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SUMMARY:Language and Minority Rights: A Dialogue Forum with the Special Rapporteur on Minority Issues
DESCRIPTION:The United Nations Charter (Article 1) and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (Article 2) affirm the right to non-discrimination based on language while the Declaration on the Rights of Persons Belonging to National or Ethnic\, Religious and Linguistic Minorities (Article 2) asserts that persons belonging to minorities have the right to “use their own language\, in private and in public\, freely and without interference or any form of discrimination.”  Yet linguistic minorities throughout the world continue to experience challenges to their language rights as well as inequitable access to other civil and human rights. \nIn this session\, current Special Rapporteur on Minority Issues Fernand de Varennes will discuss the intersection of language and minority rights\, including implementational challenges and possibilities. Representatives of NGOs\, Secretariat and UN agency staff\, colleagues from Member States\, scholars\, and others interested in linguistic minority rights are invited to participate in an open dialogue with the Special Rapporteur. \nRegister here by November 27! \nAbout the Special Rapporteur: \nProfessor Fernand de Varennes\, a globally recognized expert on linguistic and human rights\, has served as the Special Rapporteur on Minority Issues since 2017 Reporting to the Human Rights Council and to the General Assembly\, the Special Rapporteur promotes the implementation of the Declaration on the Rights of Persons Belonging to National or Ethnic\, Religious and Linguistic Minorities and guides the work of the Forum on Minority Issues\, among other responsibilities. \nProgramme: \n\n8:45 – 9:00am  Sign In\n9:00 – 9:05am  Introduction – Francis M. Hult\, Chair\, Committee on Language and Languages\n9:05 – 9:35am  Fernand de Varennes\, Special Rapporteur on Minority Issues\n9:35 – 9:55am  Open Dialogue\n9:55 – 10:00am  Closing Remarks – Humphrey Tonkin\, Vice-Chair\, Committee on Language and Languages\n\n_________________________________________________________________________________________ \nCoNGO Notes: The NGO Committee on Language and Languages is a Substantive Committee of the Conference of NGOs in Consultative Relationship with the United Nations. For more information\, please email the chair at fmhult@umbc.edu. Likewise\, for more information on the NGO Committee on Education\, Learning\, and Literacy\, please visit facebook.com/NGOCELLatUN. For more information on the NGO Committee on Social Development\, please visit ngosocdev.org. For more information on the NGO Committee on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples\, please visit un-ngocrip.net. 
URL:https://ngocongo.org/event/language-and-minority-rights-a-dialogue-forum-with-the-special-rapporteur-on-minority-issues/
LOCATION:worldwide/virtual
CATEGORIES:CoNGO Member Events
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SUMMARY:Language and Minority Rights: A Dialogue Forum with the Special Rapporteur on Minority Issues
DESCRIPTION:The United Nations Charter (Article 1) and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (Article 2) affirm the right to non-discrimination based on language while the Declaration on the Rights of Persons Belonging to National or Ethnic\, Religious and Linguistic Minorities (Article 2) asserts that persons belonging to minorities have the right to “use their own language\, in private and in public\, freely and without interference or any form of discrimination.”  Yet linguistic minorities throughout the world continue to experience challenges to their language rights as well as inequitable access to other civil and human rights. \nIn this session\, current Special Rapporteur on Minority Issues Fernand de Varennes will discuss the intersection of language and minority rights\, including implementational challenges and possibilities. Representatives of NGOs\, Secretariat and UN agency staff\, colleagues from Member States\, scholars\, and others interested in linguistic minority rights are invited to participate in an open dialogue with the Special Rapporteur. \nRegister here by November 27! \nAbout the Special Rapporteur: \nProfessor Fernand de Varennes\, a globally recognized expert on linguistic and human rights\, has served as the Special Rapporteur on Minority Issues since 2017 Reporting to the Human Rights Council and to the General Assembly\, the Special Rapporteur promotes the implementation of the Declaration on the Rights of Persons Belonging to National or Ethnic\, Religious and Linguistic Minorities and guides the work of the Forum on Minority Issues\, among other responsibilities. \nProgramme: \n\n8:45 – 9:00am  Sign In\n9:00 – 9:05am  Introduction – Francis M. Hult\, Chair\, Committee on Language and Languages\n9:05 – 9:35am  Fernand de Varennes\, Special Rapporteur on Minority Issues\n9:35 – 9:55am  Open Dialogue\n9:55 – 10:00am  Closing Remarks – Humphrey Tonkin\, Vice-Chair\, Committee on Language and Languages\n\n_________________________________________________________________________________________ \nCoNGO Notes: The NGO Committee on Language and Languages is a Substantive Committee of the Conference of NGOs in Consultative Relationship with the United Nations. For more information\, please email the chair at fmhult@umbc.edu. Likewise\, for more information on the NGO Committee on Education\, Learning\, and Literacy\, please visit facebook.com/NGOCELLatUN. For more information on the NGO Committee on Social Development\, please visit ngosocdev.org. For more information on the NGO Committee on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples\, please visit un-ngocrip.net. 
