NEW YORK, JANUARY 23 – Italy has increased by 100,000 Euros its financial support to the UN Special Adviser’s Office on Genocide, the Italian Permanent Representative to the United Nation in New York, Maurizio Massari, said today during a meeting with the Special Adviser, Alice Wairimu Nderitu.
The Italian Ambassador thanked Ms. Nderitu for her relentless work to prevent genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity. He also assured that Italy looks forward to advancing the Napoli Action Plan for Women in Preventing Atrocities.
Alice Wairimu Nderitu is a recognized voice in the field of peacebuilding and violence prevention, having led as mediator and senior adviser in reconciliation processes.
She served as Commissioner of the National Cohesion and Integration Commission in Kenya, as well as Founding Member and co-Chair of the Uwiano Platform for Peace, a prevention agency linking early warning to early response. She was also one of the founders of Community Voices for Peace and Pluralism, a network of African women professionals preventing, transforming and solving violent, ethnic, racial and religious conflicts worldwide. Widely published, she is the recipient of awards recognizing her commitment to peaceful conflict transformation throughout Africa and her innovative approach to mediation. (@OnuItalia)
