United Nations September 2014 Events

September 9 2014

UN High Level Forum on The Culture of Peace
Time: 10 a.m. – 6 p.m.
Venue: Trusteeship Council Chamber (CB)
Flyer
Webcast
For further information, please contact Ms. Iris Spellings (e-mail: optu.ny@gmail.com )

September 9 2014

“Tula, The Revolt: Film Screening and Talk Back with Danny Glover”
Time: Seating begins: 5:45 p.m., Program begins: 6:30 p.m.
Venue: Fordham School of Law, 150 West 62nd Street, 2nd Floor – Constantino Room, New York, NY 10023
RSVP

September 10 2014

Presentation of the Report of the Global Commission on Drug Policy entitled “Taking Control: Pathways to Drug Policies that Work”
Time: 10 a.m.- 11:30 a.m.
Venue: Dag Hammarskjöld Library Auditorium
For further information, please contact the Permanent Mission of Switzerland
(e-mail: ptg@eda.admin.ch)

September 12 2014

OHCHR Side Event at the PGA High-level Stocktaking Event:
“Strengthening the Monitoring and Review Framework of the Post-2015 Development agenda: Who Should be Accountable and How?”

Time: 1:15 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.
Venue: Dag Hammarskjöld Library Auditorium
Save the Date

September 16 2014

Event on “New Climate Economy Report” (organized by the Permanent Mission of Norway)UN
Time: 9 am – 11 pm
Venue: Conference Room 4 (GAB) – United Nations Headquarters in New York
All are invited. For registration and further information, please contact Ms. Annemarta S.Mugaas, Permanent Mission of Norway (e-mail annemarta.mugaas@mfa.no)

September 16 2014

Advance Screening of Virunga—With Special Guest Speakers, UN Goodwill Ambassador Edward Norton and Film Director Orlando von Einsiedel
Time: 6:30 pm
Venue: Directors Guild of America—100 W 57th St., New York, NY
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September 22 2014

Panel discussion on “The implementation of public policies for the social and solidarity economy” and “The promotion and support of the social and solidarity enterprises in the world” (co-organized by the Permanent Mission of France and The Mont-Blanc Meetings – International Fo-rum of the Social and Solidarity Economy Entrepreneurs)
Time: 4 pm – 6 pm
Venue: Conference Room 8 (GAB) – United Nations Headquarters in New York
All are invited to attend. For further information, please contact the Permanent Mission of France (Ms. Rachel Rouchouse (e-mail rachel.rouchouse@diplomatie.gouv.fr; tel. 1 (212) 702-4933); or Ms. Fiona Lopez (e-mail fiona.lopez@diplomatie.gouv.fr; tel. 1 (212) 702-4946))

September 24 2014

Towards Inclusive Societies: Empowerment and Education as a Strategy to Prevent Genocide

Time: 11:30 a.m. – 1 p.m.

Venue: Conference Room 2 (CB)

For further information, please contact please contact Mr. Antoine Misonne,

Permanent Mission of Belgium (e-mail: antoine.misonne@diplobel.fed.be; tel. 1(212) 378-6354)

September 24 2014

4th High-Level Ministerial Round Table on the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture: “The International Treaty, Climate Change & Food Security”

Time: 11 a.m. – 1:15 p.m.

Venue: Conference Room 6 GAB)

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For additional information please contact: lon-registry@un.org, +1-212-963-6036, FAO Liaison Office in New York.

September 24 2014

National perspectives in localizing the Post- 2015 Development

Agenda: Lessons from Inter-Governmental Partnerships in the Implementation of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)

Time: 1:15 p.m.- 2:30 p.m.

Venue: Trusteeship Council Chamber

For further information, please contact Mr. Emmanuel O. Oguntuyi,

Permanent Mission of Nigeria(e-mail: darexajik2005@yahoo.com; tel. 1 (646) 270-9737)

September 24 2014

Feeding the Planet –Empowering Women: The Food and Nutrition security challenge. Beijing+20 –Women for Expo 2015

Time: 3 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.

Venue: Conference Room 7 (GAB)

For further information and to register, please contact Mr. Daniele Sfregola,

Permanent Mission of Italy (e-mail: sec.italyun@esteri.it; tel. 1 (646) 840-5388)

September 24 2014

High-level briefing and panel discussion on “Engaging the Private Sector in the Post-2015 Era –Presentation of a Synthesis Report from Global Consultations” (co-organized by the United Nations Global Compact and the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO))
Time: 5 pm – 7 pm
Venue: Conference Room 7 (GAB) – United Nations Headquarters in New York
All are invited. For further information and to register, please contact Ms. Kari Pedersen, United Nations Global Compact(e-mail pedersen@unglobalcompact.org).

September 25 2014

Moving to Implementation: Findings from the UNDG Dialogues on Post-2015 Implementation

Time: 11:30 a.m. – 1 p.m.

Venue: Trusteeship Council Chamber

RSVP

September 25 2014

High Level Side Event – 69th UN General Assembly : “Delivering Zero Hunger – Demonstrating Impact”
Time: 1:15 pm – 2:30 pm
Venue: Conference Room 3 (CB) – United Nations Headquarters in New York
All are invited. For further information on the event, please contact zerohunger.ny@wfp.org

September 25 2014

Moving Away from the Death Penalty: National Leadership

Time: 1:15 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.

Venue: ECOSOC Chamber

For further information please contact Mr. Nenad Vasić, OHCHR-NYO (e-mail:

vasic@un.org)

September 25 2014

Framing the Veto in the Event of Mass Atrocities

Time: 4 p.m. – 6 p.m.

Venue: ECOSOC Chamber

For further information and to register, please contact Ms. Moujan Shirazi-Moayed, Permanent Mission of France (e-mail: moujan.shirazi-moayed@diplomatie.gouv.fr; tel. 1 (646) 839-6442)

September 25 2014

Fast Track: Ending AIDS by 2030

Time: 5 p.m. – 6:30 p.m.

Venue: Conference Room 3 (CB)

For further information and to register, please contact Ms. Marine Davtyan,

UNAIDS (e-mail: davtyanm@unaids.org).

September 26 2014

How to make it happen: Shaping International Development Co-operation for the Effective Implementation of the Post-2015.

Time: 9:15 a.m. – 10:45 a.m.

Venue: Conference Room 6 (GAB)

For further information and to register, please contact Ms. Lizan Nijkrake,

Permanent Mission of the Netherlands (e-mail: lizan.nijkrake@minbuza.nl); or

e-mail to info@effectivecooperation.org

September 26 2014

Healthy Oceans and Seas: Paving the Way Towards a Sustainable Development Goal

Time: 4:00 p.m.

Venue: Conference Room 7 (GAB)

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)