URL:https://ngocongo.org/event/language-and-minority-rights-a-dialogue-forum-with-the-special-rapporteur-on-minority-issues-2/
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SUMMARY:UNESCO and Multilingualism: A Dialogue Forum
DESCRIPTION:The NGO Committee on Language and Languages presents\nUNESCO and Multilingualism: A Dialogue Forum\n18 May 2022\nREGISTER HERE \nFor 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 working on multilingual education\, the World Atlas of Languages (WAL)\, and the International Decade of Indigenous Languages (IDIL) discuss ongoing initiatives and forthcoming developments.  The session follows a show-and-tell and conversation format to facilitate dialogue.  Representatives of NGOs\, Secretariat and UN agency staff\, and colleagues from Member States are welcome to attend.  A business meeting of the NGO Committee on Language and Languages will take place during the final 40 minutes. \nEvent Details \nThe NGO Committee on Language and Languages (CoLL) is hosting the dialogue forum virtually on 18 May 2022. \n08:45-11:00 – New York\n14:45-17:00 – Geneva\n15:45-18:00 – Nairobi\n19:45-22:00 – Bangkok \nRegistration \nRepresentatives of NGOs\, Secretariat and UN agency staff\, and colleagues from Member States are welcome to attend.   There is no fee\, but preregistration is required.  Register here as soon as possible\, but no later than 16 May. \nProgramme \n8:45-9:00am Sign In \n9:00-9:05am   Francis M. Hult – Introduction \nInterim Vice-Chair\, NGO Committee on Language and Languages \n9:05-9:10am   Eliot Minchenberg – Welcome \nDirector of Office and UNESCO Representative to the United Nations in New York \n9:10-9:30am   Noro Andriamiseza Ingarao – Multilingual Education \nProgramme Specialist in Education\, UNESCO \n9:30-9:50am   Irmgarda Kasinskaite – International Decade of Indigenous Languages \nAdvisor\, Communication and Information\, UNESCO \n9:50-10:10am Bhanu Neupane – World Atlas of Languages \nAdvisor\, Open Access to Scientific Information and ICT & Sciences\, UNESCO \n10:10-10:20am General Discussion about the Multilingual Initiatives of UNESCO \n10:20-11:00am CoLL Business Meeting \nHumphrey Tonkin\, presiding \nInterim Chair\, NGO Committee on Language and Languages \n_____________________ \n\nCoNGO Notes: This event is held the NGO Committee on Language and Languages\, a substantive committee of the Conference of Non-Governmental Organizations in Consultative Relationship with the United Nations (CoNGO). Learn more about this Committee and how you may collaborate with it by visiting substantive committees.
