THE WEEK AHEAD AT THE UNITED NATIONS: THE EUROPEAN PERSPECTIVE (30/12) Special issue: End of July and overview of August-December
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---------------------------------------------28 July World Hepatitis Day [WHO]
http://www.who.int/csr/disease/hepatitis/world_hepatitis_day/en/
London: Olympics Games (till 12 August). 30 July International Day of Friendship http://www.un.org/en/events/friendshipday/ Brussels: The EU Commission presents an Industrial Policy for the Security Industry. Geneva: -International Law Commission (till 3 August). -Working Group on the use of mercenaries as a means of violating human rights and impeding the exercise of the right of peoples to self-determination (till 3 August). http://www.ohchr.org/EN/Issues/Mercenaries/WGMercenaries/Pages/WGMercenariesIndex.aspx
-Conference on Disarmament, Part III (till 14 September). Quito: UNU-CRIS, the Universidad Andina, in collaboration with the Inter-American Development Bank, OBREAL and the Latin American Trade Network - Doctoral School on Latin American, European and Comparative Regionalism (till 3 August). http://www.cris.unu.edu/Upcoming-Events.23.0.html?&tx_ttnews[tt_news]=1308&cHash=65ca6ee631bbaa19c846fbb9a37878f6
New York: The UN Secretary-General will brief the press on his recent overseas trips. 31 July New York: The UN Secretary-General is expected to brief the General Assembly on the G20. 1 August France assumes the monthly rotating Presidency of the Security Council World Breastfeeding Week (WHO) http://www.who.int/mediacentre/events/annual/world_breastfeeding_week/en/index.html 6 August Geneva: -Advisory Committee of the Human Rights Council (till 10 August). -Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (till 31 August).
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9 August International Day of the World's Indigenous People: "Indigenous Media, Empowering Indigenous Voices" http://social.un.org/index/IndigenousPeoples/InternationalDay/2012.aspx 12 August International Youth Day: " Building a Better World: Partnering with Youth" http://social.un.org/index/Youth/InternationalYouthDay/IYD2012.aspx
19 August World Humanitarian Day http://ochaonline.un.org/whd/ 23 August International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and Its Abolition [UNESCO] http://www.unesco.org/new/en/culture/themes/dialogue/the-slave-route/right-box/related-information/23-august-international-day-for-the-remembrance-ofthe-slave-trade-and-of-its-abolition/
Bordeaux: Tenth Summer University of Communication in favour of sustainable development (till 24 August). http://www.communicationdeveloppementdurable.com 26 August Tehran: Non Aligned Movement Summit (till 31 August). 27 August Addis Ababa: AU Ministers of Gender and Women Affairs (till 31 August). New York: UN Conference to Review the Implementation of the Programme of Action on the Illicit Trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons (till7 September). 29 August International Day against Nuclear Tests http://www.un.org/en/events/againstnucleartestsday/ Nicosia: Informal Meeting of Ministers and State Secretaries for European Affairs (till 30 August). Versailles: EU Economic and Social Committee: The Future of Youth in Europe (till 31 August). 30 August International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances http://www.un.org/en/events/disappearancesday/ 1 September Germany assumes the monthly rotating Presidency of the Security Council Naples: UN World Urban Forum (till 7 September).
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5 September Launch of the annual Report on UNCTAD Assistance to the Palestinian People Akureyri: Conference of Parliamentarians of the Arctic Region (till 7 September). http://www.arcticparl.org
6 September Nicosia: The EU high level group of experts on literacy will present recommendations on how to tackle low literacy levels in Europe. H.R.H. Princess Laurentien of the Netherlands, who chaired the group, will hand over its final report to Commissioner Androulla Vassiliou at a Presidency conference on literacy in Cyprus. 7 September Pafos: Informal Meeting of EU Foreign Affairs Ministers (GYMNICH) (till 8 September). 8 September International Literacy Day [UNESCO] http://www.unesco.org/new/en/education/themes/education-building-blocks/literacy/advocacy/international-literacy-day/
Vladivostok: APEC Economic Leaders' Summit (till 9 September). 9 September Nicosia: Informal Agriculture and Fisheries Council (till 11 September). 10 September World Suicide Prevention Day [WHO]
http://www.who.int/mediacentre/events/annual/world_suicide_prevention_day/en/index.html
Addis Ababa: AU Ministers for Drug Control and Crime Prevention (till 14 September). Geneva: -Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families, seventeenth session (till 14 September). -Human Rights Council (till 28 September). Strasbourg: European Parliament Plenary Session (till 13 September). Vienna: IAEA, Board of Governors (till 14 September). 11 September Oslo: States Parties to the Convention on Cluster Munitions (till 14 September). Paris: UNESCO, Executive Board (till 28 September).
