THE WEEK AHEAD AT THE UNITED NATIONS: THE EUROPEAN PERSPECTIVE (26/13) 24 June - 30 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 Ahmad Alhendawi, UN Secretary General's Special Envoy on Youth: Egypt (till 25 June); Brussels (26-28 June). Ekmeleddin İhsanoğlu, Secretary-General of the Organisation of the Islamic Conference: Brussels (24-25 June). Elham M. Ahmed Ibrahim, African Union Commissioner for Infrastructure and Energy: Brussels (24-27 June). Jordan Ryan, UNDP Assistant Administrator, Director of the Bureau for Crisis Prevention and Recovery: Brussels (25 June). Federico Franco, President of Paraguay; Horacio Cartes, President-elected of Paraguay: Brussels (25 June). Kristalina Georgieva, EU Commissioner for International Cooperation, Humanitarian Aid and Crisis Response: Jordan (25 June). Ali Larayedh, Prime Minister of Tunisia: Brussels (25 June) Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed, UN Resident Coordinator, Humanitarian Coordinator and UNDP Resident Representative, Yemen: Brussels (26 June) Ivica Dačić, Prime Minister of Serbia: Brussels (26 June). Androulla Vassiliou, EU Commissioner for Education, Culture, Multilingualism and Youth: Tbilissi (27-28 July). Catherine Ashton, EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy: Manama (30 June). ----------------------------------------------
Monday 24 June EU Sustainable Energy Week (till 28 June) http://eusew.eu/ “New horizons for HIV antiretroviral treatment”. Launch of new WHO guidelines and global progress report. Bangkok: Preparatory meeting to the Montreal Protocol conference on ozone layer (till 28 June). http://ec.europa.eu/clima/events/0080/index_en.htm Brussels: -European Commission and the EEAS Joint communication: “Towards a comprehensive EU approach to the Syrian crisis”. -First Citizens’ Summit, hosted by the Civil Society Contact Group (till 25 June) - European Parliament -Committee on Development: - Report of the High Level Panel on the Post 2015 Development Agenda - presentation by UN representative and reactions of civil society; Blending Grants and Loans for financing the EU's Development Policy 2014-2020 – discussion with the rapporteur. Geneva: - Conference on Disarmament (till 28 June). Luxembourg: -Agriculture and Fisheries EU Council (till 25 June). -General and Foreign Affairs EU Councils (till 25 June).
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Manama: UN Public Service Forum Day and Awards Ceremony (till 27 June). http://www.unpan.org/2013unpsa
New York: Security Council - Open Debate on Women and peace and security: sexual violence in conflict. Tuesday 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. Amman: Kristalina Georgieva visits Zaatri refugee camp; meets with UNICEF and UNHCR representatives, UNICEF School, WFP Distribution and UN Oasis Centre for Women. Brussels: -Exhibition: “Landmines: Treacherous Weapons” (till 28 June).
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-Opening of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) office. -Presentation, under embargo, of UNCTAD’s World Investment Report 2013: "Global Value Chains – Investment and Trade for Development”, UNRIC 8th floor meeting room 10.30 am. Registration benelux@unric.org Further information Alexa Froger, tel. +32 (0) 2 788 8461 or mobile + 32 (0) 476. 215. 485 http://www.unric.org/en/events/28549-the-worldinvestment-report-wir-2013-qglobal-value-chains--investment-and-trade-for-development-
-“Africa’s economic transformation: the role of natural resources” - Friends of Europe Development Policy Forum (DPF). Speakers include Pedro Conceicao (Chief Economist and Head of the Strategic Advisory Unit Regional Bureau for Africa, UNDP). http://www.friendsofeurope.org/Contentnavigation/Events/Eventsoverview/tabid/1187/EventType/EventView/EventId/1213/ EventDateID/1217/PageID/6427/AfricaseconomictransformationTheroleofnaturalresources.aspx
- Europe's Outermost Regions present concrete plans for modernising their economies and ensuring sustainable growth. The Outermost Regions comprise 8 islands: the Azores, the Canary Islands, Guadeloupe, French Guiana, Madeira, Martinique, La Reunion and St. Martin. -European Parliament - Hearing to mark the one year anniversary of the EU human rights strategy “The EU Human Rights Strategy: A Success or Business as usual?” - Education at a Glance 2013 presented by OECD and the EU Commission. Briefing and panel discussion: "Conflict, Violence and Disaster and the Post-2015 Development Agenda". http://www.unric.org/en/events/28560-new-post-2015-development-framework-
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Geneva: -24th round of the Geneva International Discussions (till 26 June). -Tripartite talks (Russian Federation, United States and the UN) on Syria. The UN delegation will be headed by the Joint Special Representative for Syria, Lakhdar Brahimi. Helsinki: Biocides Stakeholder’s Day http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/newsroom/cf/itemdetail.cfm?item_id=6620&lang=en&title=Biocides%2DStakeholders%27%2D Day
New York: -Security Council – Briefing and Consultations on MINUSMA. -Security Council – Briefing and Consultations on the Middle East. -Special event of the Peacebuilding Commission and the Global Compact on Business for Peacebuilding. Vienna: NGO Forum Preceding the High-Level Expert Conference on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the World Conference on Human Rights (till 26 June) Wednesday 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. Avila: IV International Congress of Tourism for all (till 28 June)
