THE EUROPEAN PERSPECTIVE 6 July – 10 July 2015 This version was published on 6 July 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.
Next week’s edition will be the last one before the summer break. The week ahead will then resume on 17 August.
Highlights of the Week
Brussels. Eurogroup will discuss the situation following the referendum in Greece. 7 July. More information
Brussels. BOZAR: “Gender Equality: Picture It.” 9 to 21 July. More information
Worldwide. Millennium Development Goals Progress report. 6 July. More information
New York. Press briefing by USG of DESA, Wu Hongbo on the upcoming Financing for Development Conference. 7 July. More information
Norway. Climate Change. Visit of the Secretary-General in the Norwegian Arctic”. 7 July. More information
New York. Security Council: briefings and consultations on the situation in Burundi. 9 July.
Addis Ababa. Third international conference on financing for development. 13 to 16 July. More information
New York. International Ebola Recovery Conference. 10 July. At 9 am. More information
Visits to Brussels
Mr. Haoliang Xu (Assistant Secretary General and UNDP Regional Director for Asia and Pacific). 13-14 July. Ms. Izumi Nakamitsu (Assistant Secretary-General, Assistant Administrator and Director Crisis Response Unit). 13-14 July.
Ongoing Meetings
Conference on Disarmament (2nd part). 26 May-10 July. More information
Human Rights Committee / 114th session. 29 June-24 July. More information
OHCHR - Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women / 61st session (Periodic report of the situation in Croatia and Spain). 6 July-27 July. More information
International Law Commission / 67th session (2nd part). 6 July-7 August. More information
Monday 6 June Brussels
Public Hearing on Cyber activism and civil society organisations. More information Conference on Europe 2020 - paths for reinventing Europe’s future. At 9:30 a.m. More information Centre for European Policy Studies: Launch of the OECD Report “The State of Agricultural Policy in 2015”. At 1.15 pm. More information
Geneva
Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women, 61st session. 6 to 24 July. More information Human Rights Council, Working Group. 16th session. 6 to 10 July. More information International Law Commission 67th session, second part. 6 July to 7 August. More information UN International Law Seminar, 51st session. 6 July to 24 July. More information
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UNCTAD, Presentation of the Economic Development in Africa Report 2015. At. 12.00. More information
Kingston, Jamaica Assembly of the International Seabed Authority, 21st session. 6 July to 24 July. More information
Mexico City OECD: “Conference ‘Global dialogue on the future of productivity: Towards an OECD productivity network’.” 6 to 7 July. More information Milan
EU: “Workshop ‘Best practices in improving the sustainability of agriculture’.” At 11 a.m. More information
New York Economic and Social Council, Substantive session, high-level political forum on sustainable development. 6 to 10 July. More information Millennium Development Goals, Progress report with the Secretary-General and Norwegian Prime Minister Erna Solberg and Rwandan President Paul Kagame, co-chairs of the MDG Advocacy Group. (In video conference from Oslo). More information MDG Report, launch briefing with the Under-Secretary-General for the Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Wu Hongbo; Stefan Schweinfest, Director, UN Statistics Division; and Holly Newby, Chief, Data Analysis Unit, UNICEF. At 11.30 am. More information Strasbourg EU: “European Parliament Plenary Session.” 6 to 9 July. More information Tokyo
World Bank Group: “Seminar ‘Global Economic Prospects (GEP): The Global Economy in Transition’.” At 4.30 p.m. More information
Yaoundé, Cameroon 14th Regional Seminar of the ACP-EU Economic and Social Interest Groups. 6 to 8 July. More information Tuesday 7 June Brussels
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Eurogroup will discuss the situation following the referendum in Greece. More information Centre for European Reform & Carnegie Europe: “The EU-Russia energy relationship: From addiction to rehab?” At 11.30 a.m. More information Bruegel: National perspectives on the euro area. At 12.30 p.m. More information
Helsinki The impact of current EU-Russia relations on the agri-food sector. At 9:30 a.m. More information Paris
Euralia: Référendum britannique: le risque du ‘Brexit’. At 8.45 a.m. More information Our Common Future: “Scientific Conference ‘Our Common Future under Climate Change’.” 7 to 10 July. More information
New York Involving civil society in the implementation of the post-2015 agenda. At 1 p.m. More information Press briefing by USG of DESA, Wu Hongbo on the upcoming Financing for Development Conference. 7 July. At 12 pm. More information
Security Council: briefings and consulations on Bosnia-Herzegovina and the UN Office for West Africa.
