November 6, 2014
DPI/NGO Conference Town Hall Meeting
Appreciation to our volunteers, implementation of the Conference Outcome Document and looking ahead to next year’s conference
November 11, 2014
Panel discussion on the “United Nations War Crimes
Commission Records (1943-1949): Past, Present and Future”
November 12, 2014
Panel discussion on “The modernization of Official
Development Assistance (ODA) and measurement of broader
development finance for an accountable post-2015 development
framework”
Time: 1:15 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.
Venue: Conference Room 7 (GAB)
For further information, contact Mr. Oliver Schwank, Financing for
Development Office, DESA (e-mail: schwank@un.org ; tel. 1 (212) 963-4970; or
click here)
November 12, 2014
DPI/NGO Briefing on Ebola
Time: 10 a.m. – 11 a.m.
Venue: ECOSOC Chamber (CB)
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November 13, 2014
Panel discussion on “Enhancing Access to Legal Aid in Criminal
Justice Systems”
Time: 1:15 p.m. – 2:45 p.m.
Venue: Conference Room 8 (GAB)
For further information, please contact the Rule of Law Unit (Ms. Jane Anttila (e-mail: anttila@un.org; tel. 1 (212) 963-4749); or Ms. Lilibeth Benitez (e-mail: beni-tez@un.org; tel. 1 (917) 367-2935)
November 13, 2014
Symposium on “The Protection of Religious Minorities World-wide”
Time: 3 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.
Venue: ECOSOC Chamber (CB)
For further information, please contact Ms. Nihal Saad, UNAOC (e-mail saadn@un.org)
November 17, 2014
Panel discussion on “The road to the United Nations General Assembly’s special session on the World Drug Problem 2016 (UNGASS 2016)”
Time: : 3 p.m. – 5 p.m.
Venue: Conference Room 8 (GAB)
For further information, please contact the UNU New York Office
(e-mail: kinzli@unu.edu; tel. 1 (212) 963-6387).
For registration, please click here
November 19, 2014
Interactive dialogue on “Challenges and Opportunities of Local Democracy”
Time: 11 a.m. – 1 p.m.
Venue: Conference Room A (CB)
All are invited. For further information, please contact Mr. Kieran Lettrich, Office of the Permanent Ob-server for International IDEA (e-mail unobserver@idea.int; tel. 1 (212) 286-1084).
November 19, 2014
Event on “Guaranteeing children’s right to participate: the big step needed”
Time: 1:15 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.
Venue: Conference Room 7 (GAB)
All are invited. For further information, please contact Ms. Marjo Pekkanen, Permanent Mission of Fin-land (e-mail marjo.pekkanen@formin.fi; tel. 1 (212) 821-0261).
November 20, 2014
High-level panel discussion on the “Twenty-fifth anniversary of the Adoption of the Convention on the Rights of the Child: Recalling its vision, pursuing its mission”
Time: 8 a.m. – 9:30 a.m.
Venue: Conference Room 7 (GAB)
All are invited. For further information or to register, please contact Ms. Janeth Lara Garcia, SRSG-VAC (e-mail jlaragarcia@unicef.org; tel. 1 (212) 824-6322).
November 20, 2014
DPI/ NGO Briefing in celebration of the 25th Anniversary of the
Convention on the Rights of the Child: “Have You Heard Us?
Children’s Voices in Creating a World Fit for All”
Time: 11a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Venue: Conference Room 1 (CB)
November 20, 2014
NGO-led Briefing in commemoration of the 25th Anniversary of the Convention of the Rights of the Child
Time: 1:15 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.
Venue: Conference Room 1 (CB)
For further information, please contact Ms. Kimberly Mann, DPI (e-mail:
mann@un.org; tel. 1 (212) 963-6835)
November 20, 2014
High-level panel discussion on “Inclusive and sustainable industrial development: Agro-industrial development for food security”
Time: 10 a.m. – 1 p.m.
Venue: Conference Room 4 (CB)
For further information, please contact Mr. Hiroyuki Ozaki,
UNIDO New York Office
(e-mail: ozaki@un.org; tel. 1 (212) 963-5089)
November 21, 2014
Symposium on “Education as an Imperative for a Transformative Post-2015 Sustainable Development Agenda” (in observance of 2014 Universal Children’s Day: 25 Years of the Convention of the Rights of the Child (General Assembly resolution 836 (IX))
Time: 9:30 a.m. – 1 p.m.
Venue: Trusteeship Council Chamber (CB)
All are invited. For further information, please contact the Permanent Mission of Grenada ((e-mail grena-da@un.int; tel. 1 (212) 599-0301); or (e-mail firstladiesunforum@gmail.com; tel. 1 (516) 943-3174)).
November 21, 2014
High-level Panel Discussion on “Violence against Children in the Field of Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice”
Time: 1:15 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.
Venue: Conference Room 1 (CB)
For RSVP and further enquiry,
please contact Ms. Daisy Amornvivat,
(Tel: 212 754 2230 ext. 133, Mobile: 646 541 6823 Fax: 212 688 3029 daisy.thaimission@gmail.com)
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November 21, 2014
Panel and Q & A: “Sustainable Energy for All and the Post-2015 Development Agenda”
Time: 3 p.m. – 5 p.m.
Venue: Dag Hammarskjöld Auditorium
All are invited. For more information and to RSVP please contact (e-mail: events@se4all.org) by Wednes-day, 19 November, 2014.
November 24, 2014
“High Level Interactive Launch of the 2014 Global Report on Trafficking in Persons”
Time: 10 a.m. – 11 a.m.
Venue: Conference Room 8 (GAB)
All are invited. For further information and to RSVP, please contact Ms. Anne Beckmann (e- mail beck-mann@un.org; tel. 1(212) 963-5631). [Webcast]
November 24, 2014
Event on “Contribution to a world without hunger: South-South and Triangular Cooperation in support of the new development agenda”
Time: 1:15 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.
Venue: Conference Room 7 (GAB)
All are invited. For further information, please contact the FAO Liaison Office in New York (e-mail lon-registry@un.org; tel. 1 (212) 963-6036; or 1 (212) 963-4669).
November 24, 2014
“Kidnapping for Ransom and Hostage-Taking Committed by Terrorist Groups”
Time: 3 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Venue: ECOSOC Chamber (CB)
All are invited. For more information please contact Ms. Roszel Morris, Team Assistant of CTED, (tel. 1 212 457 1266 or e-mail: rmorris@un.org).
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November 25, 2014
Panel discussion on “Utilizing Modern Technology in Peacekeeping Operations to Improve Security for Women and Girls”
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, Permanent Mission of the United Arab Emirates (e-mail a.alhefeiti@mofa.gov.ae; tel. 1 (212) 371-0480).
November 25 – December 10, 2014
End Violence Against Women Now (Campaign by UN Women)
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