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this issue: CONGO
Board Meeting and Launch of CONGO Asia Regional Committee 60 Years Human Rights and 60 Years CONGO
UPR:
Geneva Course for Defenders from the Regions Unveiling
of Eleanor Roosevelt Plaque Activism Against Gender Violence
The Financial Crisis? Whom Does It Truly Hit?
Urbanisation and Health Issues
CONGO's next Board
meeting will be held with the collaboration of the Asian Institute
of Technology (AIT) at the Institute's premises at Pathumthani,
some 42 kilometres north of Bangkok, from 14 to 15 December 2008.
Thereafter, on 16 December 2008, CONGO's Asia Regional Committee
will be launched. On this occasion, CONGO will sponsor together
with the AIT a joint colloquium on 16 December 2008 on the Millennium
Development Goals. Further details
will be provided on CONGO's website www.ngocongo.org
60 years Universal Declaration
of Human Rights and 60 years CONGO, 4 December 2008, Vienna CONGO
Vienna is organising in partnership with the City of Vienna an event
with presentations and discussions under the theme 60 years Human
Rights and 60 years CONGO on 4 December 2008 at 15:00 hours at the
Vienna International Centre (VIC), Press Room C03. This event will
be followed by a reception at the VIC Restaurant. Participants
are requested to contact the CONGO Vienna office here
no later than 1 December 2008 if a grounds pass for the VIC is needed.
UPR: Geneva Course for Defenders from the Regions
Course, 11 December 2008 CONGO
and Geneva for Human Rights Global Training (GHR) are organising
a Geneva course for human rights defenders from the regions, attending
the 3rd session of the Working Group of the UN Human Rights Council
(HRC) on the Universal Periodic Reviews (UPR) entitled Course on
the Human Rights Council, International Human Rights and Humanitarian
Law, International Procedures and Diplomacy. The course will take
place from 1 to 11 December 2008 in CONGO's Conference
Room, Avenue de la Paix 11, in Geneva. More
information will soon be available on CONGO's website
www.ngocongo.org
. For more information on the UPR, please visit www.upr-info.org. Giving Children
a Voice: The Transforming Role of the Family in a Global Society
World Congress, 3 to 7 January 2009,
New Delhi The
Service and Research Foundation of Asia on Family and Culture (SERFAC)
is organising a world conference with the title Giving Children
a Voice: The Transforming Role of the Family in a Global Society
from 3 to 7 January 2009 in New Delhi. Children and the
Law: International Approaches to Children and their Vulnerability
International Conference, 7 10 September 2009, Prato, Tuscany The
Monash University, Medicine, Nursing and Health Science, is organising
an international conference entitled Children and the Law: International
Approaches to Children and their Vulnerability. The
conference will take place from 7 to 10 September 2009 in Prato,
Tuscany. The organisers are now calling for papers. The
Population Division of the UN Department of Economic and Social
Affairs (POP - UN/DESA), is organising the 7th Coordination Meeting
on International Migration on 20 and 21 November 2008 at UN Headquarters
in New York. The Meeting will discuss the follow-up to the 2006
High-Level Dialogue on International Migration and Development by
UN System organizations and others, and review current and planned
activities of the agencies, funds and programmes. More
information on this event is available here
. 16 Days of Activism Against Gender Violence
Campaign, 25 November to 10 December 2008, Worldwide On the International Day for the
Elimination of Violence Against Women, 25 November 2008, the 15th
and 16 Days of Activism Against Gender
Violence campaign will begin. The campaign is coordinated by the
Center for Women Global Leadership and is supported
by a range of organisations, including Women's International League for Peace
and Freedom (WILPF) - statement here
and FEMNET statement here
. More information is available here
. The Financial Crisis Whom Does It Truly Hit? Panel
Discussion, 27 November 2008, Vienna The
Vienna Institute for International Dialogue and Cooperation (VIDC)
is organising a panel discussion entitled The Financial Crisis Whom
Does It Truly Hit on
27 November 2008 from 18:30 to 20:30 hours at the Atrium at the
Wien Museum in Vienna. More information on this event is available
here
. Advancing a People ASEAN People Forum, 12 to 14 December 2008, Bangkok *** The CONGO Committee on the International
Decade of the World Indigenous Peoples (New York) is holding a Regular
Meeting on 20 November 2008 from 13:00 to 15:00 hours at the UN
DC2 Building, 13th Floor Conference Room (44th Street between 1st
and 2nd Avenue), in New York. To obtain a grounds pass for this
meeting, please contact Pamela Kraft (+1-917-439-6443). For more
general information, please contact Sandy Sheridan sheridanpt@mindspring.com
, Committee Secretary.
