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UN Events and Campaigns

Tuesday, 10 October

Panel discussion on “Celebrating Childhood: A Journey to End Violence Against Children” (A/RES/62/141 and A/RES/71/177) (co-organized by the Permanent Missions of Chile, Sweden and Thailand, the Office of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Violence against Children (SRSG-VAC) and Arigatou International)

Time: 1:15 to 2:30 p.m.

Venue: Conference Room 7, UNHQ, New York

All are invited. For further information, please contact Mr. Francisco Quesney, SRSG-VAC e-mail quesney@un.org tel. 1 (917) 367-6125.

 

Wednesday, 11 October

Event entitled “Girls Speak Out” (on the occasion of the International Day of the Girl Child (A/RES/66/170)) (co-organized by the Permanent Missions of Canada, Peru and Turkey, and the NGO Working Group on Girls)

Time: 3 to 5 p.m.

Venue: ECOSOC Chamber, UNHQ, New York

All are invited. For further information, please contact Mr. Cameron Jelinski, Permanent Mission of Canada e-mail cameron.jelinski@international.gc.ca or click here.

 

Thursday, 12 October

Event on “Various Aspects of Landmine Destruction and Interconnection between Disarmament and Development” (A/RES/66/29) (organized by the Permanent Mission of Belarus, in collaboration with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP))

Time: 3 to 6 p.m.

Venue: Conference Room 8, UNHQ, New York

All are invited. For further information, please contact Mr. Artsiom Tozik, Permanent Mission of Belarus e-mail tozikart1@gmail.com tel. 1 (646) 401-1877).

 

Friday, 13 October

Event entitled “The other is a good for me: The role of interreligious and intercultural dialogue in addressing violence, conflict and building lasting peace in the world today” (A/RES/61/221) (organized by the Permanent Observer Mission of the Holy See, in collaboration with Communion and Liberation)

Time: 3 to 5 p.m.

Venue: Conference Room 12, UNHQ, New York

All are invited. For further information, please contact the Permanent Observer Mission of the Holy See e-mail office@holyseemission.org tel. 1 (212) 370-7885); to register, please click here.

 

Monday, 16 October

Briefing entitled “United Nations Peacekeeping Defence Ministerial – Vancouver 2017 Technical Briefing” (A/RES/71/314) (organized by the Permanent Mission of Canada)

Time: 1:15 to 2:45 p.m.

Venue: Conference Room 7, UNHQ, New York

All are invited. For further information, please contact Mr. Alex Charlebois, Permanent Mission of Canada e-mail alex.charlebois@international.gc.ca tel. 1 (212) 848-1158.

 

Monday, 16 October to Friday, 20 October

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

Programme

Registration for Africa Week events is available here.

 

Tuesday, 17 October

Event entitled “Answering the Call of October 17 to end poverty: A path toward peaceful and inclusive societies” (on the occasion of the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty (A/RES/47/196)) (organized by the Permanent Mission of France, in collaboration with ATD Fourth World)

Time: 1:15 to 2:30 p.m.

Venue: Conference Room 2, UNHQ, New York

All are invited. For further information, please contact ATD Fourth World e-mail nycteam@4thworldmovement.org tel. 1 (212) 228-1339.

 

Tuesday, 17 October

Panel discussion on “The Informal Economy in Developing Nations: Hidden Engine of Innovation in Africa” (A/RES/70/213) (co-organized by the Permanent Mission of Ghana and the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO))

Time: 1:15 to 2:30 p.m.

Venue: Conference Room 11, UNHQ, New York

All are invited. For further information, please contact Ms. Lucinda Longcroft, WIPO e-mail lucinda.longcroft@wipo.int tel. 1 (917) 244-1071.

 

Tuesday, October 31

“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

Flyer

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.

 

Sustainable Development Goals

#UN is looking for 17 young change-makers to become the 2017 #UNYoungLeaders for the #SDGs! Apply from 7 October-3 November.

Apply here: http://sdgyoungleaders.org/apply

 

Virtual Hackathon for Sustainable Development

Use your tech skills to bring Science & Technology knowledge to millions of users in developing countries. By participating in this challenge your solution could reach the rest of the world. Bring together data from a curated list of reputable sources worldwide to match innovators, entrepreneurs, and everyday users with the science and technology they need to build a sustainable world. Find out more information here.

 

WildforLife Campaign

Official UN Social Media Accounts

UNICEF Campaign (#RefugeesWelcome)

“Small Smurfs Big Goals” Campaign

UNITE Campaign

Children Uprooted Campaign

#NotATarget

 

These UN events are made available through the DPI/NGO news.

Published by Vera Dimoplon

 

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