October 1, 2014
DPI/NGO Briefing on The Role of Africa’s Regional Economic Communities in Consolidating Peace, Security, Governance, and Development in the Context of Agenda 2063
Time: 10 a.m.-1 p.m.
Venue: Conference Room 2 (CB)
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October 2, 2014
Special event on the occasion of the International Day of Non-Violence
Time: 11 a.m.
Venue: Trusteeship Council Chamber
For further information, please contact the Permanent Mission of India (e-mail: prakashgupta.un@gmail.com; tel. 1 (212) 490-9683)
October 7, 2014
Panel discussion on “Implications of the Argentine Debt Litigation for the International Financial Architecture”
Time: 3 p.m.-6 p.m.
Venue:
Conference Room (GAB)
For further information, please contact Ms. Benu Schneider, DESA (e-mail:schneiderb@un.org; tel. 1 (917) 367-5439).
October 8 2014
Panel Discussion on Timor Leste and the United Nations
Time: 11 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Venue: Conference Room S 2727 (SB)
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October 8 2014
Policy dialogue: Shared Societies Perspective in the Post-2015
Development Agenda
Time: 1:15 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.
Venue: Conference Room 8 (GAB)
Concept Note For further information and to register, please contact Ms. Isabella Periotto,
Permanent Mission of Italy (e-mail: sec.italyun@esteri.it; tel. 1 (646) 840-5388)
October 9 2014
Celebration of International Day of Older Persons: “Leave No One Behind: Promoting a Society for All”
Time: 10 a.m. – 1 p.m.
Venue: TBA
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October 9 2014
Music for Peace
Time: 1:15p.m.-2:30 p.m.
Venue: DHL Auditorium
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October 9 2014
Book Launch: Universal Health Coverage for Sustainable Development
Time: 5:30 p.m. – 7 p.m.
Venue: The World Bank Group Headquarters
J Building, Room 1-050, 701 18th Street NW, Washington, DC
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October 10 2014
Symposium on “Sustainable Transport as a Driver of Economic Development in the Post-2015 Development Agenda”
Time: 9:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m.
Venue: Dag Hammarskjöld Library Auditorium.
For further information, please contact Ms. Da Woon Chung, United Nations
Global Compact (e-mail: chungd@un.org; tel. 1(917) 367-2084)
October 10 2014
International Day of the Girl Child 2014 — Empowering Adolescent Girls: Ending the Cycle of Violence
Time: 11 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Venue: Labouisse Hall, UNICEF House
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October 10 2014
Briefing on “The Debt Situation, Challenges Facing Developing Countries, and the Ongoing Development of a Debt Workout Mechanism”
Time: 1:15 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.
Venue: Conference Room 8 (GAB)
For further information, please contact Ms. Ena Sawh, UNCTAD (e-mail: sawh@un.org; tel. 1 (212) 963-6893).
October 10 2014
High-level Civil Society Hearing on “Addressing Drug Use together through a Health Based Approach as part of the International Drug Control Conventions”
Time: 1:15 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.
Venue: Conference Room 1 (CB)
For further information and to register, please contact Ms. Diana Karanja,
UNODC (e-mail: karanjam@un.org; tel. 1 (212) 963-7227).
October 13 2014
Event on “Policy Dialogue: Nigeria’s Soft Approach to Countering Violent Extremism”
Time: 1:15 p.m. – 2:30 p.m
Venue: ECOSOC Chamber (CB)
For further information and to register please contact the Permanent Mission of
Nigeria (Mr. Hamidu Lawal (e-mail: lawal.hamidu@gmail.com; tel. 1 (914) 410-
1067); or Mr. Emmanuel O. Oguntuyi (e-mail: darexajik2005@yahoo.com; tel. 1
(646) 270-9737)
October 13 2014
Briefing on the “The United Nations Commission on Science and Technology for Development: current work and 10-year review of the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) implementati-on” (organized by the New York Office of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development(UNCTAD))
Time: 1:15 p.m. – 2:30 p.m
Venue: Conference Room 8 (General Assembly Building)
All are invited. For further information, please contact Ms. Ena Sawh, UNCTAD (e-mail
sawh@un.org; tel. 1 (212) 963-6893).
October 13 2014
Presentation by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Centre report entitled “Perspectives on Global Development 2014: Boosting Productivity To Meet The Middle-Income Challenge”(co-organized by the Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA) and the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
Time: 1:15 p.m. – 2:30 p.m
Venue: Conference Room 7 (General Assembly Building)
All are invited. For further information, please contact Mr. David O’Connor, Division for Sustai-nable Development (DSD), DESA (e-mail oconnor3@un.org; tel. 1(212) 963-4677).
October 14 2014
Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People
Time: 3:00 p.m
Venue: Economic and Social Council Chamber (Conference Building)
All are invited. The meeting will have as special guest, Professor Noam Chomsky, world-renowned intellectual and linguist. The lecture will be followed by a conversation with Professor Chomsky and a questions and answer session moderated by broadcast journalist Ms.Amy Goodman (Democracy Now!). MORE INFORMATION
October 14 2014
Annual briefing to United Nations Member States and United Nations system entities on three reports oft-heSecretary-General and presentationsby the New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD) andthe-African Peer Review Mechanism (co-organized by the Office of the Special Adviser on Africa (OSAA), the Office of the Permanent Observer of the African Union to the United Nations,the New Partnership for Afri-ca’s Development (NEPAD), the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa(UNECA), the Department of Public Information (DPI) and the African Peer Review Mechanism Secretariat (APRM))
Time: 10 a.m. – 1 p.m.
