  Joint Statement by Alice Wairimu Nderitu, United Nations Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide, and Karen Smith, United Nations Special Adviser on the Responsibility to Protect, on the situation in the Syrian Arab Republic
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February 2021

• 5 February 2021
  Statement by the Special Adviser of the Secretary-General on the Prevention of Genocide, Alice Wairimu Nderitu, on the situation in Ethiopia
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• 2 February 2021
  Statement by Alice Wairimu Nderitu, Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide, welcoming moves by the Government of South Sudan to establish transitional justice institutions
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January 2021

• 14 January 2021
  Statement by Ms. Alice Wairimu Nderitu, Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide, and Ms. Karen Smith, Special Adviser on the Responsibility to Protect, on the situation in the Central African Republic
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