THE WEEK AHEAD AT THE UNITED NATIONS: THE EUROPEAN PERSPECTIVE (24/13) 10 June - 16 June 2013 (and beyond) This document is for planning purposes only and is subject to change. Please check also our website for latest changes http://www.unric.org or call + 32 2 788 84 84 / + 32 476 215 485
VIP Visits Chaloka Beyani, UN Special Rapporteur on the Human Rights of Internally Displaced Persons: Georgia (10-14 June). Angel Gurría, OECD Secretary-General: Brussels (13 June). Robert Piper, Regional Humanitarian Coordinator for the Sahel Brussels (13–14 June). Michel Barnier, EU Commissioner for Internal market and Services: Lebanon (14-15 June). Kandeh Yumkella, UNIDO Director-General: Brussels (17 June). Lakhsmi Puri, Acting Head, UN Women: Brussels (18 June). Olav Kjorven, Assistant-Secretary General and Director Bureau for Development Policy, UNDP: Brussels (25 June) ---------------------------------------------Monday 10 June Bonn: Bonn climate change conference (till 14 June). http://unfccc.int/meetings/bonn_jun_2013/meeting/7431.php
Brussels: EU South Africa ministerial meeting at the EEAS. Dublin: -EUROSME 2013 - Irish Presidency European SME Conference (till 12 June). Geneva: - Human Rights Council (till 14 June). -Committee on the Rights of the Child (till 14 June). -ILO, General Conference (till 21 June). EU president Herman Van Rompuy will take the floor on 14 June and EU Commissioner for Employment, Social Protection and Inclusion László Andor on 18 June. - Conference on Disarmament (till 28 June). London: Special Parliamentary Hearing on the Role of Agriculture for Food and Nutrition Security. Luxembourg: - Transport, Telecommunications and Energy EU Council. Montreal: -Annual Conference of Montréal – “A New Economic Cycle: New Realities, New Frontiers”. http://forum-americas.org/montreal/2013 -ICAO, Council (till 21 June).
New York:-Special Committee on Decolonization (till 21 June). http://www.un.org/en/decolonization/specialcommittee.shtml
-States Parties to the 1982 UN Convention on the Law of the Sea. Paris: EU Commissioner Máire Geoghegan-Quinn signs the Memorandum of Understanding on the partnership to fight poverty-related diseases with Bill Gates, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Strasbourg: European Parliament Plenary (till 13 June).
http://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/pressroom/agenda/2013-W24
Tuesday 11 June Brussels: -Exhibition: “Landmines: Treacherous Weapons” (till 28 June). http://www.klm-mra.be/klm-new/engels/main01.php?id=../danger-mines/mines-en
Dublin: European risk summit to debate problems arising from basing directives/regulations on hazard classifications, as well as advantages of evidence and risk based rule making. It will bring together decision makers at EU, member state and international level, as well as risk experts involved in the risk-based policy area in academia, industry and civil society (till 12 June). Geneva: ITU Council (till 21 June). - Annual Report by the Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights in the Palestinian Territory Occupied Since 1967 to the Human Rights Council. London: G8 Science Meeting. Montréal: OECD Annual Conference. New York: Security Council – briefing and consultations on the Middle East (Yemen). Strasbourg: European Parliament -Plenary agenda: Recommendation to the Council on the 68th session of the United Nations General Assembly. Wednesday 12 June World Day Against Child Labour en/index.htm
http://www.ilo.org/ipec/Campaignandadvocacy/WDACL/lang--
ILO launch of report on child labour in domestic work New York: Security Council - debates on the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia and the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda. Thursday 13 June Launch of International Migration Outlook World Population Prospects: The 2012 Revision Brussels: - Gender equality index launch conference: organised by the European Institute for Gender Equality with the participation of President Van Rompuy and highlevel officials and experts from the Council, the Commission, and the Irish and the future Lithuanian Presidency. http://eige.europa.eu/content/agenda-gender-equality-index-launch-conference
-Launch of International Migration Outlook. OECD Secretary-General Angel Gurría, together with EU Commissioner for Employment, Social Affairs & Inclusion László Andor and EU Commissioner for Home Affairs Cecilia Malmström, will present the findings at a press conference at 11.00 a.m.at the Brussels Press Club.
Dublin: -EU Summit on Active and Healthy Ageing (till 14 June). http://www.ahaconference2013.ie/
-EU-US Ministerial level meeting Moscow, Civil G20 Summit (till 14 June). New York: -Security Council – briefing and consultations on Liberia sanctions. -Security Council -Meeting by the Troop-Contributing Countries on the UN Disengagement Observer Force (UNDOF). Rome: FAO - Special Session of the International Rice Commission (till 14 June) Friday 14 June World Blood Donor Day http://www.who.int/worldblooddonorday/en/ Luxembourg: Foreign Affairs Council (trade issues). New York: -Security Council - debate on the UN Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK). - General Assembly - plenary meeting to elect the President of the General Assembly at its sixty-eighth session. Saturday 15 June World Elder Abuse Awareness Day http://www.un.org/en/events/elderabuse http://social.un.org/index/Ageing/WorldElderAbuseAwarenessDay/2013.aspx Rome: -FAO, Conference (till 22 June). -Mr José Manuel Durão BARROSO receives the Jacques Diouf award for food security on behalf of the European Commission, at the FAO premises. Sunday 16 June Day of the African Child (AU/OSAA).