Oslo
Oslo Summit on Education for Development: speech of Ban Ki-moon. At 9 am. More information
Strasbourg EP Press Conference: briefing of the European parties (Greens/EFA, ALDE. S&D, EPP, ECR, GUE/NGL). At 9 a.m. More information EP Press Conference: Martin Schulz, Laimdota Straujuma and Jean Claude-Juncker on the review of the Latvian Presidency. At 10:30 a.m. More information EP Press Conference: “What future for Ukraine?” At 4 p.m. More information EP Press Conference: “Call for strong vote on TTIP with clear rejection of ISDS”. At 5 p.m. More information
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The Hague Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, Executive Council, 79th session. 7 to 10 July. More information Tokyo World Bank: “Seminar ‘Africa: Potentials and Challenges’.” 4.30 p.m. More information Wednesday 8 July Brussels 113th Plenary Session of the Committee of the Regions. 8 to 9 July. More information Carnegie Europe: “Panel discussion ‘Bridging the Gaps in EU Foreign Policy’.” 12 p.m. More information New York
Security Council: consultations on the UN Interim Security Force for Abyei (UNISFA) and on Sudan/South Sudan, followed by consultations in the afternoon on the 1701 report. Office of the Coordination for Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA): Operations Director John Ging will speak about his visit to Nepal following the earthquake there. More information European Union Contact Group on piracy off the coasts of Somalia. At 12.30 pm More information
Norwegian Artic
Visit of the Secretary-General in the Norwegian Arctic on board Research vessel “Lance”. More information
Strasbourg EP Press Conference: “Trade Yes, TTIP NO. Why we oppose to this Corporatist Stitch-up”. At 10:30 a.m. More information EP Press Conference: “Remembering Srebrenica”. At 11 a.m. More information EP Press Conference: Martin Schulz, Xavier Bettel and Jean-Claude Juncker on the programme of activities of the Luxembourgish Presidency. At 12 p.m. More information EP Press Conference: After the vote on EP Recommendations to negotiators of the transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP). At 2:30 p.m. More information EP Press Conference: “A reinforced STOP TTIP campaign”. At 3 p.m. More information EP Press Conference: “Resource efficiency: moving towards a circular economy”. At 4 p.m. More information 5
Thursday 9 July Brdo, Slovenia ACER Annual Conference 2015, An Energy Union for Consumers. More information
Brussels Egmont Institute and IHEDN: The European Union and the Comprehensive Approach: the case of crises in Africa. At 9 am (invitation only). More information European Commission. Workshop on Renewable Carbon Sources processing to fuels and chemicals. More information Committee of the Regions: The Meeting of Working Group ‘Immigration, Social Policies and Human Rights’ of CALRE. At 9.30 a.m. More information BOZAR: “Gender Equality: Picture It.”Cartoon competition exhibition. 9 to 21 July. More information Luxembourg Informal meeting of Ministers of Justice and Home Affairs. 9 to 10 July. More information New York
Security Council: briefings and consultations on the situation in Burundi and Syria. Friday 10 July
Brussels EESC. Social Enterprise: Make It Happen! At 9 a.m. More information Cologne Bertelsmann Stiftung: Quelle croissance pour l’Europe? – Un débat public avec les maires des villes jumelées de Cologne et Lille. At 7 p.m. More information New York International Ebola Recovery Conference - convened by the Secretary-General in New York. More information
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Saturday 11 July World Population Day More information Monday 13 July Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Third international conference on financing for Development. 13 to 16 July. More information Brussels Agriculture and Fisheries Council. More information Eurogroup Meeting. More information European Parliament Committee Meetings. 13 to 16 July. More information Geneva
Ad Hoc Committee of the Human Rights Council on the Elaboration of Complementary Standards in the Field of Racism, 7th session. 13 to 24 July. More information
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