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CONGO e-Update . 17 September 2008
CONGO Civil Society Development Forum 2008 - Geneva Component, 27 - 28 October
2008, Geneva
Following CONGO's Civil Society Development Forum (CSDF) 2008 New York Component
(27 - 29 June 2008), the CSDF 2008 Geneva Component is now scheduled to take
place on 27 and 28 October 2008.
More information will soon be available on the CONGO website
UN International Day of Older Persons - Culture and Religion for all Ages?,
1 October 2008, Geneva
The Geneva International Network on Ageing (GINA) is organising an event, in
commemoration of the UN International Day of Older Persons, with the theme:
"Culture and Religion for all Ages?" on 1 October from 10:00 to 14:30 hours
in the Main Hall at the World Council of Churches in Geneva. This event has
the participation of UNFPA and former UN civil servants, and comprises a message
from Archbishop Desmond Tutu as the Chair of the "Global Elders" (created
with Kofi Annan and Nelson Mandela). A reception will be offered by the City
of Geneva. Simultaneous translation (French/English) is available.
For more information, please contact Astrid Stuckelberger Astrid.Stuckelberger@sgg-ssg.ch
Geneva World Peace Festival, 19 - 21 September 2008, Geneva
On the occasion of the World Peace Day, Francis Lalanne and B1NATION TV are
organising the Geneva World Peace Festival which will take place from 19 to
21 September 2008 at both the Palais des Nations and the Geneva Arena.
More information is available here <http://www.geneva-world-peace.org/>
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Public Panel Discussion at the 9th Session of the Human Rights Council: Zimbabwe's
New Deal: The Human Rights Perspective, 19 September 2008, Geneva
United Nations Watch and the Global Zimbabwe Forum are organising a public panel
discussion at the 9th session of the Human Rights Council on "Zimbabwe's New
Deal: The Human Rights Perspective" on 19 September 2008 from 13:00 to 17:30
hours in Room XXII at the Palais des Nations in Geneva.
Seminar on the "Doing Business Report 2009", 22 September 2008, Geneva
A seminar on the newly published World Bank report "Doing Business 2009" will
take place on 22 September 2008 from 9:00 to 11:00 hours in Room A at the Centre
International de Conférence de Varembé in Geneva. Please confirm participation
by email to itaylor@worldbank.org or by telephone: +41 (0)22-748-1000.
More information and background information can be obtained here <http://www.doingbusiness.org/>
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Meeting - Renewable Energy in Urban Settings, 6 October 2008, New York
The International Solar Energy Society (ISES) is inviting to a meeting on "Renewable
Energy in Urban Settings" on 6 October 2008 from 13:15 to 14:45 hours at the
UN Headquaters (Room TBC) in New York.
More information on this meeting can be obtained by sending an email
to: Roma Stibravy isesny@gmail.com
International Seminar on Disarmament, Terrorism and Poverty: Challenges for
Peace and Human Rights Movements, 14 - 16 November 2008, Copenhagen
The Danish Peace Council and the International Peace Bureau are organising an
international seminar on "Disarmament, Terrorism and Poverty: Challenges for
Peace and Human Rights Movements" from 14 to 16 November 2008 in Copenhagen.
More information (including programmes and registration process) will be available
here <http://www.ipb.org/> .
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CONGO Committees: NGO Committee on Human Rights - Debriefing for NGOs on the
9th Session of the Human Rights Council, 23 September 2008, Geneva
CONGO's Committee on Human Rights will, in cooperation with the CONGO Office
in Geneva, hold a debriefing for NGOs on the 9th session of the Human Rights
Council on 23 September, starting at 13:15 hours at the Palais des Nations (Room
TBC) in Geneva.
Fore more information, please contact Isolda Agazzi isolda.agazzi@ngocongo.org
CONGO Committees: NGO Committee on the UN's International Decade of the World's
Indigenous Peoples - Business Meeting, 25 September 2008, New York
The CONGO Committee on the UN's International Decade of the World's Indigenous
Peoples is organising a business meeting on 25 September 2008 from 13:00 to
15:00 hours in the Grumman Room at the UN Curch Center in New York.
For more information, please send an email to Roberto Borrero indigenous.committee@gmail.com
CONGO Committees: NGO Committee on Ageing - 18th International Day of the Older
Persons, 2 October 2008, New York
The CONGO Committee on Ageing, in cooperation with the UN Department of Public
Information and the Department for Economic and Social Affairs, are organising
the event: "A Call for a Convention on the Rights of Older Persons" on 2 October
2008 from 10:00 to 16:30 hours at the UN Headquarters in New York.
More information, including registration details, is available here <http://www.ngocoa-ny.org/events/>
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CONGO Committees: NGO Committee on the Family - Family Issues at the UN: Work
Ahead, 2 October 2008, New York
The monthly meeting of the CONGO Committee on the Family will discuss "Family
Issues at the UN: Work Ahead" on 2 October 2008 from 13:15 to 14:45 hours at
the UN Church Center in New York.
