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* This version was published on the 1 of December 2014. 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.
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World Aids Day. 1 of December. More information st th COP Lima: Climate Change Conference. 1 to 12 of December. More information nd International Day for the Abolition of Slavery. 2 of December. More information rd International Day of Persons with Disabilities 3 of December. More information th International Volunteer Day for Economic and Social Development. 5 of December. More information th World Soil day. 5 of December. More information Brussels, Lunch debate organized by APNU: the worst Ebola epidemic in history. With speakers Stéphane Vandam, expert in public health and Stephan Goetghebuer, Deputy DirectorGeneral MSF Belgium. More information
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Visit of Mr. Bernardino León, Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head st nd of UNSMIL. 1 to 2 of December. Visit of Mr. Gustavo Gonzalez, UNDP, regional development coordinator for the Syria crisis. st rd 1 to 3 of December. Mr. Hervé Ladsous, Under-Secretary-General, Head of the Department of Peacekeeping Operations. 2 December.
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Visit of Ms. Leila Zerrougui, UN Secretary General’s Special Representative for Children Affected by Armed Conflict and Ms. Yoka Brandt, Deputy Executive Director (UNICEF) to the “Children, rd Not Soldiers – How to better protect children in armed conflicts” event. 3 of December. rd Visit of Ms. Laetitia Gagnon, United Nations Federal Credit Union (UNFCU). 3 of December. Visit of MS; Cihan Sultanoğlu (Assistant Administrator and Director of the Regional Bureau for Europe and the Commonwealth of Independent States).
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Monday 1 of December World Aids Day More information Brussels • • • • •
Employment, Social Policy, Health and Consumer Affairs Council of the EU, EPSCO. More information th 6 European Forum on “Co-operative banks and SMEs”. More information IWTO Multi-stakeholder meeting. More information st th European Parliament Committee Meetings. 1 to 4 of December. More information European Tourism Day: Key Challenges for the Future of European Tourism. More information
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Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural rights, pre-sessional working group, 54 session. st th 1 to 5 of December. More information More information st rd Human Rights Council, UN Forum on Business and Human Rights. 1 to the 3 of December. More information Human Rights Council, Working Group on the use of mercenaries as a means of violating human rd st rights and impeding the exercise of the right of peoples to self-determination, 23 session. 1 th to 5 of December. More information More information
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Meeting of the States Parties to the Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production and Stockpiling of Bacteriological (Biological) and Toxin Weapons and of Their st th Destruction. 1 to 5 of December. More information More information th st th 56 session of the Subcommittee of Experts on the Transport of Dangerous Goods. 1 to 9 of December. More information More information th UNCTAD, Working Party on the Strategic Framework and the Programme Budget, 69 session. st th 1 to the 5 of December. More information
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USCG (United States Coast Guard): IMO, Council, 113 session. 1 to 5 of December. More information
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Stakeholder conference on the EU strategy for the Alpine region. 1 to the 2 of December. More information st EU Conference on “Renaturing Cities: Systemic Urban Governance for Social Cohesion. 1 to nd 2 of December. More information
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Chad assumes the presidency of the UN Security Council. More information rd Panel discussion on the 23 International conference on “Health and environment”. At 10 a.m. More information More information Noon briefing with Simon Bland, Director of the New York Office of Joint UN Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) on the occasion of World AIDS Day. More information
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OECD High-Level Migration Forum. 1 to 2 More information
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FAO Council, 150 session. More information European Commission First Vice-President Timmermans attends the COSAC plenary session. More information
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Conference of the States Parties to the Convention on the Prohibition of Chemical th st th Weapons, 19 session. 1 to 5 of December. More information
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OECD publication of the “International Migration Outlook 2014”. More information
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International Day for the Abolition of Slavery More information Brussels • • • • • •
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European Days of Persons with Disabilities conference. 2 to 3 of December. More information Committee of the Regions conference on “Governing a multi-level Europe”. More information nd rd European e-Skills 2014 conference. 2 to 3 of December. More information Lessons and insights to work towards the goals of the European Employment Strategy. More information Lunch debate: the worst Ebola epidemic in history. With speakers Stéphane Vandam, expert in public health and Stephan Goetghebuer, Deputy Director-General MSF Belgium. More information Kristiina Kangaspunta, UNODC Chief of the Global Report on Trafficking in Persons Unit, will present the “Global report on trafficking in persons” at the European Parliament during the joint LIBE-FEMM meeting. More information
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EU Global Soil Biodiversity conference. 2 More information
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UN Declaration on Right to Development: “Sustainable development with dignity and justice for all – Realizing the right to development for present and future generations”. More information
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UNOG/UNECE press conference. Presentation of the “Rebirth Project” with Italian artist Michelangelo Pistoletto in the context of UN70. More information
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Ambassador Mahamat Zene Cherif of Chad, President of the Security Council for December, will brief on the Council’s programme of work for the month. At 12.30 p.m. More information
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UN Women, UNICEF, UNDP, the World Bank and others organize a panel discussion on “Making rights a reality for all: Participatory monitoring and social accountability”. At 3 p.m. More information
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World Bank discussion of the report “Turn down the heat: Confronting the new climate normal”. More information rd
Wednesday 3 of December International Day of Persons with Disabilities More information Brussels •
Transport, Telecommunications and Energy Council of the EU. More information
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Public hearing on “ChildrenNotSoldiers – How to better protect children in armed conflicts”, organized by the Committee of Foreign Affairs and the Subcommittee on Human Rights, with Ms. Leila Zerrougui and Ms. Yoka Brandt. More information
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WMO press conference. Launch of the “Provisional statement on the status of the global climate in 2014” with Michel Jarraud (WMO Secretary-General) and Omar Baddour (scientific expert). At 4 p.m. More information
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Ad Hoc Committee of the General Assembly for the Announcement of Voluntary Contributions to the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East.