The
CONGO Committee on Ageing (Vienna) is convening a meeting on 24
November 2008 at 15:00 hours at the Vienna International Centre
(VIC), Press Room C03.For more information, please email arch.klenovec@kabsi.at.
The CONGO Committee on the Status
of Women (Geneva) is organising a Special General Meeting to Commemorate
the 60th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
on 25 November 2008 from 9:30 to 13:00 hours in Room XXII at the
Palais des Nations in Geneva. The event will include a presentation
by Ms Allida Black who authored a political biography of Eleanor
Roosevelt. After the session with Ms Allida Black, the general meeting
of the Committee will continue with reports from the Working Groups.
For more information, please contact Conchita Poncini conchita.poncini@bluewin.ch
.
The CONGO Committee against Racism
and Racial Discrimination (Geneva) is organising a session on 26
November 2008 from 15:00 to 18:00 hours in the NGO Resources and
Services Centre at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. For more information,
please contact Charles Graves charlesgraves@vtx.ch
.
The CONGO Committee on Freedom of
Religion or Belief (Geneva) is meeting on 2 December 2008 at 13:30
hours in the NGO Resources and Services Centre at the Palais des
Nations in Geneva. For more information, please contact Derek Brett
dubrett@talk21.com,
Committee Secretary.
The Working Group on Womens Right
to Health under the CONGO Committee on the Status of Women (Geneva)
is meeting on 4 December 2008 from 16:00 to 17:30 hours in Salle
III at the Ecumenical Centre in Geneva. Siri Tellier, Director,
UNFPA (UN Population Fund) Geneva, is invited as special guest.
For more information, please contact Afton Beutler ajbeutler@gmail.com
and Manjit Dosanjh Manjit.Dosanjh@cern.ch
.
Campaigns
and Initiatives Decent Work Decent Life Campaign Decent Work Decent
Life Campaign
Global Campaign against
Poverty Interactive global
online conversation on the "Universality of Human Rights”,
by WFUNA http://www.realtimedelphi.net/ Appeal and Petition for a Nuclear
Weapon-Free World www10.plala.or.jp/antiatom/en/WC/e07wc/e-20070902_dec_riso.html
Gender
Training Community of Practice (GT CoP) – UN-INSTRAW www.un-instraw.org/en/community-of-practice/general/gender-training-community-of-practice-gt.html
NGO
Resources UN-NGO-IRENE Best Practices Network
www.un.org/esa/coordination/ngo/irene
NGLS 2007 Yearly
Review of Civil Society 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 www.reachingcriticalwill.org/political/1com/FCM.html Globethics.net
Library – A Global Digital Library on Ethics Resources and Calendar
for Peace Issues – International Peace Bureau http://www.ipb.org/ and www.ipb.org/i/newsletters-and-publications/VI-A-ipb-newsletters-and-calendars.html
Fall
2008 NGO Briefings and Events, UN Department of Public Information
(UN/DPI), www.un.org/dpi/ngosection/brief_calendars/Briefing_Calendar_Oct_Dec_2008.pdf
Internet Governance
Caucus Website
2009 UNDP Procurement
Training Calendar www.undp.org/procurement/training.shtml
Previously
Published Events 3, 11, 17, 25 November 2008:
Brain Education Program – 2008 Experiential Open Classes,
For more information
please contact Passion Jun (+1-212-319-0848).
