THE WEEK AHEAD AT THE UNITED NATIONS: THE EUROPEAN PERSPECTIVE (37/13) 14 October – 20 October 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 Navi Pillay, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights: Poland (13-14 Oct). Filippo Grandi, Commissioner-General UNRWA: Brussels (14-15 Oct.). Michel Sidibé, UNAIDS Executive Director: Brussels (14-15 Oct.). Catherine Ashton, EU High Representative: Geneva (14-17 Oct.). Kishore Singh, UN Special Rapporteur on the right to education: Seychelles (14-21 Oct.). Filip Vujanovic, President of Montenegro: Brussels (15 Oct.).
Karel De Gucht, EU Commissioner for Trade: Seoul (15-16 Oct.).
Timo Pakkala, UN Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator for Pakistan: Brussels (17 Oct.). Connie Hedegaard, EU Commissioner for Climate Action: Gaborone (17 Oct.). Marleen Temmerman, Director of the Department of Reproductive Health and Research at the World Health Organization (WHO): Brussels (17 Oct.) Li Young, Director General, UNIDO: Brussels (18 Oct.). Aung San Suu Kyi, Nobel Peace Prize laureate, chairperson of the National League for Democracy in Myanmar: Brussels and Louvain la Neuve (19-20 Oct.); Luxembourg (21 Oct.); Strasbourg (23 Oct). Antonio Tajani, EU Commissioner for Industry and Entrepreneurship: Brazil (09-11 Nov.) Ibrahim Thiaw, UNEP Deputy Executive Director: Brussels (26-27 Nov.) Jan Eliasson, UN Deputy Secretary-General, Brussels (27 Nov.) TBC. Sigrid Kaag, UNDP Assistant Administrator/ Director, Bureau for External Relations & Advocacy: Brussels 26-27 Nov.). TBC. ----------------------------------------------
Monday 14 October Bruges: Lunch lecture by Jan Vandemoortele - "The Quest for a Post-2015 Agenda that is Unfit for Purpose". Organizers: Vereniging voor de Verenigde Naties (VVN), the Leuven Centre for Global Governance Studies. Venue: UNU-CRIS, Potterierei 72. 12.30-14.30 www.cris.unu.edu/UpcomingEvents.23.0.html?&tx_ttnews%5btt_news%5d=1476&cHash=7394ea2fa83756bdae962f167c094ece
-Brussels: -European Parliament - Committees and political groups meetings. http://www.europarl.europa.eu/pdfs/news/expert/agenda_week_by_type/43-2013/43-2013_en.pdf
-Democracy Building in the regional context: learning from the European Parliament. Organizers: th UNU-CRIS, International IDEA in collaboration with EESC. Venue: Room TRE 7701, 7 Floor, Trèves Building, 74 Rue de Trèves. 14.30-17.00 pvantorre@cris.unu.edu -Opening of photo exhibition: ‘A glimpse at the impact of EU support on Palestine refugees in Lebanon as seen through the lens of its youth’ by Pierre Vimont, Executive Secretary General of the EU External Action Service and Filippo Grandi, UNRWA Commissioner-General. 17.15 at EEAS Rond Point Schuman, 9 A. Registration (compulsory): info@unrwa.eu http://www.unric.org/en/events/28756-photoexhibition-unrwa
-Private screening of Girl Rising in the context of the European Week of Action for Girls 2013, hosted by Plan, together with World Vision and the European Parliamentary Forum on Population and development. Opening remarks from: Alexandra Makaroff, Head of Plan EU Office; Brendan Cannon, EMEA coordinator for Intel’s Girls and Women initiative; Antonio Vigilante, Director UNDP / UN Brussels. Location Centre for Fine Arts. Entry is free however please note that places are limited. Please reserve your seat in advance by contacting Hagendijklouise.hagendijk@plan-international.org -European Parliament: Committee on Human Rights : Hearing on Contemporary Forms of Slavery in the Sahel Region. With ILO participation. Dubrovnik: NATO Parliamentary Assembly (till 14 Oct.). Geneva: Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (till 18 Oct.). - Human Rights Committee (till 1 Nov.). - Catherine Ashton, EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy leads the Iran Nuclear Talks (till 17 Oct.). Luxembourg: Environment EU Council. The Council is due to adopt conclusions in preparation of the 19th session of the Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) which will take place in Warsaw, Poland, from 11 to 22 November 2013. - Eurogroup Nicosia : UN Buffer Zone - Androulla Vassiliou, EU Commissioner for Education, Culture, Multilingualism and Youth, attends a Round table on the revitalisation of the Zone at the Home for Cooperation. Tuesday 15 October International Day of Rural Women http://www.un.org/en/events/ruralwomenday Official UN Holiday (Eid al-Adha) Brussels: - High level conference on The Role of Europe in the Changing World. The guest speaker will be Sergey Lavrov, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation. Organizer – Egmont – - Evening debate: Trauma and Transformation - Role of UNRWA for Palestine Refugees and the opening of the photo exhibitions ‘UNRWA and the Blue Balloon’ and ‘UNRWA photography competition 2012’. The evening will be officially opened by Kris Peeters, Minister-President of the
Government of Flanders and UNRWA Commissioner-General. 18h15 – BOZAR http://www.unric.org/en/events/28706-trauma-and-transformation-the-role-of-unrwa-for-palestine-refugees
Gaborone: African Ministerial Conference on the Environment (till 18 Oct.). EU Commissioner Connie Hedegaard participates. http://www.unep.org/roa/amcen/Amcen_Events/5th_ss/default.asp Luxembourg: -Economic and Financial Affairs EU Council. http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_MEMO-13873_en.htm?locale=en
-Employment, Social Policy, Health and Consumer Affairs EU Council. Seoul: World Knowledge Forum (till 17 Oct). http://www.wkforum.org/WKF/2013/eng/about_mission.php Wednesday 16 October World Food Day [FAO] “Sustainable Food Systems for Food Security and Nutrition” http://www.fao.org/getinvolved/worldfoodday/en/
Brussels: - Online Launch of eighth UN-EU Partnership Report “Saving and Improving Lives” which presents this year the United Nations-European Union partnership for food and nutrition security from 2008 to 2012 at 10.00 am on www.unbrussels.org/report2013/ -The European Commission adopts the 2013 Enlargement Package. - EuroPCom 2013: 4th European Conference on Public Communication http://www.cor.europa.eu/en/events/europcom/Pages/europcom-2013-conference.aspx
-Launch of SOCIEUX (Social Protection European Union Expertise in Development Cooperation) www.ec.europa.eu/europeaid/socieux
-15th International Summit on Transnational Crime of the Crans Montana Forum ‘The Post-Crisis World’: Brussels (16-19 Oct). http://www.cmf.ch/events/2013-10-19-2013-business-and-global-national-security -SOLIDAR’s Silver Rose Awards 2013: a key civil society event in the European Parliament, gathering to celebrate the extraordinary achievements of five award winners’ contributions to social justice and solidarity in Europe and around the world.http://www.solidar.org/Silver-Rose-Awards.html -'Delivering as one' to eliminate hunger in our lifetimes - World Food Day Presentation (Oct. 16) at 13.00 at EuropeAid's InfoPoint http://www.unric.org/en/events/28754-delivering-as-one-to-eliminate-hunger-in-ourlifetimes-world-food-day-presentation-oct-16-at-europeaids-infopoint
Geneva: - ILO, Governing Body and its committees (till 31 Oct.). New York: Security Council – Briefing and Consultations on the UN Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA). Rome: High-level seminar on “Global food losses and waste: from reduction to prevention for a sustainable agro-food system”, organized by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Italy with the participation of the Heads of FAO, IFAD, WFP and Bioversity International. Thursday 17 October International Day for the Eradication of Poverty http://social.un.org/index/Poverty/InternationalDayfortheEradicationofPoverty.aspx IFRC - 2013 World Disasters Report launch – Focus on technology and the future of humanitarian action International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC/WHO), launch of the latest IARC Monographs evaluation on Ambient Air Pollution.
