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Criminalising Ecocide: A New Deterrent to Crimes that Affect the Environment
worldwide/virtualYou're invited to this important side event of the 31st Session of the Commission on Crime Prevention & Criminal Justice (CCPCJ)! Register here: unodc.org/unodc/en/commissions/CCPCJ/session/31_Session_2022/registration.html The regular thirty-first session of the Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice is scheduled for 16-20 May 2022. The provisional annotated agenda will be published on the website of the
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Criminalising Ecocide: A New Deterrent to Crimes that Affect the Environment
worldwide/virtualYou're invited to this important side event of the 31st Session of the Commission on Crime Prevention & Criminal Justice (CCPCJ)! Register here: unodc.org/unodc/en/commissions/CCPCJ/session/31_Session_2022/registration.html The regular thirty-first session of the Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice is scheduled for 16-20 May 2022. The provisional annotated agenda will be published on the website of the
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UNESCO and Multilingualism: A Dialogue Forum
The NGO Committee on Language and Languages presents UNESCO and Multilingualism: A Dialogue Forum 18 May 2022 REGISTER HERE For over 70 years, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has been a leading voice on multilingualism. Today, it engages in numerous initiatives to advance linguistic diversity. In this forum, UNESCO staff members
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UNESCO and Multilingualism: A Dialogue Forum
The NGO Committee on Language and Languages presents UNESCO and Multilingualism: A Dialogue Forum 18 May 2022 REGISTER HERE For over 70 years, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has been a leading voice on multilingualism. Today, it engages in numerous initiatives to advance linguistic diversity. In this forum, UNESCO staff members
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Two years after the death of George Floyd: Antiracism, #BLM and the United Nations
worldwide/virtualAs people continue to challenge the systemic racism that has devalued the lives of Black and Brown people globally, many are asking the question: why do some of these tragic events spark a stronger call for change than others? Floyd’s murder also revived the concept of antiracism. The webinar will explore, in practice, what it
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Two years after the death of George Floyd: Antiracism, #BLM and the United Nations
worldwide/virtualAs people continue to challenge the systemic racism that has devalued the lives of Black and Brown people globally, many are asking the question: why do some of these tragic events spark a stronger call for change than others? Floyd’s murder also revived the concept of antiracism. The webinar will explore, in practice, what it
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WSIS and NGOs–Indispensable Cooperation (In Implementing the WSIS Action Lines)
ITU Room C1, ITU Tower Building, Geneva, SwitzerlandWSIS and NGOs--Indispensable Cooperation (In Implementing the WSIS Action Lines) A Thematic Workshop Organized by the Conference of Non-Governmental Organizations in Consultative Relationship with the United Nations (CoNGO) Session 375: ICTs, Civil Society and Sustainable Development as Co-Constitutive Global Public Goods: Promise, Perils and Possibilities Monday, 30 May 2022 09:00–10:45 CET (UTC+02:00) 03:00AM-04:45AM New York
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WSIS and NGOs–Indispensable Cooperation (In Implementing the WSIS Action Lines)
ITU Room C1, ITU Tower Building, Geneva, SwitzerlandWSIS and NGOs--Indispensable Cooperation (In Implementing the WSIS Action Lines) A Thematic Workshop Organized by the Conference of Non-Governmental Organizations in Consultative Relationship with the United Nations (CoNGO) Session 375: ICTs, Civil Society and Sustainable Development as Co-Constitutive Global Public Goods: Promise, Perils and Possibilities Monday, 30 May 2022 09:00–10:45 CET (UTC+02:00) 03:00AM-04:45AM New York
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World Elder Abuse Awareness Day
worldwide/virtualThis year's observance of World Elder Abuse Awareness Day (WEAAD) at 1:30pm (NYC time) on June 15 coincides with the fourth review of the Madrid International Plan of Action on Ageing (MIPAA) and the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) Ministerial Conference on Ageing in Rome, Italy. While there will be an in-person WEAAD
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World Elder Abuse Awareness Day
worldwide/virtualThis year's observance of World Elder Abuse Awareness Day (WEAAD) at 1:30pm (NYC time) on June 15 coincides with the fourth review of the Madrid International Plan of Action on Ageing (MIPAA) and the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) Ministerial Conference on Ageing in Rome, Italy. While there will be an in-person WEAAD
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