Announcements
Thursday 28 January
Opening Session and UN DPI/NGO Conference Update
Conference Room #4
10 to 11 a.m.

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Thursday 28 January
DPI/NGO briefing on "The Future of Holocaust Education"
Conference Room #4
11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

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Annual Review 2015 – Extended deadline
We would like to thank all NGOs that have submitted the Annual
Review by the original deadline. However, due to technical difficulties
experienced by some organizations we have extended the deadline
until 24 January 2016. Please submit as soon as possible if you havenot done so!

66th UN DPI/ NGO Conference
It's official! The 66th UN DPI/NGO Conference will take place in theRepublic of Korea from 30 May to 1 June 2016.
Call for potential speakers to the conference theme of "Education"
Your support is kindly requested to suggest potential speakers withrelevant expertise and experience to the conference theme of"Education" to participate in plenary and round-table sessions of the66th UN DPI/NGO Conference, planned to take place in the Republicof Korea on 30 and 31 May to 1 June, 2016. Whilst the Departmentof Public Information (DPI) is not in a position to provide sponsorshipto speakers who may travel to the Republic of Korea to participate inthe conference, there might be limited opportunities to provide
sponsorship.

Form
Volunteers needed for Sub-committees of the 66th UN DPI/NGOConference Planning Committee
There is an open call to serve as a volunteer to the Sub-committeesof the 66th UN DPI/ NGO Conference Planning Committee for all
NGOs associated with DPI, NGOs in consultative status with ECOSOC
and members of the United Nations Academic Impact. The deadline
for submission is on Monday, 25 January 2016. Please find details onthe link below:

Form
Wednesday 20 January
Event on “Coastline Erosion and its Contribution to ClimateChange” (co-organized by the Permanent Mission of Sri Lanka, theNGO Sustainability and the United Nations Office of the High
Representative for the Least Developed Countries, Landlocked
Developing Countries and Small Island Developing States (UNOHRLLS))
Conference Room #11
3 to 5 p.m.
[All are invited. For further information, please contact Ms. Athraja de Silva,
Permanent Mission of Sri Lanka (e-mail doc_officer@slmission.com; tel. 1 (212)986-7040).]

Thursday 21 January
Panel discussion on “Identifying Common Ground for the Special
Session of the General Assembly on the world drug problem to beheld in 2016 (UNGASS 2016)): Rethinking Metrics to Evaluate Drug
Policy” (co-organized by the United Nations University (UNU) andthe International Centre for Science in DrugPolicy)
Conference Room #7
1:15 to 2:30 p.m.
[All are invited. For further information, please contact Ms. Summer Walker,
UNU NewYork Office(e-mail walker@unu.edu; tel. 1 (212) 963-6346); toregister, please click here.]

Friday 22 January
Informal briefing on a new framework for addressing protracted
displacement within the World Humanitarian Summit process (coorganized by the Permanent Missions of Denmark and Japan, theOffice for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) and theUnited Nations Development Programme (UNDP))
Conference Room #6
10:30 a.m. to 12 p.m.
[All are invited. For further information, please contact Mr. Taro Tsutsumi,
Permanent Mission of Japan (e-mail taro.tsutsumi@mofa.go.jp; tel. 1(212)521-1508).]

Wednesday 3 February
Special event on the theme “Interfaith Harmony: Implementing theTransformative Agenda of the Sustainable Development Goals”(onthe occasion of the World Interfaith Harmony Week(GeneralAssembly resolution 65/5))(co-organized by the United Nations
Alliance of Civilizations (UNAOC) and the Committee of ReligiousNGOs)
Conference Room #1
3 to 6 p.m.

[All are invited. For further information, please contact Ms. Hanifa Mezoui,
UNAOC (e-mailmezouih@un.org; tel. 1 (929)274-6217); or Ms. Deborah
Moldow (e-maildeborah@worldpeace.org; tel.1(914)707-0009); to register,please click here.]

NGO CORNER Please note that the events announced here are notorganized by the United Nations and do not necessarily reflect theofficial opinions of the UN
Wednesday 27 January
NGOCSD-NY General Membership MeetingStories from the Front Lines to Renewed Hope for a SustainableFuture
Church Centre for the United Nations,
2nd Floor
777 UN Plaza (East 44th St. between First & Second Avenues)
1 to 4 p.m.

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Please find below the Resource Centre hours of operation:
Monday: 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Tuesday: 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Wednesday: 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Thursday: 1:30 to 4 p.m.
Friday: 9:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.

The Conference Room at the Resource Centre will have limited
availability starting 18 January due to the upcoming DPI/NGO
Conference. Please note that reservations are subject tocancellations. The room will be available the following days andhours:
Tuesdays: 1 p.m. to 4 p.m.
Wednesday: 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.
To book it, please send your request via e-mail to undpingo@un.org
with the desired date and time. We will need the followinginformation: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.
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