THE EUROPEAN PERSPECTIVE 30 March – 6 April 2015 This version was published on 30 March 2015. 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
Kuwait City. The Secretary-General will open the Third International Humanitarian Pledging Conference for Syria. 31 March. More information Jordan will hold the Security Council Presidency in April. More information Brussels. Think Global Day - Will there be life after 2015? 1 April. More information Paris. 2015 Global Forum on Development. Post-2015 Financing for Sustainable Development. 1 April. More information
Visits to Europe
Official visit to Athens of Mr. Jan Jarab, Regional Representative for Europe of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights. 30 March to 1 April. More information Visit to Brussels of Ms. Amina Mohammed, Special Advisor of the Secretary-General on Post-2015 Development Planning, for the Global Think Day. 1 April. More information Visit to Brussels of Mr. Oscar Fernandez-Taranco, United Nations Assistant Secretary-General for Peacebuilding Support. 1 April. More information
Monday 30 March Brussels EPC Workshop “Lifting People out of Poverty - Can Public-Finance Truly Deliver?”. At 2 p.m. More information EU Committee on Foreign Affairs with Jens Stoltenberg, NATO Secretary General, and Gilles De Kerchove, EU Counter-Terrorism Coordinator. At 3 p.m. More information EU Interparliamentary Committee Meeting on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety: "From COP 21 Paris to 2050: a Roadmap towards an Innovative Low-Carbon, Resource-Efficient Europe". At 3 p.m. More information EU Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs Hearing on the Situation of Fundamental Rights in the European Union. 30 March. More information EU Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality Meeting. 30 to 31 March. More information EU Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality Workshop on Main Causes of Female Poverty. At 3 p.m. More information Geneva
Human Rights Council, Working Group of Experts on People of African Descent, 16th Session. 30 March to 2 April. More information Commemorative Event for the 40th Anniversary on the Biological Weapons Convention. More information
New York Economic and Social Council, Substantive Session. 30 March to 1 April. More information UN High-Level Interactive Dialogue on The International Decade for Action “Water for Life”: Progress Achieved and Lessons Learned for Sustainable Development.At 9:30 a.m. More information UN ECOSOC High-Level Integration Segment on Achieving Sustainable Development through Employment Creation and Decent Work. 30 March to 1 April. More information UN Press Conference in S-237 on the World Water Development Report. At 11 a.m. More information UNICEF & DESA Exhibition Opening on “Water for Life Voices”. At 12:45 p.m. More information UN Mine Action Service (UNMAS) Series of Panel Discussions Ahead of the International Day for Mine Awareness (4 April), in Conference Room 8. At 1:30 p.m. More information
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Riga, Latvia Eastern Partnership Ministerial Conference on Tuberculosis and Its Multi-Drug Resistance (MDR). 30 to 31 March. More information
Tuesday 31 March Brussels EPC-Futurelab Europe Policy Dialogue & Documentary Launch: Fighting homelessness - A way towards more social cohesion in Europe. At 10 a.m. More information Friends of Europe Conversation with Carlos Moedas, EU Commissioner for Research, Science and Innovation on “The EU’s Innovation and Competitiveness Drive. From labs to markets”. At 11 a.m. More information Hanns Seidel Foundation Panel Discussion on “Europe’s Security Order - De-construction or ReConstruction?”. At 1 p.m. More information EPC Turkish Insights Policy Dialogue: “Political Islam and Democracy: Friends or Foes?”. At 3 p.m. More information EESC Event on “Citizens’ Internet. The Many Threats to Neutrality.” At 10:30 a.m. More information European Commission and eIDAS Private Sector Engagement High Level Event on “eID: Emerging Business Cases”. More information Press Conference on “Youth and Exile” by Marina Albiol Guzmán. At 1 p.m. More information Geneva
Department of Peacekeeping Operations, International Day of Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action. 31 to 1 April. More information
Kuwait City The Secretary-General will open the Third International Humanitarian Pledging Conference for Syria. More information
Nairobi
UNEP, Committee of Permanent Representatives, 130th Meeting. More information (UNEP Committee)
Riga
EU Forum on “The Role of Social Dialogue in Ensuring the Economic Growth and Quality Jobs”. More information
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Vienna
UN Seminar on Assistance to the Palestinian People: Speeding up relief, recovery and reconstruction in post-war Gaza. 31 March to 1 April. More information Wednesday 1 April
World Autism Awareness Day More information Jordan will hold the Security Council Presidency in April. More information Brussels Think Global Day - Will there be life after 2015? With Ms. Amina Mohammed, Special Advisor of the Secretary-General on Post-2015 Development Planning. More information COREPER I & II Meetings. More information Paris
2015 Global Forum on Development. Post-2015 Financing for Sustainable Development. More information
New York Permanent Mission of Uruguay Press Briefing on Amnesty International's Death Penalty Report 2014, in S-237. At 11:00 a.m. More information UNMAS Press conference Ahead of the International Day for Mine Awareness, in S-237. At 12:30 p.m. More information Riga, Latvia EESC Workers’ Group Event on “Investing in a Europe Based on Solidarity”. More information Extraordinary meeting of EESC Workers' Group II on “For Social Investment Plan in Europe – Contribution of the Latvian Presidency”. More information Worldwide Webinar on Digital Tourism “Thinking Mobile” by the European Commission. At 4 p.m. More information
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Thursday 2 April Brussels Confrontations Europe Seminar on “European Sectoral Social Dialogue and Energy Transition”. At 10 a.m. More information Geneva
World Health Organization Media Briefing, with Dr Kazuaki Miyagishima, Director, WHO Department of Food Safety. At 10:30 a.m. More information
New York UN Special Event to Launch the Global Call to Action, Urging Businesses to Make Concrete Commitments to Employ Persons with Autism. At 10 a.m. More information Press conference by the Permanent Representative of Jordan and the Security Council President for April, Ambassador Dina Kawar, in S-237,. At 12:30 p.m. More information
Saturday 4 April International Day of Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action More information
Monday 6 April International Day of Sport Development and Peace More information New York Open-Ended Informal Consultative Process on Oceans and the Law of the Sea, 16th Meeting: “Oceans and Sustainable Development”. 6 to 10 April. More information UN Disarmament Commission. 6 to 24 April. More information
Friday 10 April Paris
CINÉ-ONU : Screening of the documentary « 7 jours à Kigali », from Mehdi Ba and Jeremy Frey. Centre Wallonie-Bruxelles, Paris. At 7:30 p.m. Book a ticket
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