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UN Ocean Conference
The Ocean Conference, co-hosted by the Governments of Kenya and Portugal, comes at a critical time as the world is seeking to address many of the deep-rooted problems of our societies laid bare by the COVID-19 pandemic and which will require major structural transformations and common shared solutions that are anchored in the SDGs. To
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Eighth Biennial Meeting of States on Small Arms and Light Weapons
The Biennial Meetings of States have the mandate to consider the national, regional and global implementation of the Programme of Action (PoA) to prevent, combat and eradicate the illicit trade in small arms and light weapons in all its aspects and its International Tracing Instrument (ITI). Description In 2001, countries adopted the Programme of Action
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The Peoples’ Global Summit | Co-building a New Eco-Social World: Leaving No One Behind
Join the people’s global summit by registering HERE Check the programme HERE. The President of CoNGO--Liberato Bautista--is delivering one of the Keynote Speeches. The people’s global summit is for everyone. It brings together individuals and communities, people of lived experiences, along with global organisations to co-build a combined global conversation on the creation of globally shared
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10:00 AM
Exchange with Mr. Volker Türk, Under-Secretary-General for Policy
Dear Representatives of Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) accredited at the United Nations Office at Geneva (UNOG), We are pleased to invite you to an exchange with Mr. Volker Türk, Under-Secretary-General for Policy in the Executive Office of the Secretary-General, which will take place on Wednesday, 29 June 2022 from 10:00 to 11:00 am in Room XXIV at
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1:00 PM
Can Harnessing Blue and Thematic Bonds Build a Sustainable, Regenerative Ocean Economy?
On Wednesday, June 29, at 1pm ET, join the NGO Committee on Financing for Development for an official virtual side event of the 2022 UN Ocean Conference! A multilateral expert panel will discuss what blue and thematic bonds are, how they’re working in practice, and how to optimize them as building blocks toward a regenerative,
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2:00 PM
Committee of Religious NGOs at the UN (CRNGO) Annual Membership Meeting
Venue: Online and Baha’i International Community (866 UN Plaza, Suite 120) RSVP required: https://bic-org.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZEvf-uorDkuH9GvRCtVkcF-JfCsuk8EOTY5 As we emerge from a pandemic-induced hiatus during which the Committee of Religious NGOs at the UN (CRNGO) largely carried out its activities through the CRNGO Climate Working Group, the CRNGO Bureau invites its members to come back together, in community,
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