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World Hepatitis Day 2021 – Hepatitis Can’t Wait
worldwide/virtualWorld Hepatitis Day is observed each year on 28 July to raise awareness of viral hepatitis, an inflammation of the liver that causes severe liver disease and hepatocellular cancer. This year’s theme is “Hepatitis can’t wait,” conveying the urgency of efforts needed to eliminate hepatitis as a public health threat by 2030. With a person
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World Bank CSO Monthly Call Briefing
worldwide/virtualDear Colleagues in Civil Society, Please save the date for the next CSO Monthly Call. It will take place on Thursday, July 29, 2021, from 10:00 to 11:00 AM EST. Preliminary Agenda Speakers: Dilip Ratha, Head, Global Knowledge Partnership on Migration and Development (KNOMAD), World Bank Enrique Blanco Armas, Manager, International Development Association (IDA), World Bank Objectives
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24th IUHPE World Conference on Health Promotion [call for abstracts]
worldwide/virtualUnder the conference theme “Promoting policies for health, well-being and equity”, the Call for Abstracts is now open for the 24th IUHPE World Conference on Health Promotion - IUHPE 2022, being held in Montréal (Québec) Canada and in hybrid format from 15 to 19 May 2022. Submissions can be made in English, French and Spanish. We invite all abstract
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Deepening Inequalities Exacerbated by the COVID-19 Pandemic and their Implications for the Realization of Human Rights
worldwide/virtualHRC48 Panel Discussion on Inequalities Exacerbated by COVID-19 Join us at the 48th Session of the Human Rights Council for the panel discussion on Deepening Inequalities Exacerbated by the COVID-19 Pandemic and their Implications for the Realization of Human Rights on 28 September, 2021. We invite you to consult the Human Rights Council Extranet webpage to view the full
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Financing for Universal and Crisis-Responsive Social Protection and Decent Work: Proposals of 2021 UN Inter-Agency Working Group
worldwide/virtualJoin the NGO Committee on Financing for Development on Tuesday, April 26, from 8 - 9:30am EST for an official side event of the 2022 ECOSOC Financing for Development Forum on Financing for Universal and Crisis-Responsive Social Protection and Decent Work: Proposals of 2021 UN Inter-Agency Working Group Speakers: H.E. Mr. Phillippe Kridelka, Ambassador, Permanent
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15th Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
worldwide/virtualThe Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) was adopted by the General Assembly by its resolution 61/106 of 13 December 2006. It came into force on 3 May 2008 upon its 20th ratification. Article 40 of the Convention stipulates that “The States Parties shall meet regularly in a Conference of States Parties (COSP) in order
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27th Session of the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
Geneva, SwitzerlandThe twenty-seventh session of the Committee will be held at the United Nations Office at Geneva, in Room XVII at the Palais des Nations, from 15 August to 9 September 2022. The 1st meeting of the session will be convened on Monday, 15 August, at 10 am. A representative of the Secretary-General will open the
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U.N. International Day of Older Persons (IDOP2022)-Commemoration at UN Headquarters in New York
Hybrid | New York | Virtual New York, NYThe United Nations International Day of Older Persons aims to enshrine and promote the rights of older persons, and to engage and mobilize advocates to protect those rights. UNIDOP 2022 will involve a multi-stakeholder dialogue aimed to address the socioeconomic, environmental, and health experiences of older women, highlight their participation in helping to build resilient
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Interfaith Prayer Service: The impact of HIV among the marginalized within the marginalized
worldwide/virtualDear colleagues, You are kindly invited to an Interfaith Prayer Service for World AIDS Day on December 1, 2022, under the theme “The impact of HIV among the marginalized within the marginalized." The service will be held in Tillman Chapel at 777 United Nations Plaza, NY, New York 10017, and will begin at 1:00pm EST.
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World Health Organization Executive Board 152nd Session
The 152nd session of the Executive Board takes place on 30 January – 7 February 2023. Proceedings will be webcast from this page: who.int/about/governance/executive-board/executive-board-152nd-session The Executive Board is composed of 34 technically qualified members elected for three-year terms. The main functions of the Board are to implement the decisions and policies of the Health Assembly, and to advise
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