Join us for our upcoming DPI/NGO Briefing in observance of Human Rights Day and the 70th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
Stand Up for Human Rights
Date: Thursday, 7 December 2017
Time: 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
Location: Conference Room 2, UNHQ, NY
Tuesday, 5 December
Event entitled “World Soil Day 2017: Caring for the Planet Starts from the Ground” (in observance of the World Soil Day (A/RES/68/232)) (co-organized by the Permanent Missions of Colombia, Lesotho, the Netherlands and Thailand, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD))
Time: 1:15 – 2:30 p.m.
Venue: Conference Room 8, UNHQ, New York
All are invited.
For further information, please contact Mr. David Maciejewski, FAO (e-mail maciejewski@un.org)
Thursday, 7 December
INVITATION: Meet Robin Andersen and Purnaka L. de Silva, editors of “The Routledge Companion” with Under Secretary-General Adama Dieng, UN Special Adviser on Prevention of Genocide. Moderated by Mr. Maher Nasser, Director, Outreach Division, DPI.
Time: 1 – 2 p.m.
Venue: UN Bookshop, GA Building, Visitors’ Concourse, UNHQ, New York
Friday, 8 December
Briefing to Member States on the Secretary-General’s Action Plan for the International Decade for Action “Water for Sustainable Development”, 2018-2028 (A/RES/71/222) (co-organized by Permanent Mission of Tajikistan, the Division for Sustainable Development, Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA) and UN-Water)
Time: 10 a.m. – 12 p.m.
Venue: Conference Room 6, UNHQ, New York
All are invited.
For further information, please contact Ms. Leanne Burney, UN-Water (e-mail leanne.burney@unwater.org tel. 1 (212) 963-5003).
Friday, 8 December
Event entitled “Launch of the 2017 Economic Report on Africa: Urbanization and Industrialization for Africa’s Transformation” (A/RES/71/256*) (co-organized by the Department of Public Information (DPI), the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) and the Office of the Special Adviser on Africa (OSAA)
Time: 10 a.m. – 12 p.m.
Venue: Conference Room 11, UNHQ, New York
All are invited. For further information, please contact Mr. Ben Idrissa Ouedraogo, OSAA (e-mail ouedraogob@un.org tel. 1 (917) 367-3068); or Ms. Semia Solange Guermas de Tapia, UNECA e-mail guermastapia@un.org.
Friday, 8 December
Event in observance of the sixty-ninth anniversary of the Genocide Convention and the International Day of Commemoration and Dignity of the Victims of the Crime of Genocide and of the Prevention of this Crime (9 December) (A/RES/69/323) (organized by the Office on Genocide Prevention and the Responsibility to Protect)
Time: 11 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Venue: Trusteeship Council Chamber, UNHQ, New York
All are invited. For further information and to register, please contact Ms. Lihi Rapoport, Office on Genocide Prevention and the Responsibility to Protect e-mail osapg@un.org.
Monday, 11 December Special event to mark Human Rights Day (on the occasion of the Human Rights Day (A/RES/423 (V)) (10 décembre) (co-organized by the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) and the Department of Public Information (DPI)) Time: 1 – 2 p.m.
Venue: Visitors’ Lobby of the GA Building, UNHQ
Time: 2:30 – 3:30 p.m.
Venue: Conference Room 2, UNHQ, New York
All are invited. For further information please contact Mr. Nenad Vasić, OHCHR New York Office (e-mail vasic@un.org).
Monday, 11 December
United States Postal Service (USPS) Diwali Stamp “The Power of One” Award Ceremony (A/RES/69/250) (co-organized by the Permanent Missions of Belarus, Georgia and India, the Diwali Foundation USA, Inc., in collaboration with the Permanent Missions of Azerbaijan, Cyprus, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Tunisia, Ukraine and the United Kingdom and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)-New York)
Time: 4 – 5:30 p.m.
Venue: Trusteeship Council Chamber
All are invited. For further information please contact Mr. Ruslan Varankov, Permanent Mission of Belarus (e-mail ruslan.varankou@gmail.com).
Tuesday, 12 December
Event on “10 Years of International Disaster Relief and Initial Recovery Assistance (IDRL): Where to Now?” (A/RES/71/127) (organized by the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC))
Time: 12:15 – 1:45 p.m.
Venue: Conference Room 11, UNHQ, New York
All are invited. For further information and to register, please contact Ms. Florencia B. Giordano, IFRC (e-mail florencia.giordano@ifrc.org tel. 1 (212) 338-0161, ext. 200).
Wednesday, 13 December
The Olympics, the Earth & Its Citizens – Launch Event
Time: 3 – 5:30 p.m.
Location: Trusteeship Council Chamber, UNHQ, New York
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UNICEF Campaign (#RefugeesWelcome)
“Small Smurfs Big Goals” Campaign
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Published by Vera Dimoplon.