{"id":2495,"date":"2017-06-06T11:55:05","date_gmt":"2017-06-06T15:55:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/unstudies\/?p=2495"},"modified":"2017-06-10T13:55:16","modified_gmt":"2017-06-10T17:55:16","slug":"2495","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/unstudies\/2017\/06\/06\/2495\/","title":{"rendered":"Upcoming UN Events"},"content":{"rendered":"

Highlights:<\/u><\/em><\/strong> The Ocean Conference (5 June-9 June), <\/em><\/strong>\u201cFrom Awareness Raising to Action for the Oceans: the role of Youth and Civil Society\u201d (9 June). C<\/em><\/strong>heck out the current Campaigns and get involved (see Social Media & Campaigns). <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Ocean Conference<\/a> <\/strong><\/p>\n

#SaveOurOcean <\/strong><\/p>\n

Monday, 5 Jun 2017 to Friday, 9 Jun 2017 <\/strong><\/p>\n

United Nations Conference to Support the Implementation of Sustainable Development<\/p>\n

Goal 14: Conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources for<\/p>\n

sustainable development. Get the programme list of all official and side events here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Location: UNHQ, New York <\/em><\/p>\n

Register<\/a><\/p>\n

Media Assets<\/a><\/p>\n

Webcast<\/a><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

World Environment Day<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Monday, 5 Jun 2017 <\/strong><\/p>\n

United Nations Environment in association with Canada, the host country for 2017 World<\/p>\n

Environment Day celebrates the International Day with the theme \u2018Connecting people to<\/p>\n

nature\u2019. Share a photo or video of your favorite place in nature using<\/p>\n

#WorldEnvironmentDay or #WithNature.<\/p>\n

More information at http:\/\/worldenvironmentday.global\/<\/a><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Social Media & Campaigns<\/strong><\/p>\n

UN4RefugeesMigrants Campaign<\/a><\/p>\n

WildforLife Campaign<\/a><\/p>\n

Official UN Social Media Accounts<\/a><\/p>\n

UNICEF Campaign (#RefugeesWelcome)<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cSmall Smurfs Big Goals\u201d Campaign<\/a><\/p>\n

UNITE Campaign<\/a><\/p>\n

FreeAndEqual Campaign<\/a><\/p>\n

Children Uprooted Campaign – NEW<\/a><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Thursday, 8 June 2017 <\/strong><\/p>\n

Meet Greg Stone & Nishan Degnarain, authors of \u2018Soul of the Sea: In the Age of the <\/strong><\/p>\n

Algorithm\u2019.<\/strong> The book draws upon the fields of science, economics and business strategy to<\/p>\n

chart the future of humankind\u2019s relationship to the ocean.<\/p>\n

Time: 1 to 2 p.m. <\/em><\/p>\n

Venue: United Nations Bookshop, GA Building. Visitor\u2019s Concourse <\/em><\/p>\n

Invitation<\/a><\/p>\n

RSVP<\/a><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Thursday, 8 June 2017 <\/strong><\/p>\n

Meeting of the Steering Committee of the 10X20 Initiative on Marine Protected Areas<\/strong> (co-<\/p>\n

organized by the Permanent Missions of the Bahamas, Italy, Kenya and Poland, and the<\/p>\n

Ocean Sanctuary Alliance)<\/p>\n

Time: 3 to 4:30 p.m. <\/em><\/p>\n

Venue: Conference Room 11 <\/em><\/p>\n

All are invited. For further information, please contact Ms. Eugenia Palagi, Permanent <\/a><\/p>\n

Mission of Italy<\/a> e-mail eugenia.palagi@esteri.it<\/a> tel. 1 (646) 840-5388.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Thursday, 8 June 2017 <\/strong><\/p>\n

Netflix and Exposure Labs in collaboration with the UN DPI presents a special screening of<\/p>\n

the documentary film Chasing Coral and a conversation with expert guests and the film’s<\/p>\n

Emmy Award-winning director Jeff Orlowski.<\/p>\n

Time: 6.15 to 8 p.m. <\/em><\/p>\n

Venue: Trusteeship Council Chamber, UNHQ<\/em><\/p>\n

This screening is only accessible to UN grounds pass holders and UN Ocean Conference<\/p>\n

Delegates.<\/p>\n

RSVP<\/a><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Wednesday, 14 June 2017 <\/strong><\/p>\n

Briefing on \u201cThe Use of Biometric Information in Stemming the Flow of Foreign Terrorist <\/strong><\/p>\n

Fighters: The Key Role of INTERPOL in United Nations Counter-Terrorism Efforts\u201d <\/strong><\/p>\n

