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e-Update • 12 January 2007 Every Child Needs A Teacher, Global Campaign for Education, 24 – 30 April "If you can read this, thank a teacher!" That’s what the Global Campaign for Education (GCE) is doing this week and urges each of you to do the same. Worldwide we need at least 15 million more teachers if we are to meet the Millennium Development Goal of every child completing a quality education by 2015. The GCE provides country updates and pledges for an action week worldwide. Contact Alex Kent: +27 11 447 4111 or + 27 76 428 5390 alex@campaignforeducation.org Informal Interactive Hearings UNGA / NGOs / private sector on LDCs, 22 June, New York The one day hearings will provide NGOs and the private sector the opportunity to make recommendations to the UNGA High Level Meeting on the Midterm Review of the Implementation of the Programme of Action for the Least Developed Countries for the Decade 2001 - 2010, due to take place on 17 and 18 September 2006. Deadline for submission of nomination forms for invitation as speakers/active participants has been extended to Tuesday, 02 May 2006. For more information, please contact Fred Kirungi at +1-917-367-3431, kirungi@un.org or visit www.un.org/ohrllskirungi@un.org or visit www.un.org/ohrlls Informal Interactive Hearings on International Migration and Development, 12 July 2006, New York As part of the preparatory activities leading to the High-level Dialogue on International Migration and Development to be held in New York from 14 to 15 September 2006, the UNGA will hold informal interactive hearings with representatives of non-governmental organizations (NGOs), civil society organizations and the private sector on 12 July 2006 at United Nations headquarters in New York. Online applications ONLY should be sent before 5 May through the form available here. Applications sent by fax and email will not be accepted. If you have any questions, please contact the United Nations Non-Governmental Liaison Service at +1 212 963 3125. Geneva Forum "Towards Global Access to Health", 30 August – 1 September 2006, Geneva Organized by the Geneva University Hospitals and under the auspices of several organizations active in health and care, the Geneva Forum 2006, under the flags of equity, training and partnership, will provide a unique opportunity for all participants to present and explore innovative partnerships and programmes facilitating access to health. Find here general information about the forum, registration form or contact the Secretariat. ECOSOC NGO Forum, 29 – 30 June, Geneva You have only 2 weeks left to register to the Civil Society Forum before the ECOSOC High Level Segment. We encourage early registrations in order to facilitate the organizational details regarding visa requests and hotel accommodations. General information and full program will be available in the next issue of our e-update. Other Upcoming Events: 9 May: Election of the members of the newly established Human Rights Council http://www.un.org/ga/60/elect/hrc and information on the CONGO website 15 May – 2 June: 35th Session CEDAW – New York http://www.un.org/womenwatch/daw/cedaw/35sess.htm 17 May: World Information Society Day and cluster of events around it – Geneva http://www.itu.int/wsis/implementation/wisd/index.html and CONGO website 31 May: World No Tobacco Day – Geneva http://www.who.int/tobacco/communications/events/wntd/2006/en/index.html 31 May - 1 June: General Assembly Special Session on HIV/AIDS - New York http://www.unaids.org/en/AIDSreview2006/AIDSReview2006/default.asp 15-26 May: 5th Session of the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues – New York http://www.un.org/esa/socdev/unpfii/en/session_fifth.html 22 - 26 May: 59th World Health Assembly – Geneva http://www.who.int/mediacentre/events/2006/wha59/wha59/en/index.html 31 May – 16 June: ILO General Conference – Geneva http://www.ilo.org/public/english/standards/relm/ilc/ilc95/reports.htm 5 June: World Environment Day – UNEP http://www.unep.org/wed/2006/english/ 19 – 23 June: World Urban Forum – Vancouver, Canada http://www.un-habitat.org/wuf/2006/default.asp 12 July: UNGA High-level Dialogue on International Migration and Development – UNHQ http://www.unmigration.org Please visit http://www.ngocongo.org or http://www.ngoevents.org for an updated calendar of relevant events. CONGO - Conference of NGOs in Consultative Relations with the United Nations Post: CP 50, 1211 Geneva 20, Switzerland, Tel: +41 22 301 1000 Fax: +41 22 301 2000 http://www.ngocongo.org The Conference of NGOs (CONGO) is an international, membership association that facilitates the participation of NGOs in the United Nations debates and decisions. Founded in 1948, CONGO's major objective is to ensure the presence of NGOs in exchanges among the world's governments and United Nations agencies on issues of global concern. |
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