URL:https://ngocongo.org/event/unesco-and-multilingualism-a-dialogue-forum/
CATEGORIES:CoNGO Events,CoNGO Member Events,CSO event
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SUMMARY:UNESCO and Multilingualism: A Dialogue Forum
DESCRIPTION:The NGO Committee on Language and Languages presents\nUNESCO and Multilingualism: A Dialogue Forum\n18 May 2022\nREGISTER HERE \nFor 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 working on multilingual education\, the World Atlas of Languages (WAL)\, and the International Decade of Indigenous Languages (IDIL) discuss ongoing initiatives and forthcoming developments.  The session follows a show-and-tell and conversation format to facilitate dialogue.  Representatives of NGOs\, Secretariat and UN agency staff\, and colleagues from Member States are welcome to attend.  A business meeting of the NGO Committee on Language and Languages will take place during the final 40 minutes. \nEvent Details \nThe NGO Committee on Language and Languages (CoLL) is hosting the dialogue forum virtually on 18 May 2022. \n08:45-11:00 – New York\n14:45-17:00 – Geneva\n15:45-18:00 – Nairobi\n19:45-22:00 – Bangkok \nRegistration \nRepresentatives of NGOs\, Secretariat and UN agency staff\, and colleagues from Member States are welcome to attend.   There is no fee\, but preregistration is required.  Register here as soon as possible\, but no later than 16 May. \nProgramme \n8:45-9:00am Sign In \n9:00-9:05am   Francis M. Hult – Introduction \nInterim Vice-Chair\, NGO Committee on Language and Languages \n9:05-9:10am   Eliot Minchenberg – Welcome \nDirector of Office and UNESCO Representative to the United Nations in New York \n9:10-9:30am   Noro Andriamiseza Ingarao – Multilingual Education \nProgramme Specialist in Education\, UNESCO \n9:30-9:50am   Irmgarda Kasinskaite – International Decade of Indigenous Languages \nAdvisor\, Communication and Information\, UNESCO \n9:50-10:10am Bhanu Neupane – World Atlas of Languages \nAdvisor\, Open Access to Scientific Information and ICT & Sciences\, UNESCO \n10:10-10:20am General Discussion about the Multilingual Initiatives of UNESCO \n10:20-11:00am CoLL Business Meeting \nHumphrey Tonkin\, presiding \nInterim Chair\, NGO Committee on Language and Languages \n_____________________ \n\nCoNGO Notes: This event is held the NGO Committee on Language and Languages\, a substantive committee of the Conference of Non-Governmental Organizations in Consultative Relationship with the United Nations (CoNGO). Learn more about this Committee and how you may collaborate with it by visiting substantive committees.
URL:https://ngocongo.org/event/unesco-and-multilingualism-a-dialogue-forum-2/
CATEGORIES:CoNGO Events,CoNGO Member Events,CSO event
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SUMMARY:Multilingualism and COVID-19:  Lessons Learned and Looking Forward
DESCRIPTION:The Study Group on Language and the United Nations presents \nMultilingualism and COVID-19: \nLessons Learned and Looking Forward \nA Virtual Symposium on 3-4 May 2022 \nThe COVID-19 pandemic has had a powerful impact on humanity.  In addition to the direct effects of infection\, there has been a wide range of indirect effects on both individuals and social institutions throughout the world.  Pre-pandemic inequalities have been exacerbated\, and new challenges have emerged as people attempt to cope with living and working through a public health crisis.  The United Nations is currently prioritizing ways forward\, including how Agenda 2030 and the related work of continuing progress on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) can be put back on track from the major setbacks of the pandemic\, as emphasized in Our Common Agenda\, the recent report by the Secretary-General and the focus of the upcoming July 2022 High-Level Political Forum. \nThe present symposium draws attention to the essential role that multilingualism must play in initiatives by the United Nations\, Member States\, non-governmental organizations\, the private sector\, and other stakeholders to foster peri-pandemic and post-pandemic development.  Language mediates all human experience.  Fully inclusive dialogue and problem-solving must involve substantive use of multilingualism to ensure that people can understand one another\, access information equitably\, and participate democratically.  In addition\, all development initiatives must take linguistic minorities into account explicitly so that “nobody is left behind” due to their language background. \nThe symposium focuses on multilingualism with respect to Good Health and Well-Being (SDG 3) and Quality Education (SDG 4)\, with attention to linguistic challenges that have occurred during the pandemic as well as creative and inclusive solutions that have emerged and can be built upon going forward.  