Athens: 16th DSAMUN Conference (Deutsche Schule Athen Model United Nations Conference) with the support and participation of UNRIC. (http://www.dsamun.gr/) (till 19 Oct.) Brussels: - EU-UNIDO High Level Review Meeting. -Ciné-ONU in partnership with the Green Up Film Festival: "Bag It", a film by Suzan Beraza, 18.3021.00, Vrije Universiteit Brussels, Boulevard de la Plaine/Pleinlaan 2, 1050 Ixelles/Elsene http://www.unric.org/en/cine-onu
-Conference: The global movement for the right to food, by Olivier De Schutter, UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food, Royal Flemish Academy of Belgium for Science and the Arts, Academy Palace, Rue Ducale 1, Brussels. http://www.unric.org/en/events/28755-conference-qthe-global-right-to-food-movementq-thursday-17-october-2013
-AidWatch Report Launch 2013 http://www.concordeurope.org/events/details/45-aidwatch-report-launch-2013 - European Parliament: Committee on Development: Debate on the efforts of the international community in the area of development and of 'state building' in South Sudan. - European Parliament: Intergroup meeting on the "International day for the eradication of Poverty" with participation of EU Commissioner Androulla Vassiliou -Western Sahara – A people not to forget- Film followed by a debate. Venue: Room Garcia Lorca, rue des Foulons/ Voldersstraat, 47/49. Registration : forum.nord.sud@skynet.be Luxembourg: Agriculture and Fisheries EU Council (till 18 Oct.). New York: Security Council elections. Friday 18 October New York: Security Council - Open Debate: Women and peace and security. Luxembourg: Foreign Affairs EU Council – Trade. Saturday 19 October Louvain-la-Neuve (Belgium): Lecture by Nobel peace prize Aung San Suu Kyi on "Charity and compassion in politics". Sunday 20 October Brussels: UN Nations Day celebration on the Grand Place with a photo exhibition, games, music and sustainable food. https://www.unric.org/en/events/28763-un-day-brussels-2013-grand-place And beyond: Other dates to pin 21 October European Week for safety and health at work (till 25 Oct.) https://osha.europa.eu/en/events/european-week-for-safety-and-health-at-work
Athens: “The MDGs and Fighting poverty – 2015 and beyond.” Conference organised on the occasion of the UN Day 2013 by the Hellenic African Studies Network, UNRIC and the Harokopeion University (Department of Geography) http://hellenicafricanstudies.wordpress.com/
Brussels: -The European Commission will present a communication on how to reduce gun violence in Europe. It will identify actions at EU level, through legislation, operational activities, training and EU funding, to address the threats posed by the illegal use of firearms. -Lessons learned: From Chad to Mali, remembering the MINURCAT for helping the MINUSMA. Debate with Victor Da Silva Angelo, former Special Representative of the Secretary-General to MINURCAT organized by APNU and UNRIC. Residence Palace, Room Maelbeek. 18.00 Registration by 19 October with secretaire@apnu.be http://www.unric.org/fr/activites-en-belgique/2131-conference-mali--tirer-leslecons-de-la-mission-de-lonu-en-republique-centrafricaine-et-au-tchad-minurcat-pour-assurer-le-succes-de-la-missionmultidimensionnelle-integree-des-nations-unies-pour-la-stabilisation-au-mali-minusma
-“Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights in the future” Monday, 21 October 2013, 16:00 – 18:00 Press room DR 08, FPS Foreign Affairs, 15 rue des Petits Carmes/ Karmelietenstraat organized by UNFPA and the Belgian Development Cooperation. https://www.unric.org/en/events/28761-invitation-conferenceon-sexual-and-reproductive-health-and-rights-in-the-future
Copenhagen: Global Green Growth Forum (till 22 Oct.). http://3gf.dk Luxembourg: Foreign Affairs Council. New York: -Security Council Briefing on its latest mission -Security Council- Briefing and Consultations on MONUSCO/Great Lakes. Strasbourg: European Parliament Plenary (till 24 Oct.). - Committee on Foreign Affairs: Exchange of views with Aung San Suu Kyi, winner of the 1990 Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought, Room: Louise Weiss R3.1, 19.00-20.00. 22 October Ancient Olympia: UN4U briefings for the students of the high schools of the city of Ancient Olympia, Greece on the occasion of the UN Day 2013. Organised by UNRIC and the City of Ancient Olympia. (till 23 Oct) Istanbul: Global Forum on the Knowledge Economy 2013 (till 23 Oct). http://www.oecd.org/sti/gfke-2013istanbul.htm
