DPI/NGO Announcements

Page 131 March 2015
Panel discussion on “Mine Action: It’s your Business” (Onthe occasion of the International Day for Mine Awareness andAssistance in Mine Action, 4 April)
Organized by the United Nations Mine Action Service (UNMAS)

Time: 1:15 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Venue: Conference Room 8
For further information, please contact Ms. Kaori Ozawa, United Nations MineAction Service (email: ozawa@un.org; tel. 1 (917) 367-4798)

2 April 2015
Special event on the occasion of the World Autism AwarenessDay, “Employment: The Autism Advantage”
Co-organized by the Permanent Missions of Bangladesh, Bulgaria, Denmark, Israel, Peru,Poland, the Republic of Korea and Sri Lanka, the Department of Public Information (DPI) and theDepartment of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA), Global Compact and theSpecialist People Foundation

Time: 10:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Venue: Conference Room 4
For further information, please contact Mr. Jon Herbertsson, DPI(email: herbertsson@un.org)
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8 April 2015
Panel discussion on “Cyber Information and Communications
Technology Security: Confidence-building measures”
Organized by the Permanent Mission of Lithuania

Time: 1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Venue: Conference Room 12
For further information, please contact Mr. Dovydas Spokauskas, Permanent
Mission of Lithuania (email: dovydas.spokauskas@urm.lt; tel. (212) 983-9474)

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Special event on “Mobilizing local finance to implement the Post
-2015 development agenda”
Co-organized by the Permanent Mission of France and the Global Task Force of Local andRegional Governments

Time: 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Venue: Conference Room 8
For further information, please contact Ms. Rachel Rouchouse, Permanent
Mission of France(email: rachel.rouchouse@diplomatie.gouv.fr; tel. (212)702-4933)

Other Upcoming Events
7 April 2015
World Health Day
Under the theme "Food Safety", WHO will be highlighting the risks associatedwith unsafe food, which is linked to the deaths of an estimated 2 million people
annually – including many children.
More Information
Main hashtag: #safefoodContact: anholt@un.org, prudhommem@un.org

7 April 2015
International Day of Reflection on the Genocide in Rwanda
Organized by the Department of Public Information (DPI) in cooperation with the Permanent
Mission of the Republic of Rwanda

Time: 6:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.
Venue: Conference Room 4
The main hashtag is #RwandaGenocide.
Website

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13– 17 April 2015
Commission Population and Development, 48th session
The theme is “Realizing the Future We Want: Integrating Population Issues into
Sustainable Development, including the Post-2015 Development Agenda”. The
sessions will be available on live webcast.
More information

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WEB PORTAL UNVEILED: “UN at 70”
The website tracks the major milestones in the Organization's history throughinteractive timelines and multimedia. It also highlights the main events in 2015to mark the UN's 70th anniversary.
WebsiteGEFI Advocacy Video: “Sustainable Development Begins withEducation”
GEFI Secretariat is pleased to invite you to view a recently released advocacy
video which shows the power of education as a catalyst for sustainable
development.
Watch the Video HereUN.ORG WEBSITE LAUNCHED
Please visit the fully redesigned multilingual portal of the UN. The website isdesigned to be a valuable resource for users, both generalist and specialist,around the world interested in the work of the UN.
WebsiteNGO Resource Centre News
Winter/Spring 2015 DPI/NGO Briefing Calendar
Please find below the Resource Centre hours of operation:
Monday to Wednesday - 9:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Thursday - 1:30 to 4:00 p.m.
Friday - 9:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
The Conference Room at the Resource Centre is available the following days
and hours:
Tuesdays & Wednesdays - 9:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Thursdays - 1:30 to 4:00 p.m.
To book it, please send your request via e-mail to undpingo@un.org with thedesired date and time. We will need the following information:
Name of the organization, name of person responsible for the booking &contact information (e-mail address and phone number)
We will send a confirmation e-mail with the booking information.

Please see the Journal of the United Nations for more
information about events at the United Nations

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NGO CORNER
Please note that the events announced here are not organized by
the United Nations and do not necessarily reflect the official
opinions of the United Nations
7 April 2015
A Special UN Association Careers Panel: “What's it Really Like toWork for a Non-Profit”
Time: 6:00 p.m - 8:30 p.m.
Venue: Hungarian Mission to the United Nations, 227 East 52nd Street (betweenSecond and Third Avenues) New York, NY 10022
More Information

9 April 2015
“Nuclear Weapons and the Moral Compass”

http://outreach.un.org/ngorelations

Organized by the Permanent Observer Mission of the Holy See and Global Securities Institute

UNITAR Building
801 First Avenue
New York, NY10017
Tel: (212)963-7234
E-mail:undpingo@un.org

Time: 3:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.
Venue: Conference Room 4
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Act beyond 2015 - The NGO Best Advertising Exhibition“ACT BEYOND 2015 EXPO” is an exhibition of the best advertising campaigns
produced by non-governmental organizations, associations, foundations, institutions & communication agencies in the areas covered by the 8 United Nations
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MORE INFORMATION
Submission Due Date: 30 April 2015
DPI Associated NGOs can request to have their upcoming events placed in ourweekly announcement. Interested NGOs can send the flyer and other important
information relating to their event(s) to UNDPINGO@UN.ORG at least one week
in advance of the event and no later than Thursday at 2:00pm to be considered
for the following week’s announcement. i.e. if the event will be held on the 28February, please send the flyer no later than Thursday, 20 February to be placedin the announcement for the week of 24 February.