THE WEEK AHEAD AT THE UNITED NATIONS THE EUROPEAN PERSPECTIVE (27/14) 30 June – 4 July 2014
VIP visits in Brussels
Visit of Mr. Jordan Ryan, Assistant Administrator and Director a.i., Crisis Response Unit, UNDP. 30 June to 3 July. More information Visit of Mr. Tomas Sales, African Facility for Inclusive Markets – AFIM, UNDP Regional Service Center for Africa. 2 July. More information Visit of Mr. Adama Dieng, Special Adviser of the Secretary General on the Prevention of Genocide. 2-3 July. More information Visit of Dr. Joan Clos, Executive Director of UN-Habitat, and Dr. Aisa Kacyira Kirabo, Deputy Executive Director of UN-Habitat. 2 to 3 July. More information
Agenda Monday 30 June Athens, Greece: Closing ceremony of the Greek presidency More information Brussels: “EU Quality Framework for anticipation of change and restructuring” stakeholder consultation by Rapporteur Mr. Pavel Branda organized by the Committee of the Regions. More information Geneva: CEDAW: Convention on the Elimination of All forms of Discrimination against Women. 30 June to 18 July. More information Fourteenth session of the Human Rights Council Working Group on Situations. 30 June to 4 July. More information London: Chatham House Annual Competition Policy conference 2014. Focus on Competition policy in regulated markets, financial, mobile telephony and electricity markets. More information New York:
Paris:
High-level political forum on sustainable development. Focus on the Millennium Development Goals and the post-2015 development agenda. 30 June to 9 July. More information OECD Development Week. More information Tuesday 1st July
Italy presides the Council of the European Union More information Rwanda presides the UN Security Council More information Brussels: “Seminar on Promoting Cultural and Creative Sectors” organized by the Committee of the Regions. More information Press conference: Towards a Circular Economy; A zero waste program for Europe. More information Press conference: The EU Committee presents its Green Employment Initiative. More information Geneva: Secretary-General’s Annual Report on Children and Armed Conflict: Success but Also Grave Danger for Children Affected by New and Ongoing Conflicts. More information The representatives of the Division of Durable Development of the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs present their latest report on global development. More information Nice: Round table: “Together for a better and closer to the citizens European Union: the priorities of the Italian Presidency” organized by the European Parliament. More information (fr) Strasbourg, France: European Parliament plenary session. 1 to 3 July. More information European Parliament Committee Meetings. 1 to 3 July. More information Vienna, Austria: Annual Central Europe conference. 1 to 2 July More information Wednesday 2nd July Accra, Ghana:
Special Ministerial Meeting on Ebola Virus Disease in West Africa. Organized by the World Health Organization. More information
Brussels: “Strengthening regional parliaments in EU affairs: challenges, practices, and perspectives” conference organized by the Committee of the Regions. More information Geneva: Special event on “Best Practices and Challenges in Implementing a Moratorium on the Death Penalty”. Organized by the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) and the Italian permanent mission to the United Nations. More information London: 2nd July Ciné-ONU Screening: The Moo Man. A film by Andy Heathcote and Heike Bachelier. The film is in English. Q&A with Stephen Hook (The Moo Man), Film Director Heike Bachelier, Rosie Boycott (London Food Board), and Leonard Mizzi (EC). More information Rome, Italy: Friends of Europe Seminar "40 under 40" - European Young Leaders. 2 to 5 July. More information Washington D.C. IMF Inaugural Michel Camdessus Central Banking Lecture. More information
Thursday 3rd July Brussels: “Conference on boosting partnerships in collaborative consumption” organized by the EESC. More information “Regional state aid legislation 2014 – 2020” conference organized by the Committee of the Regions. More information Geneva: Launch of the report of the UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) on Economic development in Africa, titled: Catalyzing Investment for Transformative growth in Africa. More information Rome: Meeting between the EU Commission and the Italian Government. 3 to 4 July. More information
Friday 4th July
London: “This time it’s different… is it? Power-play and outputs in the new European Parliament” conference organized by the European Parliament. More information
And beyond: other dates to pin Sunday 6th of July International Day of Cooperatives. More information Monday 7th of July Brussels “Food donation: Fighting food poverty and addressing food waste”. Conference organized by the European Economic and Social Committee. Focus on: different practices and legislations on food donation in the EU member states. More information Tuesday 8th of July Visit of Ms. Cihan Sultanoğlu to Brussels, Assistant Administrator and Director of the Regional Bureau for Europe and the Commonwealth of Independent States, on the occasion of the International Donor Conference on Ukraine. More information Thursday 10th of July World Population Day More information Brussels: “23 Meeting of the COTER Commission and Conference on “EUSAIR – The AdriaticIonian macro-region” – The added value of macro regional strategies within the EU framework: conference organized by the Committee of the Regions. More information “Policy package on organic production” – Stakeholder consultation by Rapporteur Ms. Hester MAIJ: conference organized by the Committee of the Regions. More information Ciné-ONU Brussels (The Goethe Institute): To mark World Population Day, the United Nations, in partnership with the Goethe Institute and the Austrian Cultural Forum, presents: Population Boom. A film by Werner Boote. More information
Tuesday 15th of July Brussels  24th ECOS Commission meeting organized by the Committee of the Regions. More information
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