The week ahead at the United Nations

International Widow’s Day
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UN humanitarian chief Valerie Amos answers your questions on humanitarian assistance
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Athens:

• Eurofound Event: “Social Dialogue as a driver in shaping and improving employment and working conditions in the EU”. Focus on: crisis and future of social dialogue in the EU.
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Brussels:

• European Sustainable Energy week. 23 to 27 June.
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• UN Photo Exhibition: We Have the Power: Efficient, Renewable, Affordable. 23 to 29 June. Brussels Midi Station.
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• Conference: “Mitigation the increase in energy prices” European Economic and Social Committee. Economic and industrial consequences of high energy prices and at the social and environmental challenges.
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• Conference: “Nearly-zero energy buildings in Europe – Recommendations from research, 14 demonstration sites and 30 buildings”. Organized by four European projects under the umbrella of the European Sustainable Energy Week 2014 in cooperation with the Committee of the Regions.
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• “Ener2i EU Brokerage Event”. Networking and capacity building sessions to support EU-ENP cooperation and knowledge transfer. European sustainable energy innovation alliance and the Committee of the Regions.
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• Meeting of the Foreign Affairs Council.
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• European Reference Network Conference. Focus on: assessment of Healthcare providers.
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• Joint AGE seminar 'Human rights for older persons in Europe: Who cares?'.
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Geneva:

• 26^th session of the OHCHR Annual Meeting of Chairpersons of Human Rights Treaty Bodies.
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• Annual session of the UNDP/UNFPA/UNOPS Executive Board.
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Hamburg, Germany:

• 22^nd European Biomass Conference and Exhibition, coordinated by the European Commission. 23 to 26 June.
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Hyderabad, India:

• Thirty-third session of the Asia-Pacific Fishery Commission. 23 to 25 June.
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Nairobi, Kenya:

• First United Nations Environment Assembly. To be attended by the UN Secretary-General, Ban Ki-moon. 23 to 27 June.
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New York:

• Exposition at the Security Council by Secretary-General of Political affairs, M. Jeffrey Feltman.
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Paris:

• The first Annual Bank Conference on Africa (ABCA) organized by the World Bank. Focus on: poverty in sub-Saharan Africa. 23 and 24 June.
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Strasbourg:

• PACE Summer session: Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko and election of the Secretary General. 23 to 27 June.
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• United for Dignity, conference on the specific situation of Roma young people affected by discrimination. 23 to 27 June.
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Tuesday 24 June

• EU-US Ministerial Meeting on Justice and Home Affairs.
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Brussels:

• 107^th Committee of the Regions Plenary Session
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• Meeting of the Permanent Representatives Committee, COREPER I.
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Equatorial Guinea:

• Visit of the UN Secretary-General for the 23^rd regular session of the African Union.
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Madrid:

• “New attitudes towards consumption”: Conference by the European Economic and Social Committee. Proposing a concrete action plan with view to foster more ecologic, economic, environmental and user friendly consumption patterns among consumers.
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New York:

• Adoption of Security Council resolutions on ONUCI, FNUOD and MINUSCA.
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Paris:

• Launch of the 2014 OECD International teacher and school leader survey.
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Thursday 26 June

International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking and launch of the UNODC World Drug Report 2014.
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United Nations International Day in Support of Victims of Torture
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Athens:

• Meeting of the European Education Committee. 26 to 27 June.
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Brussels:

• Second Replenishment Pledging Conference of the Global Partnership for Education. Hosted by the Global Partnership for Education and the European Commission.
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• “Local and regional perspectives on the EU energy policy 2030 – investment framework conditions and climate implications”: conference organized by the Committee of the Regions in cooperation with the Executive Agency for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises.
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• Workshop: “Building upon good practices in European Judicial Training”: organized by the European Commission. 26 to 27 June.
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• Meeting of the European Council. 26 to 27 June.
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London:

• James Gow, Professor of International Peace and Security at King’s College London, will deliver the annual Chris Cviić Memorial Lecture at the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development. The lecture will look at "Following Chris Cviić: Ethics and Reconstruction from 'the Balkans' to Ukraine".
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New York:

• Launch of UN Women's global campaign, with UN-Women’s Executive Director Dr. Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka. The launch will mark the 20th anniversary of the World Conference on Women in Beijing.
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• Security Council consultations on the situation in the Middle-East and on the UN Regional center for preventative diplomacy in Central Asia.
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Paris:

• OECD Global Forum on Responsible Business Conduct. 26 to 27 June.
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• Fourteenth IMF Public Debt Management Forum. 26 to 27 June.
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Vienna:

• European Commissioner for Regional Policy, Johannes Hahn, joins Annual Danube Strategy Forum in Vienna to discuss key initiatives to boost green and inclusive growth. 26 to 27 June.
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Friday 27 June

Aberdeen:

• Conference: “A business perspective for 2030 on Europe’s Energy Policy”. Aberdeen City Council, Aberdeen & Grampian Chamber of Commerce and the Employer’s Group of the European Economic and Social Committee.
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Brussels:

• “Europe: the new challenges” meeting of the workers group of the EESC to discuss the results of the 2014 European elections.
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Geneva:

• End of the UN Conference on Disarmament.
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New York:

• Press Conference by M. Lazare Eloundou Assomo, UNESCO liaison to Mali, on the state of cultural heritage in Mali destroyed in the 2012-0213 conflict.
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• 2^nd July Ciné-ONU Screening: The Moo Man.  A film by Andy Heathcote and Heike Bachelier. The film is in English. Q&A with Stephen Hook (The Moo Man), Film Director Heike Bachelier, Rosie Boycott (London Food Board), and Leonard Mizzi (EC).
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Thursday 3 July

Brussels:

• “Conference on boosting partnerships in collaborative consumption” organized by the EESC.
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Monday 7 July

Brussels

• “Food donation: Fighting food poverty and addressing food waste”:  this conference organized by the EESC presents the different practices and legislations on food donation in the EU member states.
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