THE WEEK AHEAD AT THE UNITED NATIONS THE EUROPEAN PERSPECTIVE (26/14) 23 – 27 June 2014
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UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, visit to Windhoek, Namibia, 23 June. UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, visit to Nairobi, Kenya for the first UN Environment assembly, 27 June. Mr. Ali Al-Za’tari, UN Resident & Humanitarian Coordinator, UNDP Resident Representative for Khartoum – Sudan. Visit to Brussels, 23 June. Ms. Irina Bokova, UNESCO Director General, will attend the Global Partnership for Education Replenishment Pledging Conference in Brussels on 25 and 26 June.
Agenda Monday 23 June United Nations Public service Day More information International Widow’s Day More information UN humanitarian chief Valerie Amos answers your questions on humanitarian assistance More information Athens: • Eurofound Event: “Social Dialogue as a driver in shaping and improving employment and working conditions in the EU”. Focus on: crisis and future of social dialogue in the EU. More information Brussels: • European Sustainable Energy week. 23 to 27 June. More information • UN Photo Exhibition: We Have the Power: Efficient, Renewable, Affordable. 23 to 29 June. Brussels Midi Station. More information • Conference: “Mitigation the increase in energy prices” European Economic and Social Committee. Economic and industrial consequences of high energy prices and at the social and environmental challenges. More information
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Conference: “Nearly-zero energy buildings in Europe – Recommendations from research, 14 demonstration sites and 30 buildings”. Organized by four European projects under the umbrella of the European Sustainable Energy Week 2014 in cooperation with the Committee of the Regions. More information • “Ener2i EU Brokerage Event”. Networking and capacity building sessions to support EUENP cooperation and knowledge transfer. European sustainable energy innovation alliance and the Committee of the Regions. More information • Meeting of the Foreign Affairs Council. More information • European Reference Network Conference. Focus on: assessment of Healthcare providers. More information • Joint AGE seminar 'Human rights for older persons in Europe: Who cares?'. More information Geneva: • 26th session of the OHCHR Annual Meeting of Chairpersons of Human Rights Treaty Bodies. More information • Annual session of the UNDP/UNFPA/UNOPS Executive Board. More information Hamburg, Germany: • 22nd European Biomass Conference and Exhibition, coordinated by the European Commission. 23 to 26 June. More information Hyderabad, India: • Thirty-third session of the Asia-Pacific Fishery Commission. 23 to 25 June. More information Nairobi, Kenya: • First United Nations Environment Assembly. To be attended by the UN SecretaryGeneral, Ban Ki-moon. 23 to 27 June. More information New York: • Exposition at the Security Council by Secretary-General of Political affairs, M. Jeffrey Feltman. More information Paris: • The first Annual Bank Conference on Africa (ABCA) organized by the World Bank. Focus on: poverty in sub-Saharan Africa. 23 and 24 June. More information Strasbourg: • PACE Summer session: Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko and election of the Secretary General. 23 to 27 June. More information
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United for Dignity, conference on the specific situation of Roma young people affected by discrimination. 23 to 27 June. More information
Tuesday 24 June Launch of the UNCTAD 2014 World Investment Report. More information Athens: • Plenary Meeting of European Judicial Network in Criminal Matters. 24 to 25 June. More information Brussels: • Launch of EESC study on the Liberal Professions” conference organized by the various Interests Group of the European Economic and Social Committee. More information • Conference: EU economic governance and fiscal decentralization organized by the Committee of the Regions. More information • Meeting of the EU General Affairs Council. More information • Meeting of the EU Political and Security Committee (PSC) More information • Meeting of the Working Group on Turkey organized by the Committee of the Regions. More information • 153rd Committee of the Regions Bureau meeting. More information • Friends of Europe’s annual Africa Summit: ‘Africa; Progress and Pitfalls’. More information New York: • Exposition at the Security Council on the UN mission for the stabilization in the CentralAfrican Republic (MINUSCA). More information Vienna, Austria: • High-level event on the Scientific Support to the Danube Strategy: organized by the Joint Research Centre of the European Commission. 24 to 25 June. More information Wednesday 25 June International Day of the Seafarer 2014: “Seafarers brought me...” More information Athens: • EU-US Ministerial Meeting on Justice and Home Affairs. More information
Brussels: • 107th Committee of the Regions Plenary Session More information • Meeting of the Permanent Representatives Committee, COREPER I. More information Equatorial Guinea: • Visit of the UN Secretary-General for the 23rd regular session of the African Union. More information Madrid: • “New attitudes towards consumption”: Conference by the European Economic and Social Committee. Proposing a concrete action plan with view to foster more ecologic, economic, environmental and user friendly consumption patterns among consumers. More information New York: • Adoption of Security Council resolutions on ONUCI, FNUOD and MINUSCA. More information Paris: • Launch of the 2014 OECD International teacher and school leader survey. More information Thursday 26 June International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking and launch of the UNODC World Drug Report 2014. More information United Nations International Day in Support of Victims of Torture More information Athens: • Meeting of the European Education Committee. 26 to 27 June. More information Brussels: • Second Replenishment Pledging Conference of the Global Partnership for Education. Hosted by the Global Partnership for Education and the European Commission. More information • “Local and regional perspectives on the EU energy policy 2030 – investment framework conditions and climate implications”: conference organized by the Committee of the Regions in cooperation with the Executive Agency for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises. More information • Workshop: “Building upon good practices in European Judicial Training”: organized by the European Commission. 26 to 27 June. More information • Meeting of the European Council. 26 to 27 June. More information London:
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James Gow, Professor of International Peace and Security at King’s College London, will deliver the annual Chris Cviić Memorial Lecture at the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development. The lecture will look at "Following Chris Cviić: Ethics and Reconstruction from 'the Balkans' to Ukraine". More information New York: • Launch of UN Women's global campaign, with UN-Women’s Executive Director Dr. Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka. The launch will mark the 20th anniversary of the World Conference on Women in Beijing. More information • Security Council consultations on the situation in the Middle-East and on the UN Regional center for preventative diplomacy in Central Asia. More information Paris: • OECD Global Forum on Responsible Business Conduct. 26 to 27 June. More information • Fourteenth IMF Public Debt Management Forum. 26 to 27 June. More information Vienna: • European Commissioner for Regional Policy, Johannes Hahn, joins Annual Danube Strategy Forum in Vienna to discuss key initiatives to boost green and inclusive growth. 26 to 27 June. More information Friday 27 June Aberdeen: • Conference: “A business perspective for 2030 on Europe’s Energy Policy”. Aberdeen City Council, Aberdeen & Grampian Chamber of Commerce and the Employer’s Group of the European Economic and Social Committee. More information Brussels: • “Europe: the new challenges” meeting of the workers group of the EESC to discuss the results of the 2014 European elections. More information Geneva: • End of the UN Conference on Disarmament. More information New York: • Press Conference by M. Lazare Eloundou Assomo, UNESCO liaison to Mali, on the state of cultural heritage in Mali destroyed in the 2012-0213 conflict. More information
And beyond: other dates to pin Wednesday 2rd of July 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 Thursday 3rd of July Brussels: • “Conference on boosting partnerships in collaborative consumption” organized by the EESC. More information Monday 7th of July Brussels • “Food donation: Fighting food poverty and addressing food waste”: this conference organized by the EESC presents the different practices and legislations on food donation in the EU member states. More information United Nations Regional Information Centre Residence Palace Bloc C 7th floor Rue de la loi, 155, 104 Brussels http://www.unric.org/en/ Visit us at Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ONU.VN.Benelux?ref=hl.