The two-day virtual event brings together a spectrum of stakeholders including United Nations staff members\, government officials\, university scholars\, and members of civil society to address issues and innovations.  The symposium follows a panel format through which experts present their perspectives\, engage in dialogue with each other\, and prompt general discussion with participants. \nEvent Details \nThe symposium will take place virtually over two days: \nTuesday\, 3 May – Focus on Good Health and Well-Being (SDG 3) \n08:15-13:00 – New York\n14:15-19:00 – Geneva\n15:15-20:00 – Nairobi\n19:15-12:00 – Bangkok \nWednesday\, 4 May – Focus on Quality Education (SDG 4) \n08:15-13:00 – New York\n14:15-19:00 – Geneva\n15:15-20:00 – Nairobi\n19:15-12:00 – Bangkok \nProgramme \nTuesday\, 3 May – Focus on Good Health and Well-Being (SDG 3) \n8:15-8:30am Sign In \n8:30-8:40am Welcoming Remarks \nHumphrey Tonkin (NGO Committee on Language and Languages/Study Group on Language and the United Nations) \nJoel Gómez (Center for Applied Linguistics) \n8:45-9:00am Featured Speaker \nMultilingualism and the Verified Initiative \nMaher Nasser (UN Department of Global Communications – UNDGC\, Outreach Division) \n9:00am-10:25am Panel \nMultilingualism for Equitable Healthcare Access and Knowledge Development \nFrancis M. Hult\, moderator \nSusie Sykes (London South Bank University) \nThomas Abel (University of Bern) \nStacy C. Bailey (Northwestern University) \nPanel Discussion \nOpen Questions and Dialogue \n10:25-10:55am Break \n11:00-11:15am Featured Speaker \nPublishing for Sustainable Development: How and Why Springer Nature Supports the SDGs \nNicola Jones (Springer Nature\, SDG Programme) \n11:15-12:45pm Panel \nCOVID and The Challenges of Interpretation \nLisa McEntee Atalianis\, moderator \nNing Ding (UN Department for General Assembly and Conference Management – UNDGACM\, Interpretation Service) \nLinda Fitchett (The International Association of Conference Interpreters) \nSeverine Hubscher-Davidson (The Open University) \nPanel Discussion \nOpen Questions and Dialogue \n12:45-1:00pm Featured Speaker \nLanguage\, Health\, and Justice: Measuring the Challenge \nMark Fettes (Centre for Research and Documentation on World Language Problems/Esperantic Studies Foundation) \n* * * \nWednesday\, 4 May – Focus on Quality Education (SDG 4) \n8:15-8:30am Sign In \n8:30-8:40am Opening Remarks \nHumphrey Tonkin (NGO Committee on Language and Languages/Study Group on Language and the United Nations) \nLiberato Bautista (Conference of NGOs in Consultative Relationship with the United Nations) \n8:45-9:00am Featured Speaker \nMultilingual Educational Initiatives during COVID-19 \nNoro Andriamiseza Ingarao (United Nations\, Educational\, Scientific\, and Cultural Organization – UNESCO\, Education Sector) \n9:00-10:30am Panel \nCross-national Responses to Multilingual Educational Challenges During COVID-19 \nRosemary Salomone\, moderator \nPille Poiklik (Ministry of Education and Research\, Estonia) \nGisella Langé (Ministry of Education\, Italy) \nPaul Frank (SIL International) \nPanel Discussion \nOpen Questions and Dialogue \n10:25-10:55am: Break \n11:00-11:15am Featured Speaker \nAn Assets-Based Approach for Multilingual Learners \nJoel Gómez (Center for Applied Linguistics) \n11:15am-12:45pm Panel \nSituated Multilingual Educational Practices in Response to COVID-19 \nCarol Benson\, moderator \nAyé Clarisse Hager-M’Boua (Université Alassane Ouattara) \nBaoqi Sun (National Institute of Education\, Singapore) \nPanel Discussion \nOpen Questions and Dialogue \n12:40-1:00pm Closing Panel \nLessons Learned and Looking Forward \nHumphrey Tonkin\, moderator \nCarol Benson (Teachers College\, Columbia University) \nFrancis M. Hult (University of Maryland\, Baltimore County) \nLisa McEntee-Atalianis (Birkbeck\, University of London) \nRosemary Salomone (St. John’s University) \nSymposium Sponsors \nThe symposium is held in cooperation with the NGO Committee on Language and Languages\, a substantive committee of the Conference of Non-Governmental Organizations in Consultative Relationship with the United Nations (CoNGO)\, and made possible by generous support and assistance from \nCenter for Applied Linguistics (CAL) \nEsperantic Studies Foundation (ESF) \nSpringer Nature \nCentre for Research and Documentation on World Language Problems (CED) \nConsortium for Language Policy and Planning (CLPP) \nInternational Association of Conference Interpreters (AIIC) \n_________________ \nCoNGO Notes: This event is held the NGO Committee on Language and Languages\, a substantive committee of the Conference of Non-Governmental Organizations in Consultative Relationship with the United Nations (CoNGO). Learn more about this Committee and how you may collaborate with it by visiting substantive committees.
