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Invitation – 8 June, 10.30am, CR3: Human Rights and Youth in NYC – Exploring the meaning of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
8 June @ 10:30 AM - 12:30 PM UTC-5
The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights in New York has the pleasure of inviting you to an event organized at United Nations Headquarters in the framework of Human Rights 75, High Commissioner Volker Türk’s initiative to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
The event, Human Rights and Youth in New York City – Exploring the meaning of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, will be held on 8 June, from 10:30 am – 12:30 pm in Conference Room 3 at UNHQ, and is co-organized with the Commission on Human Rights of New York City. It will feature, among others, a keynote speech by Ms. Chelsea Miller, a Brooklyn-based racial justice and youth activist, a panel debate with NYC youth as well as a performance by the People’s Theatre Project.
Registration at bit.ly/hr75youthevent no later than 5 June.
CoNGO Notes: For information about the collaborative work of NGOs on the above issues, visit the substantive committees under the auspices of CoNGO. For specific information about the NGO Committees on Human Rights:
NGO Committee on Human Rights
Co-Chair: Bruce Knotts | Unitarian Universalist Association | bknotts@uua.org
NGO Committee on Human Rights (Geneva)
Co-President: Léonie de Piccioto | International Council of Jewish Women | aldep777@gmail.com