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SUMMARY:International Day Commemorating the Victims of Acts of Violence Based on Religion or Belief
DESCRIPTION:On the occasion of the International Day Commemorating the Victims of Acts of Violence Based on Religion or Belief (established by the United Nations General Assembly)\, the UN NGO Committee on Freedom of Religion or Belief in New York will be hosting an online event highlighting the continued need for action and advocacy aimed at preventing\, condemning\, and seeking accountability for violence against individuals on the basis of their religion or belief. \nTime: 2:15pm – 3:30pm EDT \nLocation: Zoom (link to be sent out to registrants the day of the event) \nTo register\, please email INFO@UNFORB.ORG for the link by Friday\, 19 August 2022. \nPrincipal Representative of the Bahá’í International Community to the UN Bani Dugal and UN NGO Committee on FoRB President Kelsey Zorzi and will provide overviews of several recent freedom of religion or belief initiatives\, including the Washington D.C.-based Summit on International Religious Freedom and the London-based Ministerial to Advance Religious Freedom\, and related future avenues for advocacy. \nDr. Thang Nguyen\, founder and President of Boat People SOS (BPSOS) will provide an overview of the violence carried out against religious minorities in Vietnam and other parts of Southeast Asia and will detail the Vietnamese government’s efforts to hide and punish advocacy efforts aimed at shedding light on this violence or commemorating this International Day. \nParticipants are invited during the Q+A portion of the meeting to commemorate victims of religiously-based violence and share information about recent violent persecution of religion or belief minorities around the world. \n_____________________________________________________________________________________________ \nCoNGO Notes: The NGO Committee on Freedom of Religion or Belief is a Substantive Committee of the Conference of NGOs in Consultative Relationship with the United Nations – for more info\, please visit unforb.org. Likewise\, for more information on the Committee of Religious NGOs at the United Nations\, please visit rngos.wordpress.com. For more information on the NGO Committee on Spirituality\, Values\, and Global Concerns\, please visit csvgc-ny.org. For more information on the NGO Committee on Social Development\, please visit ngosocdev.org.
URL:https://ngocongo.org/event/international-day-commemorating-the-victims-of-acts-of-violence-based-on-religion-or-belief/
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SUMMARY:International Day Commemorating the Victims of Acts of Violence Based on Religion or Belief
DESCRIPTION:On the occasion of the International Day Commemorating the Victims of Acts of Violence Based on Religion or Belief (established by the United Nations General Assembly)\, the UN NGO Committee on Freedom of Religion or Belief in New York will be hosting an online event highlighting the continued need for action and advocacy aimed at preventing\, condemning\, and seeking accountability for violence against individuals on the basis of their religion or belief. \nTime: 2:15pm – 3:30pm EDT \nLocation: Zoom (link to be sent out to registrants the day of the event) \nTo register\, please email INFO@UNFORB.ORG for the link by Friday\, 19 August 2022. \nPrincipal Representative of the Bahá’í International Community to the UN Bani Dugal and UN NGO Committee on FoRB President Kelsey Zorzi and will provide overviews of several recent freedom of religion or belief initiatives\, including the Washington D.C.-based Summit on International Religious Freedom and the London-based Ministerial to Advance Religious Freedom\, and related future avenues for advocacy. \nDr. Thang Nguyen\, founder and President of Boat People SOS (BPSOS) will provide an overview of the violence carried out against religious minorities in Vietnam and other parts of Southeast Asia and will detail the Vietnamese government’s efforts to hide and punish advocacy efforts aimed at shedding light on this violence or commemorating this International Day. \nParticipants are invited during the Q+A portion of the meeting to commemorate victims of religiously-based violence and share information about recent violent persecution of religion or belief minorities around the world. \n_____________________________________________________________________________________________ \nCoNGO Notes: The NGO Committee on Freedom of Religion or Belief is a Substantive Committee of the Conference of NGOs in Consultative Relationship with the United Nations – for more info\, please visit unforb.org. Likewise\, for more information on the Committee of Religious NGOs at the United Nations\, please visit rngos.wordpress.com. For more information on the NGO Committee on Spirituality\, Values\, and Global Concerns\, please visit csvgc-ny.org. For more information on the NGO Committee on Social Development\, please visit ngosocdev.org.
URL:https://ngocongo.org/event/international-day-commemorating-the-victims-of-acts-of-violence-based-on-religion-or-belief-2/
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SUMMARY:2021 Freedom of Religion or Belief Priorities at the United Nations
DESCRIPTION:Join us on Friday\, May 7th\, from 1:15pm-2:45pm Eastern for a virtual event that will highlight various missions’ recent past and upcoming efforts to promote religious freedom and related rights in 2021 at the United Nations. The event will feature a panel of UN diplomats who will present on their mission’s specific priorities on this issue. Following the presentations\, there will be ample time for Q+A. \nOur expert panelists include:  \n\nMadeeha Ashraf\, Advisor\, U.S. Mission to the UN\nTimothy Sylvester\, Second Secretary\, U.K Mission to the UN \nKlas Nyman\, Counsellor\, EU Delegation to the UN\n\nWe anticipate the event will be insightful for our shared focus on promoting FoRB at and through the United Nations\, and we hope that you will join us. \nTo register\, please RSVP to info@unforb.org by 12pm on May 6. A Zoom link will be sent to you on the day of the event. \nWe look forward to your presence on May 7th. \nBest regards\, \nKelsey Zorzi\, President\, NGO Committee on Freedom of Religion or Belief – New York  \n________________________________________________________________________________________ \nCoNGO Notes: For more information on the NGO Committee on Freedom of Religion or Belief\, please visit unforb.org. For more information on the Committee of Religious NGOs at the United Nations\, please visit rngos.wordpress.com. For more information on the NGO Committee on Spirituality\, Values\, and Global Concerns-NY\, please visit csvgc-ny.org.
URL:https://ngocongo.org/event/2021-freedom-of-religion-or-belief-priorities-at-the-united-nations/
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