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12 September Launch of the Trade and Development report 2012: Inclusive Policies for Sustainable Growth
13 September Mexico: G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors to Meet (till 14 September). 14 September Nicosia: Informal ECOFIN EU Council (till 15 September). 15 September International Day of Democracy http://www.un.org/en/events/democracyday/ 16 September International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer: “Protecting our Atmosphere for Generations to Come” http://www.unep.org/ozonaction/Events/OzoneDay/2012/tabid/104174/Default.aspx 17 September Brussels: ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly (till 20 September) Geneva: -Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (till 28 September). -Committee on the Rights of the Child (till 5 October). -UNCTAD, Trade and Development Board, fifty-ninth session (till 28 September). Montreal: ICAO, Committee (till 5 October). Nicosia: Informal Meeting of EU Energy Ministers. Vienna: IAEA, General Conference (till 21 September). 18 September New York: -Opening of the 67th UN General Assembly. Vuk Jeremić is the President. -Report of the Secretary General to the General Assembly on Year of Sustainable Energy for All (date TBC). 19 September Brussels: Justice and Home Affairs EU Council (JHA) (till 20 September). 20 September The MDG Gap Task Force Report will be launched during the week (date TBC). Nicosia: Informal Meeting of EU Sport Ministers (till 21 September).
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21 September International Day of Peace: "Sustainable Peace for a Sustainable Future" http://www.un.org/en/events/peaceday/
Brussels: European Economic and Social Committee: Eradicating domestic violence. 22 September New York: Social Good Summit (till 24 September). 24 September Brussels: -Agriculture and Fisheries Council (AGRI) (till 25 September) -General Affairs EU Council (GAC) New York: High-level meeting of the General Assembly on the rule of law at the national and international levels. Tripoli: 3rd Session of AU Ministers of Social Development (till 28 September). 25 September New York: Opening of the UN GA general debate. 26 September European Day of Languages Nicosia: Informal Meeting of EU Ministers of Defence (till 27 September) 27 September World Tourism Day [UNWTO]: “Tourism & Sustainable Energy: Powering Sustainable Development” http://wtd.unwto.org/ World Maritime Day: “IMO: One hundred years after the Titanic” http://www.imo.org/About/Events/WorldMaritimeDay/
28 September World Rabies Day [WHO]
http://www.who.int/mediacentre/events/annual/world_rabies_day/en/index.html
29 September 2012 World Heart Day [WHO] http://www.who.int/mediacentre/events/annual/world_heart_day/en/index.html 30 September Third anniversary of Security Council Resolution 1888 on women and peace and security (addressing sexual violence in conflict)
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1 October 2012 Guatemala assumes the monthly rotating Presidency of the Security Council World Habitat Day
http://www.un.org/en/events/habitatday/
International Day of Older Persons: "Longevity: Shaping the Future" http://social.un.org/index/Ageing/InternationalDayofOlderPersons.aspx
Geneva: Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (till 19 October). 2 October International Day of Non-Violence http://www.un.org/en/events/nonviolenceday/index.shtml 3 October Nicosia: EU-Russia Permanent Partnership Council (PPC) on Freedom, Security and Justice. 4 October World Space Week http://www.unoosa.org/oosa/en/wsw/index.html Luxembourg: Employment, Social Policy, Health and Consumer Affairs Council (EPSCO). Nicosia Informal Meeting of Education Ministers (till 5 October) 5 October World Teachers’ Day [UNESCO] http://www.unesco.org/new/en/education/themes/education-building-blocks/teacher-education/world-teachers-day/ 7 October World Day for Decent Work 8 October Luxembourg: Eurogroup Nicosia: Informal Ministerial Meeting on EU Integrated Maritime Policy 9 October World Post Day [UPU] http://www.upu.int/en/the-upu/world-post-day/about-wpd.html Luxembourg: Economic and Financial Affairs Council (ECOFIN). Tokyo: Annual Meeting of the World Bank and International Monetary Fund (till 14 October).
