2019
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Trygve Lie Symposium on Human Rights and the 2030 Agenda
Date: Thursday, 26 September, 2019
Time: 8 00 AM - 9 45 AM
Venue: Trygve Lie Center for Peace, Security & Development, International Peace Institute, 777 United Nations Plaza, 12th Floor
This year’s Trygve Lie Symposium will bring together high-level government and UN officials, experts, and civil society representatives to discuss and address how the international community can promote and ensure the incorporation of human rights frameworks into the sustainable development agenda. Presentations will reflect on why having strong and inclusive political institutions that respect human rights is necessary for achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) enshrined in the 2030 Agenda.
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68th Annual UN Civil Society Conference
Date: 26 - 28 August 2019
Venue: Salt Lake Convention Palace, Salt Lake City, Utah
The Department of Global Communications (former DPI) will hold its 68th annual UN Civil Society Conference between 26-28 August in Salt Lake city. This year’s theme will be “Building Inclusive and Sustainable Cities and Communities”. It will also be linked to the Secretary-General’s Climate Action Summit (23 September 2019).
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UN System-wide Community-Engagement Guidelines in Peacebuilding and Sustaining Peace
Date: 5 - 7 August 2019
The Working Group on UN System-wide Community-Engagement Guidelines in Peacebuilding and Sustaining Peace invites UN entities at all levels and civil society actors active in peacebuilding, especially at the local level, to participate in a three-day global online consultation reflecting on good practices and challenges to effective community engagement for peacebuilding.
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UNDP HLPF High Level Side Event on Climate Disruption
Date: Tuesday, 16 July 2019
Time: 6 30 PM - 8 00 PM
Venue: United Nations HQ (NYC), Conference Room 2
The UNDP and the Alliance of Small of Island States are hosting a side event on disrupting the climate status quo. This event will be an interactive and thought-provoking discussion on the climate crisis, the defining issue of our time. Learn what some of the leading climate disrupters are doing to accelerate action on climate change to make the biggest impact.
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Human Rights and the 2030 Agenda: Leaving No One Behind while Accelerating SDG Implementation
Date: 12 July 2019
Time: 1 15 PM - 2 30 PM
Venue: United Nations HQ (NYC), Conference Room 1
OHCHR and partners cordially invite you to a HLPF side event “Human Rights and the 2030 Agenda: Leaving no one behind while accelerating SDG implementation." The side event will serve to continue the discussion initiated in Geneva and share experiences on practical ways in which human rights and SDGs are mutually reinforcing.
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Promoting Participation in National Review Processes: Advancing the Right to Development and the Sustainable Development Goals
Date: 11 July 2019
Time: 1 00 PM - 2 30 PM
Venue: International Social Justice Commission, 221 E 52nd Street, New York
The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the right to development cordially invites you to a HLPF side event “Promoting participation in national review processes: Jointly advancing the right to development and the SDGs." The panel discussion will focus on measures put in place by States to involve all relevant stakeholders in gathering data and preparing voluntary national reports. How do we ensure the process leaves no one behind?
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High-Level Political Forum 2019 Under the Auspices of ECOSOC
Date: Tuesday, 9 July - Thursday, 18 July 2019
Venue: United Nations HQ (NYC)
The meeting of the high-level political forum on sustainable development in 2019 convened under the auspices of the Economic and Social Council, will be held from Tuesday, 9 July, to Thursday, 18 July 2019; including the three-day ministerial meeting of the forum from Tuesday, 16 July, to Thursday, 18 July 2019. Forty-seven countries will conduct Voluntary National Reviews (VNRs) for HLPF 2019. HLPF 2019 will address the theme, 'Empowering people and ensuring inclusiveness and equality'.
