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Calendar of Events
At UN Headquarters, New York
“Whenever we lift one soul from a life of poverty, we are defending human rights.
And whenever we fail in this mission, we are failing human rights.” -- Kofi Annan
In honor of International Human Rights Day, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights in New York is pleased to present:
- Civil Society Forum: Human Rights and Poverty: Voices from Affected
Groups
Wednesday, 6 December, 1:15 – 2:45 p.m. (Conference Room 1)
Panelists:- Indigenous Peoples: Roberto Mucaro Borrero, Chair, NGO Committee on the International Decade of the World’s Indigenous Peoples
- Migrants: Fatima Ahmed, President, ZENAB for Women and Development
- Minorities: Iulia Motoc, International Law Chair, Bucharest and Senior Fellow, Yale
- Women: Sr. Darlene Jacobs, Maryknoll Office of Global Concerns
- Moderator: Bobbi Nassar, Chair, NGO Committee on Human Rights
- Film: Punam - a moving short film about the life of a
Nepalese family living in poverty
Thursday, 7 December, 10:00 – 10:30 a.m. (Dag Hammarskjöld Library Auditorium) - NGO Briefing: Human Rights Challenges in the 21st
Century
Thursday, 7 December, 10:30 – 12:00 p.m. (Dag Hammarskjöld Library Auditorium)
Webcast: www.un.org/dpi/ngosection
Speakers:- Belén Sapag, Permanent Mission of Chile to the United Nations
- Steve Crawshaw, Human Rights Watch
- Jimmie Briggs, Journalist & Author
- A panel discussion: "Beyond Charity: Rights, Power and
Poverty"
Annual Human Rights Day Feature Event
Friday, 8 December, 1:15 – 2:45 p.m. (Conference Room 4)
Webcast: www.un.org/webcast
Panelists:- Philip Alston, Director, NYU Center for Human Rights and Global Justice
- Sakiko Fukuda-Parr, Former Director, Human Development Report
- Varun Gauri, Senior Economist, World Bank
- Alicia Ely Yamin, Director of Research and Investigations, Physicians for Human Rights
- Moderator: Craig Mokhiber, Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights
- Children’s Writing Competition: Human Rights and Poverty
Ongoing -all Week - Art exhibit: Drawing it
Out - 300 cartoons on HIV/AIDS by artists from around the world.
South Gallery, General Assembly Visitors Lobby. - 9th Annual UN Student Conference: Migration and Development
- Challenges for Human Rights
UN International School (Manhattan) and UN Headquarters, Webcast
If you do not have a UN Grounds Pass and wish to attend an event, please contact Sharon Brandstein, Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, phone: 1 212 963 7021 or email: brandstein@un.org.