And beyond: Other dates to pin 17 June World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought http://www.unccd.int/en/programmes/Eventand-campaigns/WDCD/Pages/default.aspx
Co Fermanagh (UK): G8 summit of world leaders (till 18 June). The European Union will be represented by the President of the European Commission, José Manuel Barroso, and the President of the European Council, Herman Van Rompuy. https://www.gov.uk/government/topical-events/g8-2013
Geneva: - UNCTAD, Trade and Development Commission (till 21 June). -Prevention of Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (till 21 June).
18 June Brussels: 12th EU meeting of People Experiencing Poverty: an event organised by EAPN with the support of the Commission, the Parliament and the European Anti-Poverty Network (EAPN) Fund, in association with the Irish Presidency till 20 June). http://www.eu2013.ie/media/eupresidency/content/documents/EU-Poverty-Agenda.pdf http://www.eapn.eu/en Beijing: UN International Meeting in Support of Israeli-Palestinian Peace (till 19 June). Luxembourg: EU Environment Council. 19 June Berlin: High-level Dialogue on Implementing Rio+20 Decisions on Sustainable Cities and Urban Transport (till 21 June).
http://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/index.php?page=view&type=13&nr=412&menu=1041
Brussels: GRIP’s Strategic Talks. “Chemical Weapons in Syria : State of Affairs”. Registration: f.santopinto@grip.org Luxembourg: EU Agriculture and Fisheries Council. St.Petersburg: Business 20 Summit (till 20 June). Vienna: OSCE Annual Security Review Conference (till 20 June). 20 June World Refugee Day http://www.unhcr.org/do1thing/index.php Luxembourg: Employment, Social Policy, Health and Consumer Affairs EU Council (till 21 June). 21 June First anniversary of the Zero Hunger Challenge. Luxembourg: Economic and Financial Affairs EU Council (ECOFIN). 23 June International Widow’s Day http://www.un.org/en/events/widowsday/ 24 June EU Sustainable Energy Week (till 28 June) http://eusew.eu/ Brussels: First Citizens’ Summit, hosted by the Civil Society Contact Group (till 25 June) Luxembourg: -Agriculture and Fisheries EU Council (till 25 June). -General and Foreign Affairs EU Councils (till 25 June).
25 June Day of the Seafarer [IMO] http://www.imo.org/About/Events/Pages/Day-of-theSeafarer.aspx 20th anniversary of the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action Launch of the Education at a Glance 2013: OECD Indicators Brussels: Presentation, under embargo, of UNCTAD’s World Investment Report 2013, UNRIC 8th floor meeting room 10.30 am. Contacts froger@unric.org and Vandesteene@unric.org 26 June International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking http://www.unodc.org/drugs/june-26/index.html United Nations International Day in Support of Victims of Torture http://www.un.org/en/events/torturevictimsday/ Global launch of UNCTAD’s World Investment Report Brussels: The European Commission will present its latest progress report on Roma integration within the Member States. 27 June Brussels:-European Council (till 28 June). -High level conference on Sustainable Energy in Africa. africa.org/index.php/en/
http://www.sustainable-energy-
-Redrawing the Security map – International conference. http://www.secdef.eu/ Saint Petersburg: IAEA Ministerial Conference -Nuclear Power in the 21st Century (till 29 June). The conference aims to provide a forum for policy-makers and experts to discuss and take stock of the role and viability of nuclear power in sustainable development, including climate change mitigation, and in meeting the growing global requirements for electricity.
http://www-pub.iaea.org/iaeameetings/43049/International-Ministerial-Conference-on-Nuclear-Power-in-the21st-Century
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UN Campaigns, Competitions, Apps and Games
Nordic-Baltic Ad Competition – “Think.Eat.Save: Reduce your Footprint” http://thinkeatsave.strutta.com/ On the occasion of World Environment Day, the UN and the Nordic Council of Ministers launched a Nordic-Baltic Ad Competition to support the fight against food waste. The Ad Competition calls on designers to create an advertisement to increase public awareness of the increasing scale of food waste in our modern day society and to draw attention to the problem of increasing food waste. Submission deadline: 11 August 2013. Project Impact! Competition http://www.unric.org/en/competitions The International Labour Organization’s (ILO) Youth Employment Network (YEN) and Making Cents International have partnered to launch the Project Impact! competition to draw out the lessons learned that youth employment practitioners have experienced in the field. The result of the competition will be a series of Smart Notes published on the YEN Marketplace website. The cross-cutting theme for the competition is rural youth and increasing opportunities in rural areas. This focus is closely aligned to the theme of the 2013 Global Youth Economic Opportunities Conference. Submission deadline: 14 June, 2013 PLURAL+ 2013 Youth Video Festival http://www.unric.org/en/competitions The International Organization for Migration (IOM) and the United Nations Alliance of Civilizations (UNAOC) are once again inviting the world’s youth and to share their vision with the world by submitting original and creative videos focusing on the themes of migration, diversity and social inclusion. Now in its 5th year, the PLURAL+ youth video festival is an empowering tool and platform for young people from the ages of 9 to 25 to speak out. Submission deadline: 30 June,2013. 3rd ITU Green ICT Application Challenge http://www.unric.org/en/competitions In support of the “World Environment Day” (WED) and to follow up on the Paris Call to Action on “Smart Sustainable Cities”, ITU and Telefónica have announced a 3rd Green ICT Application Challenge to uncover innovative ICT approaches and applications towards addressing global environmental issues in cities and urban areas. The Challenge is open to individuals from ITU Member States. Submission deadline: 30 June,2013
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