[WSIS CS-Plenary] Fwd: UN Webcast: Informal Interactive Hearings of the General Assembly (23-24 June)
Rik Panganiban
rikp at earthlink.net
Thu Jun 23 13:13:29 BST 2005
For those who are following the Millennium Development Goals, ICT4D, UN
reform, etc. Today and tomorrow are the "informal interactive hearings
of civil society with the General Assembly."
Rik Panganiban
CONGO
Begin forwarded message:
>
> To Colleagues interested in the Millennium +5 Summit:
> (Apologies for cross-posting)
>
> Dear Colleagues:
>
> The proceedings of the General Assembly Hearings for NGOs, civil
> society
> and the private sector, taking place on Thursday 23 June and Friday 24
> June
> 2005, will be broadcasted live on UN webcast, available online at:
> http://www.un.org/webcast/index.asp.
>
> Please find enclosed the programme of the Informal Interactive
> Hearings of
> the General Assembly with NGOs, civil society organizations and the
> private
> sector.
>
> Updates of the event will be posted on the NGLS webpage:
> http://www.un-ngls.org/GA-hearings.htm.
>
> Best regards,
>
> UN-NGLS
> ___________________
>
> Programme Informal Interactive Hearings of the General Assembly with
> NGOs,
> civil society organizations and the private sector:
>
> Thursday 23 June
>
> 10:00-10:20am Opening of the Hearings: Plenary Meeting of the
> General Assembly
>
> " H.E. Mr. Jean Ping
> President of the 59th session of the United Nations General Assembly
>
> " Ms. Louise Fréchette
> United Nations Deputy-Secretary-General
>
> " Ms. Renate Bloem
> President -- Conference of Non-Governmental Organizations (CONGO)
>
>
> General Assembly Hall
> 10:30am-1:00pm Session on Freedom to Live in Dignity**
>
>
> ECOSOC Chamber
> 1:15pm-2:45pm Side Events (see list below)
>
> 3:00pm-6:00pm Session on Freedom from Want**
> Segment on MDGs 1 through 7 ECOSOC Chamber
>
> 3:00pm-6:00pm Session on Freedom from Want**
> Segment on MDG 8 & Issues on Financing for Development Trusteeship
> Council
>
> **Each session will begin with 5 minute presentations from invited
> speakers
> followed by an interactive discussion.
>
>
> Friday 24 June
>
> 10:00-1:00pm Session on Freedom from Fear**
> ECOSOC Chamber
>
>
> ECOSOC Chamber
> 1:15pm-2:45pm Side Events (see list below)
>
> 3:00pm-5:30pm Session on Strengthening the United Nations**
>
>
> ECOSOC Chamber
> 5:30pm-6:00pm
>
> Closing of the Hearings
>
> " Summaries from Rapporteurs (each of the four sessions)
>
> " Mr. Kofi Annan
> United Nations Secretary-General
>
> " H.E. Mr. Jean Ping
> President of the 59th session of the United Nations General Assembly
>
> **Each session will begin with 5 minute presentations from invited
> speakers
> followed by an interactive discussion.
>
> _________
>
> SIDE EVENTS
>
> Thursday 23 June Title Organizers
> Room
>
> 1:15-2:45pm GCAP: Action Towards Making Poverty History
> Network for Global Call to Action Against Poverty
> (GCAP)
> Conference Room 3
> Co-sponsors: UN Millennium Campaign
> Collaborators: ICFTU, PDHRE, WEDO, CIVICUS, MADRE,
> GYAN, UBUNTU, IIED, "2005: Plus d'excuses!", REPEM,
> Dominican Leadership Conference, ESCR-Net, Caritas International, IATP,
> DAWN, ICAE
>
>
> 1:15-2:45pm NGO Responses to the MDGs
> MDG Global Watch
> Conference Room 9
> Co-sponsor: Permanent Mission of Benin and Cameroon
> Collaborators: The Virginia Gildersleeve
> International
> Fund, Franciscans International, NGO Subcommittee for Eradication of
> Poverty, Soroptimist International, NGO Working Group on
> FfD,
> UNA Suriname, International Agency for
> EconomicDevelopment, I.A.E.D.
