THE EUROPEAN PERSPECTIVE 14 March – 21 March 2016 This version was published on 14 March 2016. For more recently updated information, please consult the online version. * All the times listed below are local times for the region in which they are listed.
Highlights of the Week International Day of Happiness More information International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination More information Ciné ONU : “Speed Sisters” by Amber Fares. At 6:30 p.m. More information Press Briefing at UNRIC with Mr. Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein, High Commissioner for Human Rights. From 11 to 11:45. Info & attendance: Benelux@unric.org
Visits to Brussels
Mr. Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein, High Commissioner for Human Rights, 14-15 March Belarus donor coordination meeting : Mr. Sanaka Samarasinha (UN Resident Coordinator/UNDP Resident Representative / UNFPA Representative in Belarus), Ms. Ekaterina Paniklova (UNDP Deputy Resident Representative in Belarus), Ms. Olga Saet (UN Coordination Analyst, UN Resident Coordinator’s Office in Belarus) & UNICEF, IOM Representatives, 15-16 March Mr. Philippe Poinsot (UN Resident Coordinator, UNDP Resident Representative, UNFPA Representative, Morroco), 16 March Mr. Mitchell Toomey (Director UN Millennium Campaign, BPPS, UND HQ), 16-18 March Mr. Jo Scheuer (Coordinator, Disaster Risk Reduction and Recovery, UNDP HQ), 21 March Mr. José Graziano da Silva (FAO Director General), 21-22 March
Ongoing events
Intra-Syrian Talks More information
Monday 14 March Brussels Press Briefing at UNRIC with Mr. Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein, High Commissioner for Human Rights. From 11 to 11:45. Info & attendance : Benelux@unric.org “Meet & Greet with Turkish Civil Society representatives”. From 12 to 2 p.m. More information ECIPE Lunch Seminar: “Russia and the New Global Disorder”. From 12:30 to 2 p.m. More information CEPS: “EuroCPR 2016 - Content Creation and Distribution in the Digital Single Market”, 14-15 March. From 2 to 6 p.m. More information Infopoint Lunchtime Conference: Hunger and Food Security (with webstream). From 12.30 to 2 pm. More information Geneva
WHO release of new estimates on the environmental burden of disease. At 2 p.m. in room III. Press conference: OHCHR / Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK). At 3 p.m. in Press Room 1.
Lima, Peru UNESCO 4th World Congress of Biosphere Reserves, 14 to 17 March. More information Paris
Conference on investment treaties: The quest for balance between investor protection and governments’ right to regulate. From 8.30 a.m. to 18.00 p.m. More information
Washington DC Land and Poverty Conference 2016: Scaling up Responsible Land Governance at the IMF More information
Tuesday 15 March
Brussels Launch of the WHO study on the Health Behaviour in School Aged Children (HBSC). From 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. More information Hearing on EU Citizenship in practice: our common values, rights and democratic participation. From 9.15 a.m. to 12.45 p.m. and 14.30 p.m. to 17.30 p.m. More information Infopoint Lunchtime Conference: latest Eurobarometer results on development (with webstream). From 12u30 to 2 pm. More information 2
Wednesday 16 March Brussels The Refugee Crisis and its Impact on the European Union. From 12:30 to 2 p.m. More information The SDGs’ Universal Agenda: Implementation in Member States and Beyond. From 6 to 8:15 p.m. More information 515th Plenary Session. 16 to 17 March (with live stream). More information Geneva
Press Conference WIPO on International Patent System and international Trademark & Design Systems in 2015 & Domain Names/Cybersquatting Trends in 2015.At 11 a.m. in Press Room 1.
Thursday 17 March Brussels Ciné ONU: “Speed Sisters” by Amber Fares. At 6:30 p.m. More information Presidency briefing with Prime Minister Mark Rutte. At 11:30 a.m. Registrations : register.brussels@fnst.org More information Your Europe, Your Say! 2016, 17-19 March More information CSO Forum: EU engagement with civil society and support for human rights, 17-18 March. More information Registration InfoPoint Lunchtime conference: Time to Stop Illegal Wildlife Trafficking (with webstream). From 12.30 to 2 pm. More information
Friday 18 March No events. Saturday 19 March No events. Sunday 20 March International Day of Happiness More information Monday 21 March 3
Week of Solidarity with the Peoples Struggling against Racism and Racial Discrimination (21 - 27 March) More information International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination More information World Poetry Day More information International Day of Nowruz More information World Down Syndrome Day More information International Day of Forests More information
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