Week Ahead at the UN (1 - 7 July)

THE WEEK AHEAD AT THE UNITED NATIONS: THE EUROPEAN PERSPECTIVE (27/13) 1 July – 7 July 2013 (and beyond) This document is for planning purposes only and is subject to change.

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VIP Visits

 Navi Pillay, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights: Cameroon (30 June-2 July)  Heiner Bielefeldt, UN Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion: Sierra Leone (30 June-6 July)  Valerie Amos, UN Humanitarian Chief: Lebanon (1-2 July).  Ban Ki-moon, UN Secretary-General: Geneva (1 July); Iceland (till 3 July); Denmark (till 5 July).  Catherine Ashton, EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs & Security Policy: Brunei (1-2 July).  Erastys J.O. Mwencha, Deputy Chairman of the African Union: Brussels (3 July).  Shamshad Akhtar, UN Assistant Secretary-General at DESA: Brussels (8 July)  Amina Mohammed, UN Secretary-General's Special Adviser on Post-2015 Development Planning: Brussels (9 July).

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Monday 1 July Accession of Croatia to the European Union Beginning of the Lithuanian EU Presidency semester United States assumes the monthly rotating Presidency of the UN Security Council Global launch of the Millennium Development Goals Report 2013 Launch of the 2013 Global Innovation Index (WIPO) Bandar Seri Begawan (Brunei): Association of Southeast Asian Nations Foreign Ministers’ Meeting (till 2 July). A series of related meetings with the foreign ministers of ASEAN’s dialogue partners and related countries, including China, the US, Russia, Japan and the European Union will also be held. EU High Representative will attend.

Geneva: Economic and Social Council, substantive session (till 26 July). http://www.un.org/en/ecosoc/substantive2013/

The session will open with the High-level Segment (till 4 July). http://www.un.org/en/ecosoc/julyhls/index13.shtml

ECOSOC will convene its Coordination Segment (5-9 July). http://www.un.org/en/ecosoc/julyhls/cs2013.shtml

Strasbourg: - European Parliament plenary session (till 4 July).

http://www.europarl.europa.eu/pdfs/news/expert/agenda_week_by_type/28-2013/28-2013_en.pdf

Vienna: International Conference on Nuclear Security (till 5 July).

http://www-pub.iaea.org/iaeameetings/43046/International-Conference-on-Nuclear-Security-EnhancingGlobal-Efforts

Visby, Gotland (Sweden): Almedalen Week (till 7 July). Over 2300 events during Sweden’s biggest meeting for democracy, security and peace. http://www.almedalsveckan.info/1091

Tuesday 2 July Launch the 2013 World Economic and Social Survey report: “Sustainable Development Challenges”. (UNDESA).

Launch of the “Small Arms Survey 2013: Everyday Dangers”. http://www.smallarmssurvey.org/?highlight-yb13-launch

Brussels: - Presentation of the book “Quinoa Andean Recipes" followed by a tasting organized by the Embassies of Argentina, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru; the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the United Nations Regional Information Centre (UNRIC), 19h00, Instituto Cultural Cervantes” Tervuren Avenue, 64 - Registration: info@embajadadebolivia.eu Tel +32 (2) 627 00 10

Wednesday 3 July World Meteorological Organization to launch its new report “The Global Climate 20012010, A Decade of Climate Extremes” Brussels: Brussels Development Briefing "Fish-farming: the new driver of the blue economy?" 9:00-13:00, ACP Secretariat. Registration: http://brusselsbriefings.net/ More info: http://www.cta.int/en/component/cck/?view=item&id=252 Thursday 4 July Brussels: Presentation of GAR 2013 Findings The “wake-up call”- disasters are even costlier than we thought- briefing and panel discussion. Organizers: UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR) and the EU Commission. 14:30 -17:30. Venue: Millennium meeting Room (MEZ 49, Rue de la Science, 11).

Copenhagen: Opening of UN city with UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon.

Frankfurt: Governing Council meeting of the ECB Vilnius: -Lithuanian Pre-Presidency Conference (till 5 July).

-International evaluation conference, Cohesion policy 2014-2020: towards evidencebased programming and evaluation (till 5 July) Saturday 6 July International Day of Cooperatives.

http://social.un.org/index/Cooperatives/InternationalDayofCooperatives/2013.aspx

Sunday 7 July Vilnius: Informal Climate Change Workshop of the EU Council Working Party on International Environmental Issues (till 9 July) And beyond: Other dates to pin 8 July Brussels: Eurogroup meeting.

Geneva: -Human Rights Committee (till 26 July).

-International Law Seminar (till 26 July).

Vienna: UNCITRAL (till 26 July).

9 July Brussels: -Economic and Financial Affairs EU Council.

- EU launch of UN High Level Panel Post-2015 Report

http://www.concordeurope.org/events/details/32-UN-report-launch

10 July Brussels: The EU Commission adopts Communication on European higher education in the world.

11 July World Population Day.

http://www.unfpa.org/public/world-population-day/

Rome: East Forum 2013, EU citizenship, democratic legitimacy and economic union https://www.unicreditgroup.eu/en/pressandmedia/events/2013/east-forum-2013.html

15 July Brussels: Agriculture and Fisheries EU Council.

London: IMO, Council (till 19 July).

16 July The Hague: Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, Executive Council (till 19 July).

17 July New York: Conference of the States Parties to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (till 19 July).

18 July Nelson Mandela International Day.http://www.un.org/en/events/mandeladay/ Moscow: G20 Labour ministers meeting & G20 Finance ministers/Central Bank governors' directors meeting (till 20 July).

22 July Brussels: EU Foreign and General Affairs Councils (till 23 July).

24 July Geneva: WTO General Council (till 25 July).

25 July "Orange Day" for UNiTE to End Violence against Women campaign "Safe cyberspace for women and girls" http://saynotoviolence.org/join-say-no/unite-campaign-orange-day Brussels: Economic and Financial Affairs EU Council (budget).

28 July World Hepatitis Day [WHO]

http://www.who.int/csr/disease/hepatitis/world_hepatitis_day/en/index.html

30 July International Day of Friendship http://www.un.org/en/events/friendshipday/

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UN Campaigns, Competitions, Apps and Games 3rd ITU Green ICT Application Challenge http://www.unric.org/en/competitions In support of the “World Environment Day” (WED) and to follow up on the Paris Call to Action on “Smart Sustainable Cities”, ITU and Telefónica have announced a 3rd Green ICT Application Challenge to uncover innovative ICT approaches and applications towards addressing global environmental issues in cities and urban areas.

The Challenge is open to individuals from ITU Member States.

The submission deadline is 15 July, 2013

Nordic-Baltic Ad Competition – “Think.Eat.Save: Reduce your Footprint” http://thinkeatsave.strutta.com/ On the occasion of World Environment Day, the UN and the Nordic Council of Ministers launched a Nordic-Baltic Ad Competition to support the fight against food waste.

The Ad Competition calls on designers to create an advertisement to increase public awareness of the increasing scale of food waste in our modern day society and to draw attention to the problem of increasing food waste.

The submission deadline is 11 August, 2013

@Do One Thing for Diversity and Inclusion video contest http://www.unric.org/en/competitions Take part in the @Do One Thing for Diversity and Inclusion campaign by making a oneminute video expressing what Diversity and Inclusion means to you. The winning videos will also be included within the UNAOC Plural+ Youth Video Festival DVD. The submission deadline is 27 September, 2013

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