For more information, please contact Nadia Shmigel shmigeln@yahoo.com
CONGO Committees: NGO Committee on the Status of Women - Gender Sex Selection
and Human Rights, 18 September 2008, Geneva
The "Working Group on the Girl Child" is organising a panel discussion on "Gender
Sex Selection and Human Rights - Country Programs and good practices" at the
9th session of the Human Rights Council on 18 September 2008 from 13:15
to 14:45 hours in Room XXII at the Palais des Nations in Geneva.
For more information, please send an email to: Claire de Lavernette
claire.delavernette@wanadoo.fr
Campaigns and Initiatives
Campaign towards October 17th, International Day for the Eradication of Poverty
www.oct17.org <http://www.oct17.org/>
Decent Work Decent Life Campaign
www.decentwork.org <http://www.decentwork.org/>
Global Campaign against Poverty
www.whiteband.org <http://www.whiteband.org/>
Interactive global online conversation on the "Universality of Human Rights",
by WFUNA
http://www.realtimedelphi.net <http://www.realtimedelphi.net/>
Campaign, Global Coalition, Call to action: 19 November - World Day for Prevention
of Child Abuse
http://www.woman.ch/children/1-introduction.php
<http://www.woman.ch/children/1-introduction.php>
Campaign, Global Coalition, Call to action: 15 October - International Day of
Rural Women
http://www.woman.ch/women/2-introduction.php
<http://www.woman.ch/women/2-introduction.php>
Appeal and Petition for a Nuclear Weapon-Free World
http://www10.plala.or.jp/antiatom/en/WC/e07wc/e-20070902_dec_riso.html
NGO Resources
UN-NGO-IRENE Best Practices Network
http://www.un.org/esa/coordination/ngo/irene
<http://www.un.org/esa/coordination/ngo/irene>
NGLS 2007 Yearly Review of Civil Society
http://www.un-ngls.org/site/article.php3?id_article=462
<http://www.un-ngls.org/site/article.php3?id_article=462>
First Committee Monitor - Resource on the General Assembly's First Committee
on Disarmament and International Security
http://www.reachingcriticalwill.org/political/1com/FCM.html
Previously Published Events
8-26 September 2008: 9th regular session of the UN Human Rights Council, Geneva
http://www2.ohchr.org/english/bodies/hrcouncil/
<http://www2.ohchr.org/english/bodies/hrcouncil/>
15 - 26 September 2008: UNCTAD Trade and Development Board - 55th Session, Geneva
http://www.unctad.org/Templates/meeting.asp?intItemID=2068&lang=1&m=14646&info=not
22 September 2008: High-Level Meeting - Africa's Development Needs: State of
Implementation of Various Commitments, Challenges and the Way Forward, New York
http://www.un-ngls.org/site/article.php3?id_article=551
<http://www.un-ngls.org/site/article.php3?id_article=551>
23 September - 1 October 2008: 63rd Session of the General Assembly - General
Debate, New York
http://www.un.org/ga/ and http://www.un.org/ga/portals/ngocs.shtml
25 September 2008: High-Level Event on the Millennium Development Goals, New
York
http://www.un.org/millenniumgoals/2008highlevel/
8-17 October 2008: 4th session of the Conference of the Parties to the UN Convention
against Transnational Organized Crime, Vienna
http://www.unodc.org/unodc/en/treaties/CTOC/CTOC-COP-session4.html
<http://www.unodc.org/unodc/en/treaties/CTOC/CTOC-COP-session4.html>
11-13 October 2008: 2008 Annual Meetings of the International Monetary Fund
and the World Bank, Washington, D. C.
http://www.worldbank.org/civilsociety
20-21 October 2008: Internet Governance EuroDIG - European Dialogue on Internet
Governance, Strasbourg
http://www.eurodig.org/ <http://www.eurodig.org/>
20 - 24 October 2008: European Forest Week, Brussels, Rome and Various Other
Places in Europe
http://www.europeanforestweek.org/home/en/
20 October - 7 November 2008: OHCHR Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination
against Women - 42nd Session, Geneva
http://www2.ohchr.org/english/bodies/cedaw/cedaws42.htm
22-30 October 2008: Peoples' Global Action on Migration, Development and Human
Rights, Manila
http://www.mfasia.org/peoplesglobalaction/index.html
25 October 2008: Taking the Health of Women and Girl Migrants Forward: A 21st
Century Challenge, Manila
More information mail to Joyce Jett <mailto:jjett@icmh.ch>
or Rebecca Elliott <mailto:relliott@icmh.ch>
24 November - 12 December 2008: 18th Annual Human Rights and People's Diplomacy
Training Programme, Sydney and Canberra
http://www.dtp.unsw.edu.au/ <http://www.dtp.unsw.edu.au/>
29 November - 2 December 2008: International Conference to Review the Implementation
of the Monterrey Consensus, Doha
http://www.un.org/esa/ffd/ <http://www.un.org/esa/ffd/>
15-16 December 2008: UN Forum on Minority Issues, Geneva
http://www2.ohchr.org/english/bodies/hrcouncil/minority/forum.htm
<http://www2.ohchr.org/english/bodies/hrcouncil/minority/forum.htm>
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