SPSSI’s 75th Anniversary Celebration

Program will include remarks from:

Ambassador Maritza Chan, Permanent Mission of Costa Rica to the United Nations
Mr. Rio Hada, Chief of the Equality, Development, and Rule of Law Section, UN Office of the High Commissioner of Human Rights – NYC
Lily Gray, Senior Liaison Officer, UNESCO
Daniel Seymour, UN Women
Levi Bautista, President, CoNGO
Patrick Sciarratta, President, Global NGO Executive Committee
Houry Geudelekian, NGO Committee on the Status of Women

This is an invitation-only event. If you plan to bring a guest, please ask them to RSVP to this invitation as well so that they will be on the guest list (or RSVP for them separately after you submit your own RSVP).

Please RSVP here by the end of the day on Sunday, Oct. 16, 2022.

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CoNGO Notes: For more information on the NGO Committee on the Status of Women/NY, please visit ngocsw.org. For more information on the NGO Committee on the Status of Women/Vienna, please visit ngocswvienna.org. For more information on the NGO Committee on the Status of Women/Geneva, please visit ngocsw-geneva.ch. 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 Mental Health, please visit ngomentalhealth.org.

OCA Discussion Series 4 – Participation and Representation: Better Connecting “We the Peoples” to the Multilateral System

Join Baha’i International Community, CIVICUS, Democracy Without Borders, and the Coalition for the UN We Need for part IV of the “Our Common Agenda” Discussion Series, which will focus on:

Participation and Representation: Better Connecting “We the Peoples” to the Multilateral System

Register here!

International decision making is improved when diverse perspectives are welcomed. Participants in this session will provide concrete proposals for new approaches to strengthen democratic participation, representation and inclusion in the multilateral system.

An open discussion will follow lead-off remarks from:

H.E. Mr. Martin Bille Hermann, Denmark • H.E. Ms. Maritza Chan Valverde, Costa Rica (invited) • Ms. María Fernanda Espinosa, Group of Women Leaders for Change and Inclusion • Mr. Jo Leinen, UNPA Campaign • Ms. Emilia Saiz, United Cities and Local Governments • Mr. Mandeep Tiwana, CIVICUS • Ms. Maithili Pai, International Service for Human Rights • Mr. Javier Surasky, CEPEI • Mr. Khaled Emam, Major Group for Children and Youth • Ms. Natalie Samarasinghe, Open Society Foundations

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CoNGO Notes: For more information on the Committee of Religious NGOs in Consultative Relationship with the United Nations, please visit rngos.wordpress.com. For more information on the NGO Committee on Human Rights, please email the co-chairs at bobbinassar@yahoo.com or bknotts@uua.org. For more information on the NGO Committee on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, please visit facebook.com/NGOCoRIP. For more information on the NGO Committee on Language and Languages, please email the co-chairs at fmhult@umbc.edu or tonkin@hartford.edu. For more information on the NGO Committee on Spirituality, Values, and Global Concerns/NY, please visit csvgc-ny.org.

Financing Nature-based Solutions is Path to Holistic and Equitable Recovery from Pandemic

Financing Nature-based Solutions is Path to Holistic and Equitable Recovery from Pandemic: COVID recovery and our planet’s repair must be the two sides of the same coin

A Side-Event of the ECOSOC 2021 Financing for Development Forum from the NGO Committee on Financing for Development – Climate Finance Working Group, Co-Sponsored by the Permanent Mission of Costa Rica to the United Nations & the Permanent Mission of Jamaica to the United Nations

This side-event will showcase climate adaptation finance focusing on nature-based solutions as holistic and greener path to restore well-being of peoples and recovery from COVID-19 pandemic. Panelists will speak to their organizational initiative on financing NbS, current initiative, success as well as challenges and gaps. It is the hope of this forum to present recommendations calling all stakeholders to finance a more robust and stronger holistic and greener response to pandemic recovery and protection of nature while addressing the socio-economic aspects.

Speakers:

Introduction & Welcome: Marvie L. Misolas, Lead Organizer
Moderator: Ms. Gail Davis-Carter
Keynote Speaker: Ms. Zdenka Piskulich, Executive Director, Costa Rica Por Siempre –
H.E. Ambassador Rodrigo A. Carazo, Permanent Representative, Mission of Costa Rica to the UN
H. E. Ambassador E. Courtenay Rattray, Permanent Representative, Mission of Jamaica to the UN
Glaston White, Director, Half Moon Bay Fishermen’s Cooperative, a Community-based Reef Restoration Initiative in Jamaica
Brandon Hay, Science Officer, Caribbean Coastal Area Management Foundation
Paul Smith, Adaptation Finance Team Lead, UNEP Finance Initiative
Martina Dorigo, Program Analyst, Adaptation Fund

Organizers:

Maryknoll Sisters of St. Dominic, Inc., United Religions Initiative, ManUpCampaign, ListenGive Initiative & The Creators 2020 UN SDGs Arts & Youth Initiative, Global Distribution Advocates, Inc., United Methodist Church – General Board of Church and Society, Africa Development Interchange Network

Co-Sponsoring Organizations: Misean Cara, Don Bosco Aid Ireland, Salesian Missions, Inc.

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CoNGO Notes: For more information on the NGO Committee on Financing for Development, please visit ngosonffd.org. For more ngocsdvienna.org. For more information on the NGO Committee on Sustainable Development-NY, please visit ngocsd-ny.org.

[HLPF virtual lab] Aligning reporting processes: VNRs & international human rights mechanisms

Aligning reporting processes: Voluntary National Reviews and international human rights mechanisms

2020 HLPF VNR LAB

The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and the Permanent Mission of Austria to the United Nations in New York are pleased to invite you to a showcase of best practices in aligning VNR reports with reporting to and engagement with the international human rights mechanisms. Speakers will demonstrate how such strategic alignment can lead to concrete benefits such as improved quality of reporting, reduced reporting burdens, increased participatory nature of reporting, and accelerated implementation of the 2030 Agenda.

REGISTER NOW: www.tinyurl.com/VNR-Lab

The event will take place on Monday, 13 July, at 8am EDT (New York time) / 2pm CEST (Geneva) / 7pm (GMT +7, Bangkok)

SPEAKERS

Amb. Alexander Marschik (chairperson of the event), Permanent Representative of Austria to the United Nations in New York
Francella Strickland, Assistant Chief Executive Officer, International Relations Division, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Samoa
Amb. Alejandra Solano Cabalceta, Director General of Foreign Policy, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Costa Rica
Kateryna Levchenko, Government Commissioner for Gender Policy, Ukraine
Judith Ekaete Umoh, Secretary, African Disability Forum, Executive Director, FACICP Disability Plus, Nigeria

RESPONDENT

Mahamane Cisse-Gouro, Director, Human Rights Council and Treaty Mechanisms Division, Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights

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*Followed by an interactive discussion in English

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