URL:https://ngocongo.org/event/7439/
LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:CoNGO Events,CoNGO Member Events,CSO event
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ORGANIZER;CN="NGO Committee on Language and Languages":MAILTO:tonkin@hartford.edu
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DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220504T130000
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SUMMARY:Multilingualism and COVID-19:  Lessons Learned and Looking Forward
DESCRIPTION:The Study Group on Language and the United Nations presents \nMultilingualism and COVID-19: \nLessons Learned and Looking Forward \nA Virtual Symposium on 3-4 May 2022 \nThe COVID-19 pandemic has had a powerful impact on humanity.  In addition to the direct effects of infection\, there has been a wide range of indirect effects on both individuals and social institutions throughout the world.  Pre-pandemic inequalities have been exacerbated\, and new challenges have emerged as people attempt to cope with living and working through a public health crisis.  The United Nations is currently prioritizing ways forward\, including how Agenda 2030 and the related work of continuing progress on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) can be put back on track from the major setbacks of the pandemic\, as emphasized in Our Common Agenda\, the recent report by the Secretary-General and the focus of the upcoming July 2022 High-Level Political Forum. \nThe present symposium draws attention to the essential role that multilingualism must play in initiatives by the United Nations\, Member States\, non-governmental organizations\, the private sector\, and other stakeholders to foster peri-pandemic and post-pandemic development.  Language mediates all human experience.  Fully inclusive dialogue and problem-solving must involve substantive use of multilingualism to ensure that people can understand one another\, access information equitably\, and participate democratically.  In addition\, all development initiatives must take linguistic minorities into account explicitly so that “nobody is left behind” due to their language background. \nThe symposium focuses on multilingualism with respect to Good Health and Well-Being (SDG 3) and Quality Education (SDG 4)\, with attention to linguistic challenges that have occurred during the pandemic as well as creative and inclusive solutions that have emerged and can be built upon going forward.  The two-day virtual event brings together a spectrum of stakeholders including United Nations staff members\, government officials\, university scholars\, and members of civil society to address issues and innovations.  The symposium follows a panel format through which experts present their perspectives\, engage in dialogue with each other\, and prompt general discussion with participants. \nEvent Details \nThe symposium will take place virtually over two days: \nTuesday\, 3 May – Focus on Good Health and Well-Being (SDG 3) \n08:15-13:00 – New York\n14:15-19:00 – Geneva\n15:15-20:00 – Nairobi\n19:15-12:00 – Bangkok \nWednesday\, 4 May – Focus on Quality Education (SDG 4) \n08:15-13:00 – New York\n14:15-19:00 – Geneva\n15:15-20:00 – Nairobi\n19:15-12:00 – Bangkok \nProgramme \nTuesday\, 3 May – Focus on Good Health and Well-Being (SDG 3) \n8:15-8:30am Sign In \n8:30-8:40am Welcoming Remarks \nHumphrey Tonkin (NGO Committee on Language and Languages/Study Group on Language and the United Nations) \nJoel Gómez (Center for Applied Linguistics) \n8:45-9:00am Featured Speaker \nMultilingualism and the Verified Initiative \nMaher Nasser (UN Department of Global Communications – UNDGC\, Outreach Division) \n9:00am-10:25am Panel \nMultilingualism for Equitable