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Launch of FACTI Panel Interim Report
virtualLaunch of the Interim Report of the High-Level Panel on International Financial Accountability, Transparency and Integrity for Achieving the 2030 Agenda High-Level Launch Event and Panel Discussion 24 September 2020, 12.00 - 14.30 (UTC) / 8.00 – 10.30 (EDT) The event is being convened to present the interim report of the FACTI Panel, which identifies
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Virtual Briefing for UN Permanent Representatives on the FACTI Panel’s Work
virtualThe FACTI Panel will hold a virtual briefing to update the Permanent Representatives of Member States on the Panel’s progress on Friday, 11 December 2020, from 9:00 AM-11:00 AM (EST), 14:00-16:00 (UTC).The meeting will also provide an opportunity for an interactive discussion on the Panel’s work. Please find the time in your local zone here. Kindly find attached the Concept
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World Autism Awareness Day
worldwide/virtualThe COVID-19 pandemic has exposed and heightened glaring inequalities around the world, especially when it comes to income and wealth distribution, access to health care, protection under the law, and political inclusion. Persons with autism have long faced many of these inequalities, which have only been further exacerbated by the pandemic. It’s a problem made worse by
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[UNCTAD15 civil society discussion] Frontier technologies, the digital economy and development
worldwide/virtual#UNCTAD15 Civil Society Discussion Series This event is part of a series of online discussions with civil society held in preparation for the UNCTAD15 ministerial conference that will take place in the week of 3 October 2021. Senior officials from UNCTAD and civil society leaders will discuss issues related to frontier technologies, the digital economy
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UNCTAD Trade and Development Board 32nd special session
Palais des Nations Geneva, SwitzerlandThe thirty-second special session of the Trade and Development Board will start on Monday, 6 September 2021 in hybrid format. The session will open at 10 a.m. in room XVIII of the Palais des Nations, Geneva. The provisional agenda for the session, together with the secretariat’s annotations thereto, will be contained in document TD/B(S-XXXII)/1. Nominations
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