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Opening ceremony for the International Day of Persons with Disabilities, followed by related panel discussions. At 10 a.m. More information
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UN Enable Film Festival. At 3 p.m. More information Press briefing entitled “Disability-inclusive disaster risk reduction: Inclusion saves lives – Towards a disability-inclusive post 2015 development framework”. At 11.30 a.m. More information
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Noon briefing with Leonard Doyle, Spokesperson and Head of Communications for the International Organization for Migration. More information
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Special event on “The untold story of 850,000 Jewish Refugees”. At 7.30 p.m. More information
Rome •
Informal meeting of the European ministers of public administration. More information
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Presentation to the World Bank of the study on ethnic inequality by Stelios Michalopoulos, Alberto Alesina, and Elias Papaioannou. More information
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World Bank launch of the “Global launch: Violence against women and girls resource guide”. More information th
Thursday 4 of December Brussels • • •
EESC meeting on “Fighting criminal economy: Extraordinary meeting of the Workers’ Group”. More information th th Competitiveness Council (industry – internal market – research – space) of the EU. 4 to 5 of December. More information th th Justice and Home Affairs Council of the EU. 4 to 5 of December. More information
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ECIPE conference in cooperation with SIIA on “Understanding the Value of Transatlantic Data Flows”. More information
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Conference on “Transport safety: Societal challenges, research solution”. 4 to 5 of December.
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ILO press conference. Launch of the “Global Wage Report 2014/2015” with Sandra Polaski (ILO Deputy Director-General) and Patrick Belser (main author of the report). At 10 a.m. More information
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Noon briefing with Assistant Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Deputy Emergency Relief Coordinator Kyung-wha Kang, who will brief on her recent trip to South Sudan and Ethiopia. More information More information
Rome •
EESC conference on “Towards a more effective Europe 2020: Civil society’s proposals for boosting social inclusion and competitiveness in Europe”. 4th to the 5th of December. More information
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EUPAN DG – TUNED meeting to deal with issues of human resources management and public services innovation and to start an evaluation of the role of the EUPAN network in the 2020 perspective. More information
Vienna •
Commission on Narcotic Drugs and Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice, Joint meetings of the Commission on Narcotic Drugs, reconvened. More information
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Friday 5 of December International Volunteer Day for Economic and Social Development More information World Soil day More information
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Brussels •
25 years after the fall of the Iron Curtain: achievements and challenges. More information
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EESC roundtable conference on “Citizens’ University – More Europe Locally”. 5 to 6 of December. More information
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IOM panel discussion on “Fatal journeys: Tracking lives lost during migration”. At 10 a.m. More information
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Briefing sponsored by the Permanent Mission of Hungary on the theme “Strengthening the family for sustainable development”. At 12.45 p.m. More information
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High level conference on “Challenges for securing growth & shared prosperity in Latin th th America”, co-hosted by the IMF and the Ministry of Finance. 5 to 6 of December. More information
Tokyo •
World Bank seminar on “Impact evaluation for evidence-based policy design and implementation”. More information
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OECD Ibero-American General Secretariat. 5 to 9 of December. More information
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Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice, Reconvened 23 session. More information th Commission on Narcotic Drugs, Reconvened 57 session. More information More information
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Washington, D.C. •
IMF Fiscal Affairs Department’s 50 future”. More information
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Monday 8 of December Brussels •
EESC conference on “Transformation is possible. Roadmaps for the future of transport in Europe”. More information
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The Global Food Safety Partnership (GFSP) 3 annual conference. 8 to 12 of December. More information
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13 session of the Assembly of States Parties to the Rome Statute of the International th th Criminal Court. 8 to 17 of December. More information Panel of External Auditors of the UN, the Specialized Agencies and the International Atomic Energy Agency, 55th meeting. 8th to 9th of December. More information More information nd Special joint meeting of the 2 Committee of the General Assembly and the Economic and Social Council on access to credit-rating information. More information
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Conference on “Entrepreneurship, innovation and enterprise dynamics”. 8 December. More information
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World Bank Seminar on “A measured approach to ending poverty and boosting shared prosperity”. More information nd th th UNU, council, 62 session. 8 to 9 of December. More information More information
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World Bank Social Safety Nets Core Course 2014. 8 to 19 of December. More information
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