Luxembourg: General affairs EU Council. New York: Security Council Open Debate on the - Middle East. Strasbourg: the European Commission will adopt its work programme for 2014. The Work Programme for 2014 will set out the key new initiatives for 2014 and will also highlight the priority items for adoption by the legislator before the European Parliament elections in May 2014. 23 October Amsterdam: Night of the UN, ‘Nacht van de VN’, celebration of UN Day with election of the Dutch Youth Representative to the GA, sessions relating to the post 2015 agenda, working for the UN, and much more. With the participation of UNRIC. http://www.unric.org/nl/nieuwsoverzicht/26531-kom-naar-de-nacht-van-de-vn-op-23-oktober-2013
New York: Security Council –Briefing and Consultations on UNAMID. 24 October United Nations Day http://www.un.org/en/events/unday / World Development Information Day http://www.un.org/en/events/devinfoday / Disarmament Week (till 30 October) http://www.un.org/en/events/disarmamentweek /
Athens: UN Day 2013 observance. Flag raising ceremony at the Acropolis and wreath laying ceremony at the Syntagma square. Brussels: European Council (till 25 Oct.). -Launch of the report "Business, corruption and crime in the Western Balkans: the impact of bribery and other crime on private enterprise". The report is the result of a study funded by the European Commission in the context of the Instrument for Pre-Accession Assistance and conducted by UNODC. Organised by the European Commission, Directorate General for Enlargement and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), 11.00 – 12.30 , at UN house, rue Montoyer 14, 1000 Brussels. Registration: by 15 October 2013 to valerie.devuyst@unodc.org New York: Security Council -Consultations on Sudan/South Sudan; Cote d’Ivoire sanctions; 1559 report. The Hague: An Inside View: The Effectiveness of Dutch Foreign Policy (Session II) Project The Hague Institute for Global Justice: How can the Netherlands effectively address emerging global challenges? Conference with former representatives of the Netherlands at the UN: : Herman A. Schaper, Frank A.M. Majoor, Dirk Jan van den Berg, Peter van Walsum Time 13:30-18.00h The Hague Institute for Global Justice , Contact : l.de.meijer@TheHagueInstitute.org 25 October European Day of Civil Justice. Brussels: Conference: What is Wrong with the UN Development System and How to Fix It .11:0015:30, Fondation universitaire, organized by the https://www.unric.org/en/events/28762-invitation-what-is-wrongwith-the-uni
27 October World Day for Audiovisual Heritage. http://www.unesco.org/new/en/communication-and-information/access-to-knowledge/archives/world-day-for-audiovisualheritage /
28 October Nantes: 2013 NEM Summit (30 Oct.). http://nem-summit.eu/ New York: -Security Council - Briefing on the Cooperation between the UN and regional and subregional organizations (OIC). -Security Council Private meeting on the ICJ. 29 October: New York: Security Council Open Debate on the Implementation of the Note S/2010/507 (Working methods). 30 October New York: -Security Council - Adoption of its Annual report. -Security Council Briefing and Consultations on Somalia. -Security Council Consultations on Western Sahara. ------------------------------------------------
UN Campaigns, Competitions, Apps and Games World Health Organization: Photo Competition http://www.unric.org/en/competitions Are you between 14 and 19 years old? We have created a photo competition and want to see health and illness through your eyes! The themes on which they’re looking for photos are: • Adolescents are healthy (engaging in healthy activities) • Adolescents learn about health (health education) • Adolescents use health services when needed • It can be difficult to stay healthy (images about the environment and risk-behaviours) • Adolescents are active in promoting health (advocating for health, participation) The submission deadline is 15 October, 2013
“Young voices against poverty” Video Contest http://www.unric.org/en/competitions In the run-up to European Development Days 2013 - Europe's premier forum on development, poverty eradication and sustainable development - we want you to have your say! The challenge:All you have to do is make a short video (no more than 120 seconds) answering the following question: If you could have your say, how would you fight poverty? The submission deadline is 1 November, 2013
23rd International Children's Painting Competition http://www.unric.org/en/competitions The International Children's Painting Competition on the Environment is organized every year by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), the Japan-based Foundation for Global Peace and Environment (FGPE), Bayer and Nikon Corporation. It has been held since 1991 and has received more than 3 million entries from children in over 150 countries. The submission deadline is 15 March, 2014 ------------------------------------------To subscribe or unsubscribe to the Week Ahead please send an e-mail to froger@unric.org