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UN@75 & Agenda 2030: For Inclusive Stakeholder Engagement
Date: Friday, 28 June 2019
Time: 1 00 PM - 3 00 PM
Venue: Baha’i International Office, 866 UN Plaza, Suite 120
This meeting continues the conversation on the theme “The Future We Want, the UN We Need: Shaping the UN@75 Global Dialogue.” This roundtable discussion will explore the opportunities for civil society collaboration with the UN’s world-wide dialogues on UN@75, consider the potential of UN@75 as a platform to curate proposals to strengthen the UN system, and leverage the synergies and complementarities among and between major UN anniversaries and agreements taking place in 2020 for “Inclusive Stakeholder Engagement.”
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Consultations with the Chairs of the UN Human Rights Treaty Bodies
Date: Wednesday, 26 June 2019
Time: 4 00 PM - 5 00 PM
Venue: United Nations HQ (NYC), Room 9 (First Basement)
As requested by the Chairs of the UN human rights treaty bodies, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) is pleased to invite you to a consultation with civil society representatives during their thirty-first meeting. Informal consultations with States parties as well as UN partners and NGOs are a standard feature of the annual meeting of chairpersons. The objective of the consultation is to exchange views on relevant issues such as the upcoming 2020 review of the treaty body system.
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NYOCHR Meeting on Procedures and Practices in Respect of Civil Society Engagement
Date: Thursday, 20 June 2019
Time: 11 30 AM - 1 00 PM
Venue: United Nations HQ (NYC), Conference Room 8
At this meeting, New York Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (NYOCHR) Director Craig Mokhiber will meet with CSOs. Eleanor Openshaw of International Service for Human Rights will present proposals developed during a State Retreat on Civil Society Access and Participation intended to increase and safeguard civil society representation. The meeting will also reference "Report of the High Commissioner for Human Rights on procedures and practices in respect of civil society engagement with international and regional organizations"
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Transnational Organized Crime and Drug Trafficking in the Caribbean Region as a Threat to International Stability
Date: 7 June 2019
Time: 3 00 PM - 6 00 PM
Venue: United Nations HQ (NYC), Trusteeship Council Chamber
The event will consist of high-level panel discussion, followed by interventions from the co-hosts and by Security Council members. UN Member States and accredited civil society may also deliver brief remarks, time permitting. The meeting will focus on transnational organized crime, including illicit financial flows, trafficking in firearms and the significant increase of flows of narcotics, particularly from South and Central America through the Caribbean region.
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Transforming the Energy Supply of Small Island Developing States and Other Coastal Communities with Utility-Level Electrical Power Generation from Ocean Waves – A Sustainable Development Innovation Multi-Stakeholder Partnership
Date: Tuesday, 14 May 2019
Time: 8 00 - 9 30 PM
Venue: United Nations HQ (NYC), Conference Room 12
Speakers will introduce The Partnership for Offshore Ocean Wave Power. Its goal is to identify the correct stakeholders, mechanisms, and funding sources required to develop and deploy a wave energy conversion system based on a technical breakthrough that makes it capable of delivering zero-emissions, utility-level, electrical power generation from ocean waves.
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Addressing Multilateralism in Crisis: Linking non-proliferation, disarmament and the wider peace agenda on the road to 2020
Date: Tuesday, 7 May 2019
Time: 1 15 - 2 45 PM
Venue: Church Center for the UN (New York), Floor 10
Topics covered at this side event include prospects for a successful NPT Review Conference, the Secretary-General’s 2018 report on disarmament (“Securing Our Common Future”), the PyeongChang Agenda for Peace 2030 and the UN2020 Initiative.
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Transforming Climate Ambition to Action: The Role of the Green Climate Fund
Date: 15 April 2019
Time: 6 30 PM - 8 00 PM
Venue: United Nations HQ (NYC), Conference Room 5
This high-level side event will provide an update on the Fund's performance in supporting the implementation of the Paris Agreement and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), followed by a panel discussion and interactive Q&A session. This panel will discuss the need for developed countries to fulfill their pledges for mitigation and adaptation in developing countries and the Green Climate Fund's role.
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