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10 October World Mental Health Day [WHO]: "Depression, a global crisis" http://www.who.int/mental_health/en/ European Day against the Death Penalty Launch of the Technology and Innovation UNCTAD Report 2012 Luxembourg: Competitiveness Council (COMPET) (till 11 October). 11 October International Day of the Girl Child World Sight Day [WHO] http://www.who.int/mediacentre/events/annual/world_sight_day/en/index.html Limassol: EU Aviation Summit (till 12 October). 12 October Tokyo: World Bank/IMF Annual Meetings (till 14 October). 13 October International Day for Disaster Reduction: "Women and Girls - the [in]Visible Force of Resilience" http://www.unisdr.org/2012/iddr/ 15 October International Day of Rural Women http://www.un.org/en/events/ruralwomenday/ Geneva: Human Rights Committee (till 2 November). Luxembourg: General and Foreign Affairs EU Council (till 16 October). Rome: Committee on World Food Security (till 20 October). 16 October World Food Day [FAO]: "Agricultural cooperatives – key to feeding the world" http://www.fao.org/getinvolved/worldfoodday/en/
Launch of the Education for All Global Monitoring Report (UNESCO) Brussels: European Development Days (till 17 October). Rio de Janeiro: Global Economic Symposium (till 17 October). http://www.global-economic-symposium.org 17 October International Day for the Eradication of Poverty
http://social.un.org/index/Poverty/InternationalDayfortheEradicationofPoverty.aspx
Brussels: -3rd meeting of ACP Ministers of Culture (till 18 October).
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18 October Brussels: European Council (till 19 October). - Conference on Trafficking in Human Beings http://www.cy2012.eu/index.php/en/politicalcalendar/areas/justice-and-home-affairs/------1
22 October Dubai: The World Energy Forum 2012 (till 24 October). Luxembourg: Agriculture and Fisheries Council (AGRI-FISH) (till 23 Strasbourg: European Parliament Plenary Session (22-23 and 25-26 October). 24 October United Nations Day
http://www.un.org/en/events/unday/
World Development Information Day Disarmament Week
http://www.un.org/en/events/devinfoday/
http://www.un.org/en/events/disarmamentweek/
Launch of the Trade and Environment Report 2012: Transform Agriculture to Cope with Climate Change and Assure Food Security 25 October Luxembourg: -Justice and Home Affairs EU Council (JHA) (till 26 October) -Environment Council (ENVI) 27 October World Day for Audiovisual Heritage [UNESCO] http://www.unesco.org/new/en/communication-and-information/access-to-knowledge/archives/world-day-for-audiovisual-heritage/
29 October Geneva: Committee against Torture (till 23 November). Lefkosia: Annual European Migration Network Conference (till 30 October). Luxembourg: Transport, Telecoms and Energy Council (TTE). 30 October Vienna: International Narcotics Control Board (till 16 November).
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1 November India assumes the monthly rotating Presidency of the Security Council Geneva: ILO, Governing Body and its committees (till 16 November). 6 November International Day for Preventing the Exploitation of the Environment in War and Armed Conflict http://www.un.org/en/events/environmentconflictday/
International Week of Science and Peace http://www.un.org/en/events/scienceday/week.shtml Baku (Azerbaijan): Internet Governance Forum (IGF) (till 9 November). http://igf2012.com/ 7 November Launch of the Information Economy UNCTAD Report 2012 Brussels: -European Parliament Mini Plenary Session (till 8 November). -ACP Ministerial Meeting on Climate change (till 9 November). The Hague: 13th Meeting of the Network for investigation and prosecution of genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes (till 8 November). 9 November Andorra assumes the Chairmanship of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe (till 16 May 2013). 10 November World Science Day for Peace and Development [UNESCO] http://www.un.org/en/events/scienceday/ 12 November World Pneumonia Day [WHO] http://www.who.int/mediacentre/events/annual/world_pneumonia_day/en/
Brussels: Eurogroup 13 November Brussels: Economic and Financial Affairs EU Council (ECOFIN) 14 November World Diabetes Day [WHO]: "Diabetes: protect our future"
http://www.who.int/mediacentre/events/annual/world_diabetes_day/en/
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15 November 2012 World Philosophy Day [UNESCO]:http://www.unesco.org/new/en/social-and-human-sciences/themes/philosophy/philosophy-day-atunesco/
16 November International Day for Tolerance
http://www.un.org/en/events/toleranceday/
World Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Day [WHO]
http://www.who.int/mediacentre/events/annual/world_copd_day/en/index.html
18 November 2012 World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims [WHO] http://www.who.int/roadsafety/remembrance_day/en/
19 November Abidjan: World Cocoa Conference (till 23 November). Brussels: Foreign Affairs Council (FAC). Strasbourg: European Parliament Plenary Session (till 22 November) 20 November Universal Children’s Day
http://www.un.org/en/events/childrenday/
Africa Industrialization Day
http://www.un.org/en/events/africaday/
Brussels: Agriculture and Fisheries Council (AGRI-FISH) (till 21 November). 21 November World Television Day
http://www.un.org/en/events/televisionday/
