DPI/NGO CSW61 Briefings
Tuesday, 21 March 2017
DPI/NGO Briefing Young Women’s Leadership and Voices at the UN & Young Women’s Leadership and Voices at the UN: A Call to Action
Time: 3 to 4:45 p.m. and 4:45 to 6 p.m. (PLEASE NOTE THE TIME CHANGE)
Venue: Conference Room 11
Thursday, 23 March 2017
DPI/NGO Briefing
Women as Roots of Change: Sustainable Food Production and Sovereignty
Time: 11 a.m. to 12:45 p.m.
Venue: Conference Room 2
Thursday, 23 March 2017
DPI/NGO
Briefing Youth Partnerships and the SDGs: Economic Empowerment of Women and Girls
Time: 4:45 to 6 p.m.
Venue: Conference Room 11
Wednesday, 15 March 2017
NGOCSD-NY & Mission of Sri Lanka, CSW61:
“Women Entrepreneurs: Empowering Women’s Economic Leadership” (Co-hosted by the Permanent Mission of Sri Lanka to the United Nations).
Time: 3 to 5 p.m.
Venue: Mission of Sri Lanka,
820 Second Avenue, 2nd Floor
Monday, 20 March 2017
Film screening of: SHOUT GLADI GLADI (co-hosted by the United Kingdom Mission to the
United Nations and the Freedom from Fistula Foundation).
Time: 1:30 to 2:45 p.m.
Venue: British Consulate-General-NY, 845 3rd Avenue
Monday, March 20, 2017
47th Annual UN Peace Bell Ceremony on Earth Day Children’s Peace Bell Ceremony
Equinox (Worldwide celebration for peace, justice and the care of Earth Sponsored by the
Earth Society Foundation).
Time: 6:15 a.m.
Venue: Peace Bell, UNHQ
Thursday, 16 March 2017
High-Level Side Event on “Trafficking of Women and Children Fleeing Conflicts” (Co-
organized by the Permanent Missions of Italy, Jordan, Nigeria and the Philippines to the
UN; UNODC & UN-Women).
Time: 8:15 to 9:45 a.m.
Venue: Conference Room 7
Friday, 17 March 2017
Briefing on the margins of the CSW 61: “In Conversation with Dr. Hanan Ashrawi” (held by
the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People with Ms.Hanan Ashrawi, member of the Executive Committee of the PLO and the PLC).
Time: 11 a.m.
Venue: Trusteeship Council
Monday, 20 March 2017
Interactive Discussion on “Multilingualism, a Core Value of the United Nations, a
Requirement for Efficiency” (on the occasion of the International Day of La Francophonie
and the French Language Day at the United Nations) (organized by the International
Organization of La Francophonie (IOF), in collaboration with the United Nations
Secretariat-wide Coordinator for Multilingualism).
Time: 1:15 to 2:30 p.m.
Venue: ECOSOC Council Chamber
All are invited. For further information, please contact Ms. Dimitra Kritikou, IOF (e-mail
dimitra.kritikou@francophonie.org or reper.new-york@francophonie.org
tel. 1 (212) 867-6771); or click here.
Monday, 20 March 2017
Workshop on “Introductory Seminar on Human Rights and Sustainable Development
Goals” (organized by the United Nations Institute for Training and research (UNITAR) New
York Office).
Time: 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. and 3 to 6 p.m.
Venue: Room S-0310
All are invited. For further information, please contact Mr. Pelayo Álvarez, UNITAR New York
Office (e-mail pelayo.alvarez@unitar.org or nyo@unitar.org tel. 1 (212) 963-9196).
Monday, 20 March 2017
Book Signing of “The Amazing Story of the Man Who Cycled from India to Europe for
Love” by Per J. Andersson with PK Mahanandia and Charlotte Von Schedvin.
Time: 1 to 2 p.m.
Venue: UN Bookshop
All are invited. For further information, please email bookshop@un.org
Thursday, 23 March 2017
Panel Discussion on “Leaving No One Behind: Healthy Adolescents: Smart, Connected, Sustainable Practices” (Co-organized by the Permanent Missions of Italy and Canada,
CUAMM, UN-Women, WHO)
Time: 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Venue: Delegates’ Dining Room, UNHQ, Conference Building, 4th Floor
Thursday, 30 March 2017
Briefing on “2017 Global Infrastructure Forum” (co-organized by the Financing for
Development Office, Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA), the European
Investment Bank and the Inter-American Development Bank).
Time: 1:15 to 2:30 p.m.
Venue: Trusteeship Council Chamber
All are invited. For further information, please contact DESA (Mr. Arend Janssen (e-mail
janssena@un.org tel. 1 (212) 963-5620); or Ms. Jie Wei (e-mail weij@un.org
tel. 1 (212) 963-5105); or click here.
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