THE WEEK AHEAD AT THE UNITED NATIONS: THE EUROPEAN PERSPECTIVE (30/13) Special issue: 26 August-1 September 2013: Overview till the end of the Year VIP Visits
The UN Secretary General: The Hague (27-28 August); Vienna & Alpbach (28 – 31 August).
José Manuel Barroso, President of the EU Commission: Alpbach (30 – 31 August).
Bert Koenders, Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Mali: Brussels (23 Sept.).
Robert Piper (Regional Humanitarian Coordinator for the Sahel): Brussels (11-13 Sept.).
Sima Sami Bahous (UN Assistant Secretary General and UNDP Assistant Administrator and Director of RBAS) : Brussels (16-18 Sept.) tbc
Amina Mohammed (Special Advisor of the Secretary-General on Post-2015 Development Planning): Brussels (16-18 Sept.)
Margareta Wahlström (Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Disaster Risk Reduction): Brussels (16 Sept.) ----------------------------------------------
Monday 26 August Alpbach (Austria): European Forum Alpbach 2013(till 31 August). http://issuu.com/forumalpbach/docs/efa13_programme
Geneva: -Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (till 30 August). -Human Rights Council – Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (till 30 August). -Conference on Disarmament (till 13 September). Islamabad and Lahore: EP Delegation from the Subcommittee on Human Rights. Meetings with parliamentary and political parties representatives, with civil society, activists, stakeholders and UN representatives to review and discuss human rights issues (till 29 August). New York: -UN Security Council - meeting of troop-contributing countries on the UN Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH). -Model UN Workshops (till 29 August). Tuesday 27 August Brussels: Catherine Ashton, EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, meets Ivica DAČIĆ, Prime Minister of Serbia and Prime Minister THAÇI of Kosovo in the framework of the EU-facilitated dialogue.
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