Date: Friday, 28 June 2019
Time: 1 00 PM - 3 00 PM
Venue: Baha’i International Office, 866 UN Plaza, Suite 120
About the event:
This meeting is an opportunity to continue the conversation on the theme “The Future We Want, the UN We Need: Shaping the UN@75 Global Dialogue.” The lead sponsors of this event are UN2020, Together First and the NGO Committee on Sustainable Development-NY. 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.”
Presentations:
H.E. Dr. Michal Mlynar, Ambassador and Permanent Representative, Permanent Mission of Slovakia to the United Nations
Mr. Fabrizio Hochschild, Special Adviser on the Preparations for the Commemoration of the Seventy-Fifth Anniversary of the United Nations
Mr. Maher Nasser, Director of the Outreach Division, United Nations Department of Global Communications
Respondents:
Ms. Barbara Adams, President of Global Policy Forum & Adjunct Professor at the New School University of New York City
Mr. Daniel Perell, Baha'i International Community & NGO Major Group Global Organizing Partner for HLPF
Ms. Soon-Young Yoon, Chair of the Board at the Women’s Environment and Development Organization, UN Representative for the International Alliance of Women
Ms. Jolly Amatya, Executive Director of Sustainable Fish Farming Initiative and Representing the Secretariat of the United Nations Major Group for Children and Youth (UN MGCY)
Ms. Eleanor Blomstrom, Program Officer, International Women’s Health Coalition
Ms. Eleanor Openshaw, Co-Director and Head of Regional Advocacy of the International Service for Human Rights NY Office
As seating is limited, RSVP by emailing your name & affiliation to: by 11AM on Thursday, June 27th to be added to the 866 UN Plaza Lobby Security List. If attending, please arrive by 12:45PM. A government-issued photo ID is required.
Remote participation is also possible via Zoom. Meeting ID: 296 526 045
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Please see attached for additional information on the speakers and for a draft overview.