(A\/RES\/71\/19), co-organized by the Permanent Missions of Jordan and Switzerland and<\/p>\n

the Office of the International Criminal Police Organization (INTERPOL)<\/p>\n

Time: 3 to 6 p.m.<\/p>\n

Venue: Conference Room 1 <\/em><\/p>\n

All are invited. For further information, please contact Ms. Sangeetha Wickram,<\/p>\n

Permanent Mission of Switzerland<\/a> e-mail sangeetha.wickramasingam@eda.admin.ch<\/a> tel. 1<\/p>\n

(212) 286-1555.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Call for Applications to the 2017 UN DESA Energy Grant<\/strong><\/p>\n

The thematic focus for 2017 is \u201cSustainable Energy for Eradicating Poverty and Promoting<\/strong><\/p>\n

Prosperity in a Changing World\u201d.<\/strong> It is aligned with the theme of the High-level Political<\/p>\n

Forum (HLPF) on Sustainable Development taking place in New York in July 2017.<\/p>\n

The deadline for application is 15 June 2017<\/strong><\/p>\n

Guidelines regarding the application can be found here: https:\/\/poweringthefuture.un.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Tuesday, 20 June 2017 <\/strong><\/p>\n

Permanent Mission of India to the United Nations in association with DPI, invites all to<\/p>\n

celebrate the International Day of Yoga, 2017 with a “Yoga Session with Yoga Masters”<\/p>\n

Time: 6 to 7:30 p.m. <\/em><\/p>\n

Venue: North Lawn, United Nations, 405 East, 42nd Street, New York City <\/em><\/p>\n

Invitation<\/a><\/p>\n

RSVP<\/a><\/p>\n

NGO Corner<\/strong><\/p>\n

Please note that the events announced here are not organized by the United Nations and<\/em><\/p>\n

do not necessarily reflect the official opinions of the Organization.<\/em><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Wednesday, 7 June 2017 <\/strong><\/p>\n

NGOCSD-NY in support of the United Nations & Communities Globally: UN Ocean<\/p>\n

Conference Side Event Meeting: Small Island Developing States: Taking the Lead for <\/strong><\/p>\n

Sustainable Ocean Communities <\/strong><\/p>\n

Time: 3 to 4:30 p.m. <\/em><\/p>\n

Venue: Conference Room 12, United Nations Headquarters in New York City <\/em><\/p>\n

Invitation<\/a><\/p>\n

Biography<\/a><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Thursday, 8 June 2017 <\/strong><\/p>\n

NGOCSD-NY in support of the United Nations & Communities Globally: UN Ocean<\/p>\n

Conference Side Event Meeting: Safe, Sustainable Water through Technology & Education <\/strong><\/p>\n

for Our Healthy Ocean <\/strong><\/p>\n

Time: 1 to 4 p.m.<\/p>\n

Venue: 866 UN Plaza, Baha\u2019i International Office, Suite 120, East 48th Street between First<\/p>\n

Avenue and FDR Drive, New York City<\/p>\n

Invitation<\/a><\/p>\n

Biography<\/a><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Friday, 9 June 2017 <\/strong><\/p>\n

Peace Boat hosts a side event titles \u2018From Awareness Raising to Action for the Oceans: the <\/strong><\/p>\n

role of Youth and Civil Society.”<\/strong> The event will focus on the role of education and<\/p>\n

awareness raising for action for the oceans, and to implement the Sustainable<\/p>\n

Development Goals<\/p>\n

Time: 3 to 4.30 p.m. <\/em><\/p>\n

Venue: Conference Room 6 <\/em><\/p>\n

Invitation<\/a><\/p>\n

NGO Youth Corner<\/strong><\/p>\n

Peace Boat’s new Sustainable Development Goals Scholarship Opportunity for Youth this<\/p>\n

Summer!<\/p>\n

More information<\/a><\/p>\n

Summer program<\/a><\/p>\n

Youth as a key voice in the Together Campaign. Please help us spread the message!<\/p>\n

YOUTH for Together \u2013 Respect, Safety and Dignity for All<\/a><\/p>\n

Youth Forum at CSW61<\/a><\/p>\n

DPI\/NGO<\/a>\u00a0news made available through the\u00a0Center for UN and Global Governance Studies<\/a>, Seton Hall University.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Highlights: The Ocean Conference (5 June-9 June), \u201cFrom Awareness Raising to Action for the Oceans: the role of Youth and Civil Society\u201d (9 June). Check…<\/p>\n

Continue ReadingUpcoming UN Events<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":2428,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[313,279,296,285,295],"class_list":["post-2495","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blogposts","tag-saveourocean","tag-shu_un_studies","tag-unshu","tag-shudiplomacy","tag-undpingo","entry"],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/unstudies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2495","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/unstudies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/unstudies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/unstudies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2428"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/unstudies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2495"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/unstudies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2495\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2500,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/unstudies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2495\/revisions\/2500"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/unstudies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2495"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/unstudies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2495"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/unstudies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2495"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}