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[internationalwomenday]

Catalysts for change: breaking down gender stereotypes in media and advertising (CSW68 Side Event).

Media, including advertising, are part of our everyday life. With the rapid development of new technologies and the extensive use of communication tools and social media, new forms of media are increasingly present in the daily lives of children and young persons.

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[humanrightsday]

3rd Meeting - 17th Session of the Forum on Minority Issues.

The 17th session of the United Nations Forum on Minority Issues will be convened on 28 and 29 November 2024 at the Palais des Nations in Geneva pursuant to Human Rights Council resolution 6/15 of 28 September 2007 and resolution 19/23 of 23 March 2012. This year, the theme of the UN Forum is the representation and self-representation of minorities in public spaces and discourses.

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[africaindustrializationday]

Fifty-second session of the Industrial Development Board of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) [5th meeting].

The Industrial Development Board of UNIDO meets once a year to review the implementation of the work programme, and the regular and operational budgets, and to make recommendations to the General Conference on policy matters. The fifty-second session of the Board will be held from 25 to 27 November 2024, in Vienna, Austria.

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[worldcitiesday]

Opening Ceremony (World Urban Forum 12th Session).

The World Urban Forum (WUF) is the premier global conference on sustainable urbanization. The twelfth session will take place in Cairo, Egypt , from 4 to 8 November, 2024.

Related Documents

Programme

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[developmentinformationday]

6th Meeting, 10th Session of the Expert Mechanism on the Right to Development.

The session will feature a general debate, a coordination meeting with other United Nations mechanisms on the right to development, a discussion on two studies, and six interactive thematic dialogues to draw upon experiences, good practices, and strategies around pressing global needs.

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[biodiversityday]

SBI-5: Plenary 5 at COP16 – United Nations Biodiversity Conference 2024.

Fifth meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Implementation: 5th Plenary (Agenda item 2 - open-ended forum (continued); consideration of conference room papers).

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[indigenouspeopleday]

4th Meeting, Second Intersessional Meeting on the Participation of Indigenous Peoples - UN Human Rights Council.

This intersessional meeting is the second of two mandated under paragraph 16 of resolution 54/12, in which the Council decided to "continue to discuss and develop further steps and measures necessary to enable and to facilitate the participation of Indigenous Peoples' representatives and institutions duly established by themselves in the work of the Human Rights Council." The first intersessional meeting was held on 18 and 19 July 2024.

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[worldpopulationday]

Committee on Social Development, Eighth Session, Day 3 - Afternoon.

The Committee will focus on four areas of social development, namely: (1) future-proofing social protection systems in Asia and the Pacific in view of key megatrends including demographic trends, climate change and digitalization to address vulnerabilities and support sustainable social development, (2) building inclusive and comprehensive social protection systems in the face of emerging challenges as well as the Action Plan to Strengthen Regional Cooperation on Social Protection in Asia and the Pacific, endorsed by the Committee in October 2020, (3) social and economic challenges and opportunities associated with slower population growth and the shift towards a greater number and share of older persons, and (4) strengthening disability-inclusive development and disability rights, as well as Implementation of the Jakarta Declaration on the Asian and Pacific Decade of Persons with Disabilities, 2023-2032.

The Eighth Session of the Committee on Social Development will be convened in-person at the United Nations Conference Centre, Bangkok, from 8 to 10 October 2024.

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[worldhabitatday]

4th Meeting, 85th Session of Committee on Urban Development, Housing and Land Management.

The 85th session of the Committee on Urban Development, Housing and Land Management will be held fully in-person, in Geneva, Palais des Nations (Room XVII) starting at 10 a.m. on Wednesday, 2 October, and closing at 6 p.m. on Friday, 4 October 2024.

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[nucleartestsday]

17th Meeting, Preparatory Committee for NPT Review Conference 2026.

The Preparatory Committee for the 2026 Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) will hold its second session from 22 July to 2 August 2024 at the Palais des Nations in Geneva, Switzerland. This will be the second of three planned sessions that will be held prior to the 2026 Review Conference.

The Preparatory Committee, open to all States parties to the Treaty, is responsible for addressing substantive and procedural issues related to the Treaty and the forthcoming Review Conference. The Chair of the second session is Ambassador Akan Rakhmetullin of Kazakhstan. UN Web TV

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[waterandenergyrelief]

7th Meeting, 15th Session of the Expert Group on Resource Management.

The UNECE Resource Management Week 2024, including the 15th session of the Expert Group on Resource Management (EGRM-15), will be held at the Palais des Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, 22-26 April 2024. Leaders, experts, and stakeholders in resource management will gather to discuss sustainable development challenges and opportunities. Our theme, "Assuring sustainability in resource management", will focus on the United Nations Framework Classification for Resources (UNFC) and the United Nations Resource Management System (UNRMS) and their pivotal role in resource management worldwide. 

Agenda highlights:

Seminars, Workshops, and Short Courses: Focusing on the UNFC and UNRMS as catalysts for transforming raw materials management.

Minerals for the Energy Transition: Highlighting the work of the UN Working Group on Transforming Extractive Industries for Sustainable Development.

Responsible Resource Management: The development and deployment of UNRMS.

Navigating the Future: Exploring various applications of UNFC.

Building capacity: International Centres of Excellence on Sustainable Resource Management.