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Brussels: -The European Commission will present its latest progress report on Roma integration within the Member States. - Visibility event on Floods in Pakistan (IFS/EEAS). Speakers include Marc-André Franche, Country Director, UNDP Pakistan. - UNEP event, The Materiality of Environmental and Social Issues for the Financial Sector. European Parliament, room ASP 5E3, 12.30-14.00 registration: sirpa.pietikainenoffice@europarl.europa.eu
- European Youth Forum event: The MDGs after the MDGs....will young people be involved after 2015? Geneva: Advisory Board on Disarmament Matters (till 28 June). Istanbul: International Media Seminar on Peace in the Middle East. Organizer: UN DPI in cooperation with the Government of Turkey (till 27 June). Lisbon: Sustainable Intelligent Manufacturing (till 29 June). http://sim.ipleiria.pt/ New York: -Security Council – res on UNDOF. -Security Council – Briefing on UN Peacekeeping. -Security Council – Briefing on Peace and Security in Africa followed by consultations on the Sahel. Paris: OECD: Global Forum on Responsible Business Conduct (till 27 June). http://mneguidelines.oecd.org/globalforumonresponsiblebusinessconduct/
Vienna: UNODC release of the 2013 World Drug Report during a special event of the 56th session of the Commission on Narcotic Drugs to mark the International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking. Thursday 27 June Launch of the Guidebook entitled, “Sustainable Tourism for Development”, (WTO). Brussels:-European Council (till 28 June). -High level conference on Sustainable Energy in Africa. africa.org/index.php/en/
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-Redrawing the Security map – International conference. http://www.secdef.eu/ -European Parliament ‘The MDGs after the MDGs....will young people be involved after 2015?'. -European Parliament - Committee on Foreign Affairs: • Corruption in the public and private sectors: the impact on human rights in third countries-vote on a draft resolution by Ana Gomes, MEP. -SOLIDAR Annual General Assembly. - Official launch of “sustainable Tourism for Development Guidebook” (United Nations World Tourism Organisation) http://icr.unwto.org/en/content/devco-study-sustainabletourism-development New York: Security Council -Troop Contributing Country (TCC) meeting on the UN Mission in the Republic of South Sudan (UNMISS), followed by consultations on Iraq and Kuwait. 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.
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Sunday 30 June Manama: EU-Gulf Cooperation Council Ministerial Meeting. Catherine Ashton, co-chairs.
And beyond: Other dates to pin 1 July Accession of Croatia to the European Union Beginning of the Lithuanian EU Presidency semester United States assumes the monthly rotating Presidency of the UN Security Council Global launch of the Millennium Development Goals Report 2013 New York: Economic and Social Council, substantive session (till 26 July). Strasbourg: European Parliament plenary session (till 4 July) 3 July Strasbourg: Address of Lithuanian President Dalia GrybauskaitÄ— in the European Parliament. 4 July Vilnius: Lithuanian Pre-Presidency Conference (till 5 July). 6 July International Day of Cooperatives. 8 July Brussels: Eurogroup meeting. Geneva: -Human Rights Committee (till 26 July). -International Law Seminar (till 26 July). Vienna: UNCITRAL (till 26 July). 9 July Brussels: Economic and Financial Affairs EU Council. 10 July Brussels: The EU Commission adopts Communication on European higher education in the world. 11 July World Population Day. 15 July Brussels: Agriculture and Fisheries EU Council .
London: IMO, Council (till 19 July). 16 July The Hague: Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, Executive Council (till 19 July). 17 July New York: Conference of the States Parties to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (till 19 July). 18 July Nelson Mandela International Day. Moscow: G20 Labour ministers meeting & G20 Finance ministers/Central Bank governors' directors meeting (till 19 July). 22 July Brussels: EU Foreign and General Affairs Councils (till 23 July). 24 July Geneva: WTO General Council (till 25 July). 25 July Brussels: Economic and Financial Affairs EU Council (budget). 28 July World Hepatitis Day [WHO] 30 July International Day of Friendship --------------------------------------------
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. The submission deadline is 11 August, 2013 2013 GOI Peace Foundation - UNESCO, International Essay Contest for Young People http://www.unric.org/en/competitions The annual essay contest is organized in an effort to harness the energy, imagination and initiative of the world's youth in promoting a culture of peace and sustainable development. The theme for this year's competition is "The Power of Culture to Create a Better Future" - The future begins with the vision we hold now. What kind of future do you wish to create for yourself and the world? The submission deadline is 30 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. The submission deadline is 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. The submission deadline is 30 June, 2013 ---------------------------
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