UN Events and Campaigns

CALL FOR APPLICATIONS

Call for applications for the 2018 Momentum for Change Awards to showcase global climate action and ambition, as national governments work toward implementing the Paris Agreement and the Sustainable Development Goals.
Deadline for application is 30 April 2018.

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Call for applications for the 2018 Reham Al-Farra Memorial Journalism Fellowship.

Applications for 2018 Reham Al-Farra Memorial Journalism Fellowship now open

Are you a journalist between the ages of 22 and 35? Come cover the United Nations!

Application deadline is 7 May 2018.

Find out more at https://outreach.un.org/raf/

EVENTS

16 – 27 April 2018

17th session of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues

Special Theme: “Indigenous peoples’ collective rights to lands, territories and resources”
Watch The Indigenous Media Zone (16-20 April), organized by the Secretariat of the Permanent Forum, the Department of Public Information and indigenous media groups, that aims to amplify indigenous voices and provide a space for indigenous media to cover the 17th Session of the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII) through their own channels.

Watch it here

17-18 May 2018

United Nations Forum on the Question of Palestine

Venue: Trusteeship Council Chamber, United Nations Headquarters, (UN Plaza) New York, United States

To mark the upcoming anniversary of the 1948 War and the Nakba, the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People will convene on 17 and 18 May the two-day United Nations Forum on the Question of Palestine “70 Years after 1948 – Lessons to Achieve a Sustainable Peace” at the UN Headquarters in New York.
The event is open to the public and registration on a first-come, first-served basis. To register for the Forum and for more information, please click here.

Tuesday, 17 April 2018

Chat Series: “Why Do Child Marriages Still Exist in Today’s World?”
Time: 2:30 – 4:00 P.M.
Venue: DPI NGO Resource Center
801 UN Plaza, New York, NY 10017

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Wednesday, 18 April 2018

Event entitled “High-level briefing to Member States and Launch of Policy Briefs on SDG 7 and its interlinkages with other SDGs, in support of SDG 7 review at the High-Level Political Forum 2018”

Time: 10 a.m. – 1 p.m.;
Venue: Conference Room 5, United Nations Headquarters, New York, United States
Time: 3 – 6 p.m.
Venue: ECOSOC Chamber, United Nations Headquarters, New York, United States
The event is co-organized by the Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA), the Permanent Missions of Denmark, Norway and Pakistan
Contacts: Ms. Nadine Salame (DESA) (salame1@un.org; 917-367-5330)

Wednesday, 18 April 2018

Preventing Tomorrow’s Conflicts: A Speaker Series within the context of the United Nations discussions on Sustaining Peace

Time: 3 – 5 p.m.;
Venue: Conference Room 11, United Nations Headquarters, New York, United States
With the President of the General Assembly, the Assistant Secretary-General for Peacebuilding Support, and the Acting Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs).(A/RES/70/262 and S/RES/2282 (2016)). The event is co-organized by the Permanent Mission of Australia and the United Nations University.
Contact: Ms. Virginia Tanchez (virginia.tanchez@dfat.gov.au)

Thursday, 19 April 2018

Event “Youth Power the Planet: an SDG Activate Talk to Celebrate Earth Day”

Time: 4 – 6 p.m.
Venue: Conference Room 2, United Nations Headquarters, New York, United States
Event entitled “Youth Power the Planet: an SDG Activate Talk to Celebrate Earth Day” on the occasion of International Mother Earth Day (22 April) (A/RES/63/278). The event is co-organized by the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and the Permanent Mission of India. Contact: Ms. Callie King-Guffey (ckingguffey@unicef.org, 212-326-7367)

Thursday, 19 April 2018

Migration’s Contributions to Prosperity, Development and International Unity
Time: 11 a.m. – 12:45 p.m.
Location: Conference Room 2, United Nations Headquarters, New York

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Thursday, 26 April 2018

Event entitled “The Role of Education in Peace Building and Sustaining Peace”

Time: 10 a.m. – 1 p.m.
Venue: Conference Room 5, United Nations Headquarters, New York, United States
The event is co-organized by the Permanent Mission of Costa Rica and the University for Peace. Contact: Ms. Rita El Zaghloul (rzaghloul@misioncronu.org)

Friday, 27 April 2018

27th International Conference: Health and Environment: Global Partners for Global Solutions “Sustainable Energy: Legacy of Chornobyl”

Time: 10 a.m. – 1 p.m.
Venue: Conference Room 4, United Nations Headquarters, (UN Plaza) New York

Register: via Eventbrite (Search for World Information Transfer) by Wednesday, April 15th
The event is organized by World Information Transfer Inc. Co-sponsored by the Government of Ukraine. Supported by the NGO Committee on Sustainable Development-NY, International Council of Women, and World Association of NGOs (WANGO)
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4 June 2018 & 26 September 2018
Interactive hearing and General Assembly high-level meeting on the fight to end TB

Venue: United Nations Headquarters, (UN Plaza) New York, United States

The United Nations General Assembly will hold a high-level meeting on the fight to end tuberculosis on 26 September 2018 in New York with the overall theme “United to end tuberculosis: an urgent global response to a global epidemic”. An interactive hearing will be convened by the President of the General Assembly on 4 June 2018, in New York, as part of the preparatory process for the high-level meeting.
Accreditation is now open until 27 April 2018 for relevant non-governmental organizations, civil society organizations, academic institutions and the private sector with expertise in tuberculosis to attend the high-level meeting and participate in the interactive civil society hearing.
Non-governmental organizations in consultative status with ECOSOC do not need to apply at this stage.
Please note that once the accreditation process is finalized, each participant will need to register separately to attend the interactive civil society hearing and the high-level meeting. Separate registration forms for both events will be opened in due course.
Contact: unitedtoendtb@un.org
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CAMPAIGNS

The Global Humanitarian Overview is the most comprehensive, authoritative and evidence-based assessment of world humanitarian needs. The GHO is based on detailed analysis of comprehensive data from a wide range of sources, and face-to-face interviews with hundreds of thousands of people directly affected by humanitarian crises across the globe.

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#CleanSeas Break-Up: “It’s not me, it’s you”

This short UN Environment #CleanSeas video take a lighter look at the issue of marine litter and asks everyone around the world to break-up with single-use plastics and make their pledge at cleanseas.org.

#StandUp4HumanRights

Universal Declaration of Human Rights – Add Your Voice

Join us in celebrating Human Rights Day and record yourself reading an article of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in your language: www.un.org/udhr-video/

#StandUp4HumanRights

#JoinTogether Campaign

Learn about the latest UN global initiative that promotes respect, safety and dignity for everyone forced to flee their homes in search of a better life.

Together Website

More Campaigns:

WildforLife Campaign

Official UN Social Media Accounts

UNICEF Campaign #RefugeesWelcome