Empowering Sustainability: Discussing global initiatives and case studies.

Lunchtime lectures: Professor Peter Hopkinson, Co-Director, Exeter Centre for the Circular Economy, Exeter University, and Professor Markus Zils, Circular Economy and Management Science, University of Exeter Business School, UK, on Circular Data (23 April) and Sarah Gordon, CEO, Satarla on The beauty of interconnected natural resource ecosystems, with a focus on ESG issues (25 April).

Session 3: Responsible resource governance

Chair: Karen Hanghøj

Agenda item 8: Building Capacity: International Centres of Excellence on Sustainable Resource Management

ICE-SRM Russia – Igor Shpurov and Vera Bratkova, Chief Executive Officer

ICE-SRM UK – Nick MacInnes, Circular Economy Lead, Office of the Chief Scientific Adviser, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra), UK and Lynsay Blake, Head of Science in Resources and Waste, Defra, UK

ICE-SRM Mexico – Ulises Neri, Executive Director & Ministries of Energy and Economy of Subnational Governments of Mexico:

     José Ramón Silva - Secretary of Energy Development of the State of Tamaulipas

     Carlos Adrian García Basto - Director General of the State Energy Agency of the State of Campeche

     Esaú Garza - Secretary of Economy, Science and Technology of the State of Aguascalientes

ICE-SRM Criteria for Recognition and Terms of Reference (ECE/ENERGY/GE.3/2024/4)

ICE-SRM EU – Meta Dobnikar, Head of Mineral Resources and Geochemistry Department, Geological Survey of Slovenia

ICE-SRM Central Asia – Farkhat Abytov, Executive Director

ICE-SRM Africa – Tunde Arisekola, Senior Advisor, Geological and Minerals Information, African Minerals Development Centre

Dario Liguti, Director, UNECE Sustainable Energy Division

Discussion

Agenda item 7.2: Development and deployment of UNFC - Technical Advisory Group Annual Report - Updated Injection Projects Specifications (ECE/ENERGY/GE.3/2024/9)

Aleksandr Shpilman, Co-Chair, Technical Advisory Group

Serge Van Gessel, Chair, Injection Projects Working Group and TNO

Agenda item 7.2: Competency in resource management 

Vitor Correia, Chair, Competency Working Group, EGRM

Michael Neumann, Global Geoscience Professionalism Group

Gbenga Olugbenga Okunlola, President, Geological Society of Africa and Member, AMREC Working Group

Craig Waldie, Ontario Securities Commission, Canada - presentation to be delivered by Hendrik Falck, Chair, EGRM Minerals Working Group

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[unpublicserviceday]

(9th meeting) 23rd session of the Committee of Experts on Public Administration - Economic and Social Council.

Institution building in fragile and conflict-affected areas

- Expert panel moderated by the Vice-Chair

- Interactive dialogue with CEPA members, Member States, United Nations system and civil society organizations 

Adoption of the report on the 23rd session

- Moderated by the Chair

- Informal report of the working group on the United Nations Public Service Awards

- Presentation of draft report by the Rapporteur

- Review of recommendations and matters to be brought to the attention of the Economic and Social Council Adoption of the draft report on the 23rd session

Closing of the session 

The Committee of Experts on Public Administration (CEPA) is a UN technical advisory body that studies and makes recommendations to improve governance and public administration structures and processes for development. It assists ECOSOC by reviewing trends, issues and priorities in public administration, notably in relation to the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and in support of the implementation and progress reviews of the SDGs.

The Committee of Experts on Public Administration will hold its twenty-third session (CEPA23) at UN Headquarters in New York from 15 to 19 April 2024. The theme is "New governance insights to advance the SDGs and eradicate poverty".

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[humanrightsday]

1st Meeting - 17th Session of the Forum on Minority Issues.

The 17th session of the United Nations Forum on Minority Issues will be convened on 28 and 29 November 2024 at the Palais des Nations in Geneva pursuant to Human Rights Council resolution 6/15 of 28 September 2007 and resolution 19/23 of 23 March 2012. This year, the theme of the UN Forum is the representation and self-representation of minorities in public spaces and discourses.

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[internationalwomenday]

17th plenary meeting (resumed) - Commission on the Status of Women, Sixty-eighth session (CSW68) Action and closing.

The sixty-eighth session of the Commission on the Status of Women will take place from 11  to 22 March 2024 under the theme "Accelerating the achievement of gender equality and the empowerment of all women and girls by addressing poverty and strengthening institutions and financing with a gender perspective". Review theme: Social protection systems, access to public services and sustainable infrastructure for gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls.

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[worldcitiesday]

Women's Assembly - Reporting and Closing (World Urban Forum 12th Session).

Assembly sessions take place before the official opening of the World Urban Forum and convene key stakeholders from broader segments of society. Assemblies are instrumental in bringing together varied groups and translating their inputs into urban policies.

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[developmentinformationday]

5th Meeting, 10th Session of the Expert Mechanism on the Right to Development.

The session will feature a general debate, a coordination meeting with other United Nations mechanisms on the right to development, a discussion on two studies, and six interactive thematic dialogues to draw upon experiences, good practices, and strategies around pressing global needs.

5th Meeting, 10th Session of the Expert Mechanism on the Right to Development