Wednesday, 22 November
Workshop entitled “Strengthening Implementation and Revitalizing the Global Partnership for Sustainable Development through Public and Private Partnerships in Conflict Resolution” (co-organized by the Permanent Mission of Sweden, the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) and the Columbia Law School)
Time: 10 a.m. – 6 p.m.
Venue: Conference Room F, UNHQ, New York
All are invited. For further information, please contact Mr. Pelayo Álvarez, UNITAR (e-mail pelayo.alvarez@unitar.org or nyo@unitar.org 1 (212) 963-9196); to register, please click here.
Wednesday, 29 November
Briefing on “United to End Tuberculosis: An opportunity to end a global emergency” (A/RES/71/159) (co-organized by the Permanent Missions of Japan and Thailand, the World Health Organization (WHO) and Stop TB Partnership)
Time: 3 – 5 p.m.
Venue: Conference Room 11, UNHQ, New York
All are invited. For further information, please contact Ms. Nathita Premabhuti, Permanent Mission of Thailand (e-mail: nathitap@mfa.go.th tel. 1 (212) 754-2230, ext. 131); please register at unhlm@stoptb.org.
Thursday, 30 November
Event entitled “Preserving Pluralism and Diversity in the Nineveh Region” (A/RES/61/221) (co-organized by the Permanent Observer Mission of the Holy See, the Nineveh Reconstruction Committee and the Knights of Columbus)
Time: 3 – 5 p.m.
Venue: Conference Room 11, 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.
Friday, 1 December
SAVE THE DATE: Launch of the Global Humanitarian Overview (GHO) 2018.
Time: 10:30 a.m.
Venue: The Graduate Institute Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
Tuesday, 5 December
Call for Proposals: UN Trust Fund to End Violence against Women is accepting applications for its 21st grant cycle (2017). The application deadline is 5 December 2017.
Monday, 11 December
Welcome and Official Statements
Time: 1 – 2 p.m.
Location: Visitors’ Lobby, UNHQ, NY Performances
Time: 2:30 – 3:30 p.m.
Location: Conference Room 2, UNHQ, NY
Video-recording stations will be available in the lobby for staff and visitors to add their voice by recording an article of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in their native language, for use on social media and posting on the campaign platform: https://www.un.org/en/udhr-video/collection For more information please contact Nenad Vasic, OHCHR New York, at vasic@un.org
Wednesday, 13 December 2017
The Olympics, the Earth & Its Citizens – Launch Event
Time: 3 – 5:30 p.m.
Location: Trusteeship Council Chamber, UNHQ, New York
General Inquiries: gangwon.gc@gmail.com Press Contact: Janet Appel janetappel54@aol.com (212) 258-2413
SAVE THE DATE
GlobalMindED 2018 Conference will be held in Denver, CO from June 9-11, 2018 and the theme will be Bold Leaders Delivering Inclusive Outcomes.
Call for Proposals are open until October 31. However, an invitation has been extended until November 30th.
Opportunities for Youth
Deadline Extended* Have you worked to build peace in your community? Would you like to share your story as a young peacebuilders in the Middle East and North Africa? Youth4Peace Global Knowledge Portal invites you to become a part of our advocacy campaign, Shughel Shabab! Submit your story! Have your voice heard! Deadline: 1 December 2017*
The Youth4Peace Global Knowledge Portal is a new multi-stakeholder partnership between the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the United Nations Peacebuilding Support Office (PBSO), Search for Common Ground (SfCG) and the United Network of Young Peacebuilders (UNOY).
Official UN Social Media Accounts
UNICEF Campaign (#RefugeesWelcome)
“Small Smurfs Big Goals” Campaign
These UN events are made available through the DPI/NGO news.
Published by Vera Dimoplon