Effective Participation of Minorities in Economic Life as a Strategy for Conflict Prevention

Dear NGO Representatives,

The United Nations Office at Geneva, the Office of the OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities and the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights are pleased to invite you to a joint event entitled “Effective Participation of Minorities in Economic Life as a Strategy for Conflict Prevention” which will take place on 12 November 2021 in Room XIX. The event will be held in hybrid format, allowing interested participants to attend both in-person and online.

If you wish to participate online, kindly register to event here: https://ungeneva-vc.webex.com/ungeneva-vc/onstage/g.php?MTID=e9f2c072cd42b74a1769015481d475b2e

The main objectives of the event are:

(1) to draw attention to the link between peace and stability and the effective inclusion of minorities in public and economic life, especially amid COVID-19 pandemic;

(2) to raise awareness about the work of the OSCE High Commissioner and the UN on effective participation of national minorities and to elaborate further on the recommendations provided;

(3) to better understand challenges for developing inclusive social and economic recovery policies in the aftermath of COVID-19 that take into consideration social and economic vulnerabilities of national minorities, caused/aggravated by COVID-19; and

(4) to enhance OSCE – UN collaboration on the issue of national minorities.

Participants: Representatives of States, international organizations, academia, civil society, media

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CoNGO Notes: For more information on the NGO Committee on Financing for Development, please visit ngosonffd.org. For more information on the NGO Committee on Sustainable Development-Vienna, please visit congocsd.wordpress.com. For more information on the NGO Committee on Sustainable Development-NY, please visit ngocsd-ny.org. For more information on the NGO Committee on Disarmament, Peace, and Security, please visit ngocdps.wordpress.com.

Geneva Peace Week 2021 “From seeds to systems of peace: Weathering today’s challenges”

Dear Colleagues,

It is our great pleasure to invite you to the eighth edition of Geneva Peace Week that will take place online from 1 to 5 November 2021. The Week is jointly organized by the United Nations Office at Geneva (UNOG), the Geneva Peacebuilding Platform and the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies. The theme of this year’s Geneva Peace Week is: “From seeds to systems of peace: Weathering today’s challenges.”

Geneva Peace Week 2021 (GPW21) aims to galvanize leadership, build trust and contribute to transforming international cooperation. Over five days, Geneva Peace Week will be the umbrella for 30 Online Workshops and a Digital Series (podcasts and videos), brought together by over 100 partner organizations.

Topics for discussions will include:

Creating a climate for collaboration: Ways forward for environment, climate change, and peace
Moving beyond securitization: What risks (and new horizons) for peacebuilding?
Harnessing the digital sphere for peace
Confronting inequalities and advancing inclusion, peace, and SDG16

The full programme of Geneva Peace Week is available at genevapeaceweek.ch and attendees must register to participate. We would also like to invite you to three main sessions which will take place in-person (Maison de la Paix) and online:

The Opening Ceremony on 1 November at 4:00 p.m.
The Kofi Annan Geneva Peace Address on 4 November at 6:00 p.m.
The Closing Ceremony on 5 November at 1:30 p.m.

Geneva Peace Week provides a common framework for peace-related workshops for which the respective organizers retain full ownership. Please note that Geneva Peace Week events do not necessarily reflect the views of UNOG, the Geneva Peacebuilding Platform or the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies. We encourage you to share information widely and look forward to welcoming you and your colleagues to Geneva Peace Week 2021.

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CoNGO Notes: For more information on the NGO Committee on Disarmament, Peace, and Security, please visit ngocdps.wordpress.com. For more information on the NGO Committee on Sustainable Development-Vienna, please visit congocsd.wordpress.com. For more information on the NGO Committee on Sustainable Development-NY, please visit ngocsd-ny.org.

Deepening Inequalities Exacerbated by the COVID-19 Pandemic and their Implications for the Realization of Human Rights

HRC48 Panel Discussion on Inequalities Exacerbated by COVID-19

Join us at the 48^th 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 program agenda.

The panel discussion will be webcast live at http://webtv.un.org

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CoNGO Notes: For more information on the NGO Committee on Human Rights, please email the co-chairs at bobbinassar@gmail.com or bknotts@uua.org. For more information on the NGO Committee for Rare Diseases, please visit ngocommitteerarediseases.org.

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