Paramaribo: 30th Session of the ACP Parliamentary Assembly and 24th Session of the Joint ACP-EU Parliamentary Assembly (till 28 November) 22 November Brussels: Education, Youth, Culture and Sport Council (EYCS) (till 23 November). 23 November Brussels: Foreign Affairs Council (FAC). 25 November International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women http://www.un.org/en/events/endviolenceday/
16 Days of Activism against Gender Violence (till 10 December)
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26 November Brussels: General Affairs Council (GAC) Doha: Climate Change Conference – COP 18 (till 7 December). The Hague: Conference of the States Parties to the Convention on the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (till 30 November). 27 November Budapest: Council of Europe - Conference on hate speech (till 28 November). 28 November Strasbourg: Council of Europe - Pompidou Group - Conference on prevention of chemical precursors diversion. http://www.coe.int/T/DG3/Pompidou/default_en.asp 29 November International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People http://www.un.org/en/events/palestinianday/index.shtml
1 December Morocco assumes the monthly rotating Presidency of the Security Council World AIDS Day
http://www.un.org/en/events/aidsday/
2 December International Day for the Abolition of Slavery
http://www.un.org/en/events/slaveryabolitionday/
3 December International Day of Persons with Disabilities: "Removing barriers to create an inclusive and accessible society for all" http://www.un.org/disabilities/default.asp?id=111 Brussels: -Transport, Telecoms and Energy Council (TTE) (Energy) -Eurogroup Geneva: Meeting of State Parties of the Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention (till 7 December) 4 December Brussels: Economic and Financial Affairs Council (ECOFIN) 5 December International Volunteer Day for Economic and Social Development http://www.worldvolunteerweb.org/intl-vol-day.html
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6 December Brussels: -Justice and Home Affairs EU Council (JHA) (till 7 December). -Employment, Social Policy, Health and Consumer Affairs EU Council (EPSCO) till 7 Dec 7 December International Civil Aviation Day [ICAO] 9 December International Anti-Corruption Day http://www.un.org/en/events/anticorruptionday/ 10 December Human Rights Day
http://www.un.org/en/events/humanrightsday/
Brussels: -Competitiveness Council (COMPET) (till 11 December). -General Affairs Council (GAC) (till 11 December). Malabo: ACP Council of Ministers, 7th Summit of ACP Heads of State and Government (till 14 December). Oslo: Nobel Peace Prize to Be Awarded. Strasbourg: European Parliament Plenary Session (till 13 December). 11 December International Mountain Day
http://www.fao.org/mnts/en/
12 December Brussels: European Economic and Social Committee: 5th edition of the EESC Civil Society Prize. 13 December Brussels: European Council (till 14 December). 17 December Brussels: Agriculture and Fisheries Council (AGRI) (till 18 December). 18 December International Migrants Day
http://www.un.org/en/events/migrantsday/
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19 December United Nations Day for South-South Cooperation http://www.un.org/en/events/southcooperationday/ Brussels: Environment Council (ENVI). 20 December International Human Solidarity Day
http://social.un.org/index/InternationalDays/InternationalHumanSolidarityDay.aspx
Brussels: Transport, Telecoms and Energy Council (TTE) (Transport and Telecoms) (till 21 December). ---------------------------------
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UN Campaigns For a more complete list of Competitions, Mobile Apps, Campaigns and Games visit: http://www.unric.org/en/competitions-campaigns-mobile-apps-a-games
CDM African Radio Contest 2012 http://cdm.unfccc.int/about/multimedia/africanradiocontest/2012/ Under the theme "Changing Lives", the contest aims to spread the word about the benefits of the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) in Africa and especially in under-represented regions of the continent. Broadcasters and freelancers from Africa are invited to grab their microphone and recording device and create a compelling radio story that answers the following question: "How can my community/city/country benefit from the CDM?" The submission deadline is 6 August, 2012.
‘Do One Thing for Diversity and Inclusion’ – Video/Photo Competition http://www.unaoc.org/actions/campaigns/do-one-thing-for-diversity-and-inclusion/contest/ The theme is: "What does 'Diversity and Inclusion' mean to you? Why does diversity matter to you? Show us your personal vision". The competition is part of the ‘Do One Thing For Diversity and Inclusion’ 2012 campaign. The submission deadline is 15 August, 2012.
Competitions: looking ahead in 2012… http://www.unric.org/en/un-competitions * CCAC Global Outreach and Awareness raising contest The submission deadline is 24 August, 2012. (Read more…) * World Tourism Day | Photo Competition 2012 The submission deadline is 31 August, 2012. (Read more…) * The International Year of Cooperatives (IYC) Short Film Festival The submission deadline is 30 September, 2012. (Read more…) * 24FPS International Animation Awards 2012 The submission deadline is 30 September, 2012. (Read more…) * World Food Day poster contest for young people The submission deadline is 30 September, 2012. (Read more…) * 25th anniversary Montreal Protocol global video competition The submission deadline is 15 October, 2012. (Read more…)
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