20 November 2008:
WWSF Guide for NGO and Citizen Action – Presentation
and Discussion, Geneva Registration Form: www.woman.ch/children/files/bulletinguide.pdf 24 November 12 December 2008: 18th Annual Human Rights and People Diplomacy Training Programme, Sydney and Canberra 20 November
2008: The Irreversible Trend of Living in an Urbanized World: Health
Matters Panel Discussion, New York 20 November 2008:
Light for the World Awareness Day Universal Children Day, For more information on
the event, please call +43-1-810-13-0053. 21 November 2008:
Over 1325 Billion Arguments for Human Security Seminar, Geneva www.wilpf.int.ch/events/2008IB/1325index.html 25 November 2008:
15 Years of the Special Rapporteur on Violence against Women, its
Causes and Consequences [1994 2009]: A Review Panel Discussion,
New York The
meeting will take place from 10:00 to 11:45 hours at the Dag Hammarsk
Library Auditorium at the UN Secretariat in New York. 26-27 November
2008: Doha Civil Society Forum, Doha 27 November 2008: Durban Review Conference: First Meeting of the Intersessional Open-Ended Intergovernmental Working Group, Geneva The meeting starts at 10:00 hours in Room XIX at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. Interested, accredited NGOs are requested
to confirm their participation via fax (+41-(0)-22-928-9050), in
order to obtain entry badges.
27 November 2008:
Environmental Challenges for Capitalism ecture/Discussion, Vienna
To register for this event,
please send an email to sid.vienna@aon.at
or call +43-6-764-77-4320. 27-28 November
2008: Social Habitat for an Urban and Rural World, Combating Poverty
Means Distributing Wealth – Conference, Neuquen,
Argentina For
more information please contact Gladys Elida Morales vesintecho@hotmail.com
(+54-2944-15232423) or Walter Horacio Morea waltermorea@hotmail.com
(+54-2944-15510757). 27-28 November 2008: Geneva China
Dialogue 2008 Post Kyoto, Post Doha: China, Trade and Climate Change,
Geneva 28 November 2008: Migration in the
European Union Focus on Vulnerability and Health Conference, Paris
http://www.ecas-citizens.eu/component/optioncom_alphacontent/section,20/cat,909/task,view/id,153/Itemid,113/ 29 November 2 December 2008: International
Conference to Review the Implementation of the Monterrey Consensus,
Doha 29 November 2 December
2008: Follow-up International Conference on Financing for Development
to Review the Implementation of the Monterrey Consensus, Doha 29-30 November 2008: Salon des MÃtiers
de Humanitaire, Annemasse, France 1-15 December 2008: Third Session of the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) Working Group, Geneva Requests for accreditation
should be sent to the Secretariat of the Human Rights Council, to
the attention of Mr Michael Amstrong mailto:marmstrong@ohchr.org
(+41-(0)22-917-9269).The accreditation office at the “Pregny
Gate for the UPR Session is open from 9:00 to 17:00 hours from Monday
to Friday. 10 December 2008:
Does it Really Matter? Visa Facilitation in the Western Balkans:
Monitoring of the new Agreements Conference, Brussels www.ecas-citizens.eu/content/view/138/146/1/1/
12 December 2008:
Commemorative Ceremony to Mark the 60th Anniversary of the Universal
Declaration of Human Rights, Geneva [The Human Rights Council will hold a high-level event with the participation of United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, and will bring together people from various walks of life, including senior State officials, members of civil society, human rights defenders and a special guest with first-hand insight into the drafting of the Declaration 12-15 December 2008: Global Symposium
Awakening Planetary Consciousness, Lucknow (India) 15-16 December 2008: UN Forum on
Minority Issues, www2.ohchr.org/english/bodies/hrcouncil/minority/forum.htm 27 January
– 1 February 2009: World Social Forum 2009 – Registration
now open, http://www.fsm2009amazonia.org.br/ 18-19
April 2009: Unite for Sight – 6th Annual Global
Health and Development Conference, www.uniteforsight.org/conference
7-9
and 9-10 July 2009: InterAction Forum 2009 – 2009 International
Aid+Trade, www.aidandtrade.org/view.overview
10-13 July 2009: 2nd
International Symposium on Academic Globalization: AG 2009, Orlando
– Call for Papers www.iiis2009.org/wmsci/website/default.asp?vc=22
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