THE EUROPEAN PERSPECTIVE 21 March – 28 March 2016 This version was published on 21 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. Take a look at the New York Week Ahead here.
Highlights of the Week Millenium Film Festival (18 - 27 March)* More information
PANEL (MO*): “Water Talks”. From 8 pm. More information
Visits to Brussels
Mr. Jo Scheuer (Coordinator, Disaster Risk Reduction and Recovery, UNDP HQ), 21 March Mr. José Graziano da Silva (FAO Director General), 21-22 March Mr. Achim Steiner (Executive Director UNEP,) 21-22 March
Ongoing events
Intra-Syrian Talks More information
Monday 21 March
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 (UNESCO) More information
International Day of Nowruz More information World Down Syndrome Day More information International Day of Forests More information Brussels CONVENTION: “Annual Convention for Inclusive Growth”. From 9 am to 5.15 pm. More information Geneva
PANEL DISCUSSION hosted by ILO “Addressing the labour market impacts of refugees and other forcibly displaced people”. From 10 am to 1 pm. More information PRESS CONFERENCE (WMO): “The global climate and extreme weather events”. From 2 pm in Room III.
Leuven, BE LECTURE: “Going Global: Debate on Iran”. From 6 pm to 7.45 pm. More information
Tuesday 22 March
World Water Day More information Brussels SPECIAL MEETING (ACP Secretariat): “Special meeting of the sub-committee on Sustainable Development on COP21 outcomes”, 22-23 March. More information FORUM: “9th Forum for the Future of Agriculture: Where agriculture and environment meet: the Sustainable Development Goals implementation - no time for business as usual”. From 9 am to 5 pm. More information HIGH-LEVEL EVENT (Globe EU/UNEP/EU Commission): “Building a Sustainable Financial System - The Role of the EU”. From 1 to 3 pm. More information PRESS CONFERENCE: “Gender-based Human Rights Violations in Chad”. From 1 pm to 1.30 pm. More information PUBLIC HEARING: “Creating labour market conditions favourable for work-life balance”. From 10 am to 12.30 pm More information 2
Geneva
PRESS CONFERENCE (WHO): “World Tuberculosis Day 2016”. From 10 am in Room III. More information MEETING: Event to mark World Water Day 2016 and launch the World Water Development Report. From 9 am to 3 pm. More information
Lyon
HIGH-LEVEL CONFERENCE: “High-level conference on global health security”, 22-23 March. More information
Wednesday 23 March
World Meteorological Day (WMO) More information Brussels PHOTO EXHIBITION (EU/UNICEF): “Nutrition: at the heart of a child’s health for life”. From 3.30 pm. More information: ropfermann@unicef.org CONFERENCE: “The political background of the refugee crisis in Europe”. From 9.30 am to 2.30 pm. More information CONFERENCE: “Infopoint Lunchtime Conference: Financing adaptation at the local level”. From 12.30 pm to 2 pm. More information Ghent, BE PANEL (MO*): “Water Talks”. From 20 pm. More information LECTURE: “Refugees in contemporary Europe: Borders, fences and the moral economy of care”. From 2 pm to 3.30 pm. More information Thursday 24 March World Tuberculosis Day (WHO) More information International Day for the Right to the Truth concerning Gross Human Rights Violations and for the Dignity of Victims More information Friday 25 March International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade More information 3
International Day of Solidarity with Detained and Missing Staff Members More information Saturday 26 March No events. Sunday 27 March No events. Monday 28 March No events. United Nations Regional Information Centre Residence Palace Bloc C 7th floor - Rue de la Loi, 155, 1040 Brussels http://www.unric.org/en/
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