A frank and impassioned plea for peace by Gareth Evans. As Australia's former Foreign Minister and former president of the International Crisis Group, he's spent most of his career forging real paths to peace globally. From Sudan to Gaza, Myanmar to Ukraine - who can we rely on to stop "forever" wars and genocides?  Does Australia have a unique role to play? And what about the UN in its 80th year? It was created after the horror of World War 2 to keep the peace. Has it lost its way? The 2025 Brisbane Peace Lecture is presented by the United Nations Association of Australia, Brisbane -  and includes responses by two key leaders from the Sudanese and Palestinian communities.

Speakers

Professor the Hon Gareth EvansHonorary Professor at the Australian National University; Australia's former minister of Foreign Affairs and cabinet minister in the Hawke and Keating Labor Governments.

Dr Yassmin KhadraBrisbane-based physician, Doctors for Palestine, and passionate Palestinian human rights advocate

Bishop Daniel AbotSouth Sudanese Anglican bishop