Healthcare Access and Knowledge Development \nFrancis M. Hult\, moderator \nSusie Sykes (London South Bank University) \nThomas Abel (University of Bern) \nStacy C. Bailey (Northwestern University) \nPanel Discussion \nOpen Questions and Dialogue \n10:25-10:55am Break \n11:00-11:15am Featured Speaker \nPublishing for Sustainable Development: How and Why Springer Nature Supports the SDGs \nNicola Jones (Springer Nature\, SDG Programme) \n11:15-12:45pm Panel \nCOVID and The Challenges of Interpretation \nLisa McEntee Atalianis\, moderator \nNing Ding (UN Department for General Assembly and Conference Management – UNDGACM\, Interpretation Service) \nLinda Fitchett (The International Association of Conference Interpreters) \nSeverine Hubscher-Davidson (The Open University) \nPanel Discussion \nOpen Questions and Dialogue \n12:45-1:00pm Featured Speaker \nLanguage\, Health\, and Justice: Measuring the Challenge \nMark Fettes (Centre for Research and Documentation on World Language Problems/Esperantic Studies Foundation) \n* * * \nWednesday\, 4 May – Focus on Quality Education (SDG 4) \n8:15-8:30am Sign In \n8:30-8:40am Opening Remarks \nHumphrey Tonkin (NGO Committee on Language and Languages/Study Group on Language and the United Nations) \nLiberato Bautista (Conference of NGOs in Consultative Relationship with the United Nations) \n8:45-9:00am Featured Speaker \nMultilingual Educational Initiatives during COVID-19 \nNoro Andriamiseza Ingarao (United Nations\, Educational\, Scientific\, and Cultural Organization – UNESCO\, Education Sector) \n9:00-10:30am Panel \nCross-national Responses to Multilingual Educational Challenges During COVID-19 \nRosemary Salomone\, moderator \nPille Poiklik (Ministry of Education and Research\, Estonia) \nGisella Langé (Ministry of Education\, Italy) \nPaul Frank (SIL International) \nPanel Discussion \nOpen Questions and Dialogue \n10:25-10:55am: Break \n11:00-11:15am Featured Speaker \nAn Assets-Based Approach for Multilingual Learners \nJoel Gómez (Center for Applied Linguistics) \n11:15am-12:45pm Panel \nSituated Multilingual Educational Practices in Response to COVID-19 \nCarol Benson\, moderator \nAyé Clarisse Hager-M’Boua (Université Alassane Ouattara) \nBaoqi Sun (National Institute of Education\, Singapore) \nPanel Discussion \nOpen Questions and Dialogue \n12:40-1:00pm Closing Panel \nLessons Learned and Looking Forward \nHumphrey Tonkin\, moderator \nCarol Benson (Teachers College\, Columbia University) \nFrancis M. Hult (University of Maryland\, Baltimore County) \nLisa McEntee-Atalianis (Birkbeck\, University of London) \nRosemary Salomone (St. John’s University) \nSymposium Sponsors \nThe symposium is held in cooperation with the NGO Committee on Language and Languages\, a substantive committee of the Conference of Non-Governmental Organizations in Consultative Relationship with the United Nations (CoNGO)\, and made possible by generous support and assistance from \nCenter for Applied Linguistics (CAL) \nEsperantic Studies Foundation (ESF) \nSpringer Nature \nCentre for Research and Documentation on World Language Problems (CED) \nConsortium for Language Policy and Planning (CLPP) \nInternational Association of Conference Interpreters (AIIC) \n_________________ \nCoNGO Notes: This event is held the NGO Committee on Language and Languages\, a substantive committee of the Conference of Non-Governmental Organizations in Consultative Relationship with the United Nations (CoNGO). Learn more about this Committee and how you may collaborate with it by visiting substantive committees.
URL:https://ngocongo.org/event/7439-2/
LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:CoNGO Events,CoNGO Member Events,CSO event
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