Winter/Spring Briefings and Events Calendar January – June 2015
January 8, 2015
Traveling the paths of change in Bolivia
Organized by the Permanent Mission of the Plurinational State of Bolivia
Time: 1 p.m.
Venue: Delegates entrance
For further information, please contact Ms. Ingrid Sabja, Permanent Mission of the Plurinational State of Bolivia (tel. 1 (973) 738-2301; e-mail: isabja-da@gmail.com).
January 13, 2015
The Aman Foundation: a social investment portal to transform health and education delivery in Karachi and Pakistan
Co-organized by the Permanent Mission of Pakistan and the United Nations Foundation
Time: 1:15 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.
Venue: Conference Room 8 (GAB)
For further information, please contact Mr. Yasar Ammar, Permanent Mission of Pakistan (e-mail: yasarammar@gmail.com; tel. 1 (212) 879-8600, ext. 120).
January 15, 2015
Launch of Photo Booth in support of UN-Women’s HeForShe campaign
Time: 10:30 a.m. – 11a.m.
Venue: the North Delegates’ Lounge.
For further information, please contact Ms. Sandra Lyngdorf, Permanent Mission of Sweden (e-mail: sandra.lyngdorf@gov.se; tel. 1 (212) 583-2544) by Thursday, 15 January 2015.
January 15, 2015
Panel discussion on “Women, Peace and Security in the Context of Climate Change”
co-organized by the Permanent Mission of the United Arab Emirates, the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN-Women) and the Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace and Security
Time: 1:15 p.m. – 2:45 p.m.
Venue: Conference Room 4 (GAB)
All are invited. For further information, please contact Ms. Amiera AlHefeiti, Per-manent Mission of the United Arab Emirates (e-mail: a.alhefeiti@mofa.gov.ae; tel. 1 (212) 371-0480) by Thursday, 15 January 2015.
January 16, 2015
Migrants in Crisis Situations
Co-organized by the International Organization for Migration (IOM), the Permanent Mission of the Philippines and the United States Mission
Time: 10 a.m. – 1 p.m.
Venue: Conference Room 3 (CB)
For further information, please contact Ms. Amy Muedin, IOM (e-mail: amue-din@iom.int; tel. 1 (212) 681-7000, ext. 212); or e-mail unobserver@iom.int.)
January 16, 2015
Post-2015 Stakeholder Preparatory Forum
co-organized by the Division for Sustainable Development in the Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA) and the United Nations Non-governmental Liaison Service (UN-NGLS))
Time: 10:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. and 3:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.
Venue: Conference Room 3 (CB)
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For further information, please contact Ms. Lotta Tahtinen, Major Groups Coordi-nator, Division for Sustainable Development (e-mail: tahtinen@un.org); or Ms. Susan Alzner, UN-NGLS (e-mail: alzner@un.org).
January 16, 2015
PGA Interactive Hearing with Civil Society
Time: 1:15 p.m. – 2:45 p.m.
Venue: Trusteeship Council Chamber (CB)
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January 22, 2015
DPI/NGO Season Kick-off Briefing
Time: 11 a.m.—12:30 p.m.
Venue: Dag Hammarskjöld Library Auditorium
More information will be available at a later date.