>
>
> 1:15-2:45pm Youth and the Millennium Development Goals: Raising
> Awareness and Mobilizing for Action
> Global Youth Action Network
> ECOSOC Chamber
> Co-sponsors: Permanent Mission of Norway and UN
> Programme
> on Youth Collaborators:World Lutheran Federation and
> TakingITGlobal
>
>
> 1:15-2:45pm Panel on Dignity for All
> International Movement ATD Fourth World
> Conference Room D
> Collaborators: Congregation of Sisters of the Good
> Sheperd
>
>
> Friday 24 June
>
>
> 1:15-2:45pm Voices from the Community Commons: Grassroots
> Recommendations on the Global Development Agenda
> Equator Initiative - UNDP
> Conference Room 9
> Co-sponsors: Fordham University
>
>
> 1:15-2:45pm Unkept Promises: Launch of the Advance Social Watch
> Report 2005
> Social Watch
> Conference Room 3
> Co-sponsors: UN Millennium Campaign and UNDP-CSO
> Division
> Collaborators: Social Watch, Eurostep, Arab NGO
> Network for Development, IBASE-INESC (Brazil), PPRM (Philippines),
> Global Policy Forum, North-South Institute, WLAC (Tanzania)
>
>
> 1:15-2:45pm Panel Discussion on Building Common Ground:
> Environment
> for Achieving the MDGs
> International Institute for Environment and
> Development
> (IIED)
> Conference Room 7
> Co-sponsors: UNDP and UNEP
> Collaborators: UK Government (DFID), World
> Conservation
> Union, and World Wildlife Federation
>
>
> 1:15-2:45pm Panel on Human Rights Defenders on the Frontiers of
> Freedom: Advancing Security and the Rule of Law
> Global 2000 / The Carter Center
> Conference Room 1
> Co-sponsors: Office of the High-Commissioner for
> Human
> Rights (OHCHR)
>
>
> 1:15-2:45pm UN Reform: The Role of the NGO Community in Shaping
> the
> UN Human Rights Council
> Freedom House
> Conference Room D
> Collaborators: Transnational Radical Party, Better
> World
> Fund, CCD, Democracy Coalition Project, Citizens for Global Solutions,
> International League for Human Rights, Center for American
> Progress,
> and Global Rights
>
>
> 1:15-2:45pm Film Debut: Land of the Missing Children
> Coalition Against Trafficking in Women
> Trusteeship Council
> Collaborators: Congregation of Sisters of the Good
> Shepherd, UNANIMA International, Apne Aap Women Worldwide
>
>
> 1:15-2:45pm The Peacekeepers - A National Film Board of Canada
> Documentary
> Mission of Canada
> Dag Hammarskjold Auditorium
> _________
>
> CAUCUS MEETINGS - GA Hearings (23-24 June)
> (All caucus meetings are held in Conference Room A)
>
> Wednesday 22 June
> 7:00-8:00pm Youth
>
> Thursday 23 June
> 9:00-10:00am Environment
> 11:00am-12:00pm Girls' Rights
> 1:00-2:00pm Social Development
> 2:00-3:00pm CSD NGO Steering Group (Northern Caucus)
> 7:00-8:00pm Youth
>
> Friday 24 June
> 9:00-10:00am Women
> 11:00am-12:00pm Environment
> 12:00-2:00pm Global Call to Action Against Poverty
>
> __________
>
> UN Webcast (http://www.un.org/webcast/index.asp)
> All Indicated times are New York time (GMT -4)
>
>
> Thursday, 23 June 2005
>
> Channel 2
>
> 11:15am Press Conference: Mr.
> Roberto Bissio, Social Watch
> Coordinator, Dr. Karina
> Batthyany, Social Watch Head
> Researcher, Ms. Rehemaq Kerefu
> of Social Watch Tanzania, and
> Ms. Barbara Adams (moderator),
> Chief of Strategic
> Partnerships and
> Communications at UNIFEM, to
> discuss Social Watch's
> publication, "Advance Social
> Watch Report 2005: Unkept
> Promises. What the numbers say
> about poverty and gender."
>
>
> Channel 4
>
>
> 10:00am General Assembly:
> Integrated and coordinated
> implementation of and
> follow-up to the outcomes of
> the major United Nations
> conferences and summits in the
> economic, social and related
> fields [45]; follow-up to the
> outcome of the Millennium
> Summit [55]: opening of the
> informal interactive hearings
> of the General Assembly with
> non-governmental
> organizations, civil society
> organizations and the private
> sector
>
>
> ___________________________________________
>
> UN Non-Governmental Liaison Service (UN-NGLS)
> Room DC1-1106
> United Nations
> New York, NY 10017 USA
> tel: ++ 1 212 963 3125
> fax: ++ 1 212 963 8712
> e-mail: ngls at un.org
> URL: http://www.un-ngls.org
>
> ___________________________________________
>
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