Venue: Conference Room 8 (General Assembly Building)
All are invited. For more information, please contact Ms. Juliet Wasswa-Mugambwa, OSAA(e-mail wasswa-mugambwa@un.org; tel. 1 (212) 963-9576); and Ms.Sarah Lawan, Office of the Permanent Observer of the African Union (e-mail sarah.lawan@gmail.com; tel. 1 (347) 530-7926).
October 14 2014
“Innovating verification” (Co-organized by the United States Mission and the Nuclear Threat Initiative)
Time: 10 a.m. – 11:15 a.m.
Venue: Economic and Social Council Chamber (Conference Building)
All are invited. For further information please contact the United States Mission (Ms.Meredith Potter (e-mail pottermh@state.gov); or Ms. Debora Fisher (e-mail fisherda@state.gov)).
October 14 2014
Briefing on the “Trade and Development Report 2014: Global Governance and Policy Space for Development” (organized by the New York Office of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development(UNCTAD))
Time: 1:15 p.m. – 2:30 p.m
Venue: Conference Room 7 (General Assembly Building)
All are invited. For further information, please contact Ms. Ena Sawh, UNCTAD (e-mail sawh@un.org; tel. 1 (212) 963-6893).
October 15, 2014
Special event on “The transformative role of technology and innovation in develop-ment” (organized by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) and the Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA)
Time: 1:15 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.
Venue: Economic and Social Council Chamber (Conference Building)
All are invited. For further information, please contact Ms. Lucinda Longcroft, WIPO New York Office (e-mail lucinda.longcroft@wipo.int; tel. 1 (917) 244-1071; or 1 (212) 963-6813).
October 15, 2014
International Day of Rural Women: What Can We Do to Empower Rural Women in the Post-2015 Development Agenda?
Time: 1:15 p.m. – 2:45 p.m.
Venue: Conference Room 7 (GAB)
All are invited. Regarding the International Day of Rural Women.
October 15, 2014
Observance of the International Day of Rural Women (co-organized by the United Nations Entity for Gen-der Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN-Women), the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and the World Food Pro-gramme (WFP))
Time: 1:15 p.m. – 2:30 p.m
Venue: Conference Room 7 (General Assembly Building)
All are invited. For further information, please contact Mr. Venge Nyirongo, UN-Women (e-mail venge.nyirongo@unwomen.org; tel. 1 (646) 781-4452); the FAO New York Liaison Office (e-mail lon-registry@un.org; tel. 1 (212) 963-6036); Mr. Zak Bleicher, IFAD New York Office (e-mail z.bleicher@ifad.org); Mr. Thomas Yanga, WFP New York Office (e-mail thomas.yanga@wfp.org).
October 16, 2014
Launch of six reports on Africa’s peace, security and development (co-organized by the Office of the Special Adviser on Africa (OSAA), the Office of the Permanent Observer of the African Union to the United Na-tions,the New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD), the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA), the Department of Public Information (DPI) and the African Peer Review Mechanism Secre-tariat (APRM))
Time: 10 a.m. – 1 p.m.
Venue: Economic and Social Council Chamber (Conference Building)
All are invited. For more information, please contact Ms. Juliet Wasswa-Mugambwa, OSAA(e-mail wasswa-mugambwa@un.org; tel. 1 (212) 963-9576); and Ms.Sarah Lawan, Office of the Permanent Observer of the African Union (e-mail sarah.lawan@gmail.com; tel. 1 (347) 530-7926).
October 16, 2014
High-level panel discussion on “Releasing children’s potential and minimizing risks: Information and Communication Technologies, the Internet and Violence against Children” (co-organized by the Office of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Violence against Children and the Permanent Mission of Costa Rica)
Time: 1:15 p.m. – 2:45 p.m.
Venue: Conference Room 6 (General Assembly Building)
All are invited. For further information or register, please contact Ms. Sanna Käki, Office of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Violence against Children (e-mail ska-ki@unicef.org; tel. 1 (212) 824-6265).
October 16, 2014
Panel discussion on “Beijing+20 Leaving No One Behind: Women, Poverty and Participation” (co-organized by the International Movement ATD Fourth World and the United Nations Millennium Campaign)
Time: 1:15 p.m. – 2:45 p.m.
Venue: Economic and Social Council Chamber (Conference Building)
All are invited. For further information, please contact Mr. Fabio Palacio, ATD Fourth World (e-mail fpalacio@4thworldmovement.org).
October 17, 2014
Observance of the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty 2014(on the theme “Leave no one behind: think, decide and act together against extreme poverty”) (co-organized by the De-partment of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA), the International Movement ATD Fourth World and the NGO Sub-Committee for theEradication of Poverty)
Time: 1:15 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.
Venue: Conference Room 2 (Conference Building)
All are invited. For further information, please contact Ms. Lisa Ainbinder,DESA (e-mail ainbinder@un.org; tel. 1 (212) 963-4607); [An exhibition entitled “Leave No One Behind” will be featured from Monday, 13 to Friday, 17 October2014,in the first basement area of the Conference Building, near the Vienna Café.]