United Nations June 2014 Events

Monday, 16 June 2014

Event on “Human rights and tax policies in the post-2015 developmentagenda: Towards a transformative partnership?”
(co-organized by the Permanent Missions of Palau and Uruguay)
Time: 1:15 p.m. to 2:30 p.m.
Venue: Conference Room 5 (NLB)
All are invited. For further information, please contact Ms. Silvana Della Gatta, Permanent Mission of Uruguay (e-mail uruguay@urudeleg.org; tel. 1 (212) 752-8240)
Flyer

Special event on “Beyond 2015: The Education We Want” (co-organized by the Permanent Missions of Argentina, Brazil and Norway, and by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF))
Time: 1:15 p.m. to 2:45 p.m.
Venue: Dag Hammarskjöld Library Auditorium
All are invited to attend. To register, please click here. For further information, please contact Ms.
Boran Choi, UNESCO (e-mail b.choi@unesco.org; tel. 1 (212) 963-5989)
Flyer

Special event on “The Foundation for Sustainable Human Development for 2015 and Beyond” (co-organized by the Permanent Missions of Colombia, Ecuador and Italy, and by the Consultative Group on Early Childhood Care and Development, Open Society Foundations, CINDE, SOS Children’s Villages International)
Time: 1:15 p.m. to 2:45 p.m.
Venue: Conference Room 2 (CB)
All are invited. To register, and for further information, please contact Ms. Jessica Toale (e-mail toalejj@parliament.uk)

Tuesday, 17 June 2014

Panel discussion on “Post-2015 agenda: How can the new framework best ad-dress rising inequality and the threat of climate change? ”(co-organized by the
Permanent Missions of Bangladesh, Brazil and France and by OXFAM)
Time: 8 a.m. to 9:30 a.m.
Venue: Conference Room 7 (NLB)
All are invited. For further information, please contact Mr. David Taylor (e-mail dtaylor@oxfam.org.uk)

Panel discussion on “Justice and Legal Empowerment for Sustainable Development” (co-organized by the Permanent Mission of Denmark and by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP))
Time: 1:15 p.m. to 2:30 p.m.
Venue: Conference Room 7 (NLB)
All are invited. For further information, please contact Ms. Shaima Hussein, UNDP(e-mail shaima.hussein@undp.org; tel. 1 (212) 552-4484)

Special event entitled “International Year of the Family 2014 and Global Day of Parents” (organized by the Permanent Mission of Grenada to the United Nations and the Universal Peace Federation)
Time: 1:15 p.m. to 2:30 p.m.
Venue: Conference Room 4 (NLB)
All are invited to attend. For Further information, please contact the Permanent Mission of Grenada (tel.1 (212) 599-0301); or the Universal Peace Federation (tel. 1 (212) 588-1802)

Special event entitled “A child-friendly, quality, free and compulsory education for African Children” (co-organized by the Permanent Observer Mission of the African Union, the Permanent Mission of Zambia, United Nations African Mothers Association and Friends of Education for African Children Orphaned by AIDS)
Time: 3 p.m. to 6 p.m.
Venue: Conference Room 4 (NLB)
All are invited. For further information, please contact Mrs. Oumou Daou, Permanent Observer Mission of African Union (e-mail oumoudaou@gmail.com)

Panel discussion on “Implementation of the Security Council Resolution 2151 (2014) – Security Sector Reform and the Maintenance of International Peace and Security” (co-organized by the Group of Friends on Security Sector Reform and the Permanent Missions of Nigeria, Slovakia and South Africa)
Time: 3 p.m. to 5 p.m.
Venue: Conference Room 5 (NLB)
All are invited. For further information, please contact the Permanent Mission of Slovakia, Mr. Igor Vencel (e-mail igor.vencel@mzv.sk); or Ms. Klaudia Bederková (e-mail bederkovaklaudia@gmail.com)

Wednesday, 18 June 2014

Panel discussion on “Integrated regional approaches to crime and security: The Caribbean experience” (co-organized by the Permanent Missions of CARICOM
Member States and by the Permanent Mission of New Zealand)
Time: 1:15 p.m. to 2:30 p.m.
Venue: Conference Room 4 (NLB)
All are invited. For further information, please contact Mr. Anthony Simpson, Permanent Mission of New Zealand (e-mail anthony.simpson@mfat.govt.nz; tel. 1 (917) 837-2814)

Thursday, 19 June 2014

DPI/NGO NGO-Led Briefing “Every Drop of Water Makes a Difference”
Time: 11:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
Venue: Conference Room 4 (NLB)
Flyer
RSVP

The World Bank play “Heard”
Time: 1 p.m.
Venue: Dag Hammarskjöld Library Auditorium
Flyer
RSVP
for accredited NGOs with a valid UN grounds pass For those without a UN grounds pass, please RSVP to Lisa Johnson (email:ljohnson3@worldbankgroup.org)

Thursday, June 19 2014

Forum on MOOCs organized by The United Nations Academic Impact (DPI) and Rockefeller Institute of Government of SUNY
Time: 4 p.m. to 6 p.m.
Venue: Conference Room 4 (NLB)
Flyer
RSVP

Thursday, 26 June 2014

Open meeting of the Group of Friends of the Alliance of Civilizations (organized by the United Nations Alliance of Civilizations (UNAOC))
Time: 3 p.m. to 6 p.m.
Venue: Economic and Social Council Chamber (CB)
All are invited. For further information and to register, please contact Ms. Malika Pulatova, UNAOC (e-mail malikap@unops.org; tel. 1 (212) 457-1751)

Empowering Women, Empowering Humanity Picture It!, organized by UN Women
Time: 5 p.m. to 7 p.m.
Venue: Apollo Theater
253 W 125th Street, New York
FLYER
RSVP

End of Season Town Hall Meeting
Time: 11 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Venue: Dag Hammarskjöld Library Auditorium