Attention all UN DPI NGO Youth Representatives!
The DPI NGO Executive Committee is seeking applications for two Youth Representatives to serve as ex officio members of the Executive Committee for a one-year term, October 2017 – June 2018. Those appointed to these newly created positions will serve as the youth voices on the Executive Committee, as members of the Executive Committee Youth Subcommittee, and as key communicators of Executive Committee activities to Youth Representatives around the world. Those appointed need not live in the New York metro area, but must be able to call or Skype/Zoom in for each monthly meeting. Meetings are usually held one Thursday per month, from 2-4 p.m. EST.
Those interested to apply should send a cover letter, resume and a letter of recommendation from the NGO Director/President to Dr. Bill Hunter, wdh3@lehigh.edu by October 1, 2017.
DPI/NGO 2017 Fall Briefings Season Kick Off: One on One with PGA Join us for a dialogue with H.E. Mr. Miroslav Lajčák on his agenda for the seventy-second session of the UN General Assembly and civil society engagement at the 2017 Fall season kick off briefing.
Date: Friday, 6 October 2017 Time: 11 a.m. to 12 p.m.
Location: ECOSOC Chamber, UNHQ, NY
Thursday, 28 September 2017
Thematic dialogue on “Trade in Minors in the Digital Age: Waking Up the World to the Dire Need to Stop Trade in Children, Child Prostitution and Child Pornography, Including Via the Internet” (A/RES/70/179 and A/RES/71/287).
Time: 10 a.m. – 1 p.m.
Venue: Economic and Social Council Chamber, UNHQ, New York
All are invited.
For further information, please contact Ms. Olga Voronovich, Permanent Mission of Belarus (e-mail voronovich.olga@gmail.com tel. 1 (212) 772- 2354). Co-organized by the Permanent Mission of Belarus and the Group of Friends United Against Human Trafficking.
Wednesday, 4 October 2017
Panel discussion on “Introduction of Technology in Elections: Benefits and Risks” (A/RES/70/168)
Time: 1:15 – 2:30 p.m.
Venue: Conference Room 9, UNHQ, New York
All are invited.
For further information, please contact Ms. Rahel Brugger Piriz, Electoral Assistance Division e-mail bruggerpiriz@un.org Co-organized by the Department of Political Affairs (DPA), the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the International Foundation for Electoral Systems.
Monday, 16 October to Friday- 20 October 2017 Africa Week 2017.
Multiple events on the theme “Supporting an Integrated, Prosperous, People-Centred and Peaceful Africa: Towards the Implementation of Agenda 2063 and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development”
Venue: Multiple venues, UNHQ, New York
Registration for Africa Week events is available here.
Thursday, September 28, 2017 BookTalkUNA “Notes on a Foreign Country: An American Abroad in a Post-American World” Please join for a discussion with Author and Journalist Suzy Hansen.
Time: Registration: 6 p.m., Presentation: 6:30 p.m., Reception: 7:15 p.m.
Location: 809 United Nations Plaza, Kaufman Center – 12th Floor, New York
UNA Members: FREE; UNA Student Members: FREE; Guests and Non-Members: $15. Please learn more and get tickets here.
Friday, September 29, 2017
Report “Basic Literacy for Older Persons in Nepal”
Time: 12:30 – 1 p.m.
Location: Columbia University, Earth Institute, 475 Riverside drive, Suite 253, 2nd floor, at West 119 St., New York
RSVP required, please send email to normasimon@aol.com Co-organized by The Center for Sustainable Development, Earth Institute, Columbia University, NGO Committee on Ageing, NY and Gray Panthers.
Friday, September 29, 2017
Special Meeting “The Recent Mass Destruction of Major Hurricanes: Facing the Devastating Impact of Climate Change”
Time: 1 – 4 p.m.
Location: Boss Room, 8 th Floor, Church Center for the United Nations, 777 UN Plaza (East 44th Street at First Avenue), New York
Organized NGO Committee on Sustainable Development-NY.
Thursday, October 5, 2017
“Stepping into the Future: Tapping the Talents and Participation of Older Persons” – 27th Anniversary Celebration of International Day of Older Persons at the United Nations and Fundraising Reception
Time: 3 to 6 p.m.; Fundraising Reception: 6:15 – 8 p.m.
Location: ECOSOC Chamber, UNHQ, New York; Fundraising Reception: AARP, New York Office, 31st Flr, 750 Third Avenue, NY, NY 10017
The 2017 United Nations International Day of Older Persons (UNIDOP) will explore how technology, entrepreneurship and civic engagement can facilitate the contributions of older persons throughout the world. Learn more…
Registration is open until September 29, 2017. Registration is required for both events.
Sunday, October 15, 2017
Peace Boat’s Floating Festival for Sustainability in New York City
Date: 15 October 2017
Time: 5 to 10 p.m.
Location: Onboard Peace Boat’s vessel, the Ocean Dream, docked on the west side of Manhattan.
This event is invitation only, and advanced online registration is strictly required due to port security regulations. Registration will close on October 5, 2017.
Tuesday, October 31, 2017
“The 12th Global Forum on Human Settlements” in observance of World Cities Day 2017. The theme is “Effectively Planning and Managing Urban Spatial Development to Implement 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and New Urban Agenda”
Time: 9 a.m. – 5:30 p.m.
Location: Multiple locations, UNHQ, New York
The event is organized by the Permanent Mission of the Gambia to the UN, the Permanent Observer Mission of the African Union to the UN (AU), the Global Forum on Human Settlements (GFHS), the United Nations Environment Programme (UN Environment), the Universal Peace Federation (UPF), the World Urban Campaign (WUC), the World Association of Non-governmental Organizations (WANGO), the Better City Institute (BCI), etc. Please RSVP here.
Campaigns
The Ozone Heroes campaign seeks to inspire the same collaborative energy that propelled the Montreal Protocol’s mission and led to its continued success in protecting all life on Earth. The campaign was launched on 15 September 2017 at Montreal’s Centre for Sustainable Development.
Join the Ozone Heroes campaign! The Ozone Heroes campaign comes at a time when international collaboration is required in order to address pressing global issues and hopes to illuminate the ways in which human partnership can solve these issues as it did for the depletion of the ozone layer. The campaign journey follows the Guardians of the Galaxy and Iron Man as they discover humans are the heroes who solved the global crisis of ozone depletion. The campaign serves to emphasize that our human qualities are what equip us to solve the world’s most pressing problems. Everyone is invited to join the celebration of the 30th anniversary of the Montreal Protocol by participating in the campaign by visiting www.ozoneheroes.org where one can discover his or her own ozone superpower.
Official UN Social Media Accounts
UNICEF Campaign (#RefugeesWelcome)
“Small Smurfs Big Goals” Campaign