Civil Society & United Nations Recourses

Welcome to civil society at the Untied Nations. With the COVID-19, information and events are more accessible than ever before. See below a list of civil society events that you can attend via online access.

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Civil Society Event Backgrounders

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Nature Communications and Strategy Meeting - 4/4/2020

| PEACE | SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT |

SUMMARY: Combined meetings of Nature Communications and Strategy. Focus on nature and coronavirus updates and reflections, as well as updates on ongoing projects related to nature.
PASS NEEDED: none
COALITION: UN NGO Major Group
RSVP INFO: none
DATE: 4/4/2020
TIME: 11 EDT
LOCATION: via conference call
OUR ROLE:
NOTES:

NGO MG Urban Cluster Zoom meeting - 6/4/2020

| PEACE | SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT |

SUMMARY: Editing and working on the NGO Major Group Urban Cluster 2020 Position Paper, focusing on SDG 11.
PASS NEEDED: - NO
COALITION: NGO Major Group
RSVP INFO: -
DATE: April 6th 2020
TIME: 11 ET
LOCATION: via zoom
OUR ROLE:
NOTES:

UN2020 Monthly Meeting- 31/03/2020

| PEACE | SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT |

SUMMARY: Following up on the previous UN2020 meeting (the 2020-3-26 UN75 People’s Forum Declaration & Plan of Action Call) to present the latest updates on the declaration, go over and briefly present the content and categories of the declaration and its timeline, point out suggestions to the civil society as to how they can contribute. Here, the abbreviated declaration becomes the focus and is getting ready to be finalised to be utilized as an advocacy tool to influence the negotiations of the UN75 People's Forum political declaration. This monthly update meeting also went in depth on COVID-19 updates, specifically updates from the city of New York.
PASS NEEDED: -
COALITION: UN2020
RSVP INFO:
DATE: March 31st 2020
TIME: 9.30 - 11.30 am
LOCATION: Online via zoom
OUR ROLE: Participate in the completion of the Declaration draft
NOTES:website: http://un2020.org/upcoming-calls/

Youth Community Call 02/04/2020

| SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT |

SUMMARY: A global conversation in light of COVID-19 with youth
PASS NEEDED: None
COALITION: DGC Civil Society Unit and the DGC Youth Representative Steering Committee
RSVP INFO: Not needed; Zoom information included in the Flyer
DATE: 02/04/2020
TIME: 9:30 AM
LOCATION: Zoom
OUR ROLE: note takers/ participant
NOTES: see attachment

Coronavirus in Africa - 9/4/2020

| SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT | COVID-19 |

SUMMARY: Coronavirus in Africa: Stopping the Spread and the Panic with Lessons Learned from the Ebola EpidemicThis webinar is a first in the series addressing the social, economic, and health effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, and it focuses on African countries specifically. Given the fragile health systems in numerous African countries, WHO has urged African leaders to respond to the outbreak and strengthen efforts to contain the disease before it spreads even further, overwhelming communities that may already be vulnerable. The panel is lead by the United African Congress (UAC) and International Association of Applied Psychology (IAAP), featuring experts in areas of health, government, and media. Drawing on the experience of the previous 2014-2016 Ebola epidemic, panelists will discuss initiatives such as mitigation, capacity-building, policy, and successful programming in tackling the current global pandemic.
PASS NEEDED: no
COALITION: United African Congress (UAC) and International Association of Applied Psychology (IAAP) and PCUN
RSVP INFO: yes, google doc filled in
DATE: 9/4/2020
TIME: 11.00 ET
LOCATION: via zoom
OUR ROLE: spectator
NOTES:

UN2020 Declaration Drafting for UN75 - 26/03/2020

| PEACE | SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT |

SUMMARY: Discussing the proposed timeline and methodology of the process of developing the Civil Society Declaration and Plan of Action for the 75th Anniversary of the United Nations. The Declaration is expected to be finalized in May and presented at the UN75 People's Forum taking place virtually in mid-May. This meeting is intended to capture the civil society vision for UN75 and beyond and propose a plan of action to reach this vision. UN2020 invites civil societies to provide perspective and feedback and discuss the first draft of the declaration.
COALITION: UN2020
DATE: March 26th 2020
TIME: 9:30am EDT (New York)
LOCATION: zoom
OUR ROLE: participation in the drafting of the declaration
NOTES: did not attend

International Women's Day - 2020-03-01

| SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT |

SUMMARY: The United Nations observance of International Women’s Day took place on 6 March 2020 from 10 am to 1 pm at United Nations Headquarters in New York. The observance celebrated the next generations of women and girl leaders and gender equality activists together with the women’s rights advocates and visionaries on whose shoulders they stand. Leveraging the 2020 International Women’s Day theme, “I am Generation Equality: Realizing Women’s Rights”, the UN commemoration celebrated change-makers of all ages and genders and included addresses by senior representatives of the United Nations system, an inter-generational dialogue with gender equality activists, and musical performances by UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador and Grammy Awards winner Angelique Kidjo, who also spoke, The Pihcintu Multicultural Chorus and Broadway Singers. It looked at the progress achieved in the last quarter century since the historic Fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing, and identified solutions for advancing gender equality and transforming women’s lives.
PASS NEEDED: yes
COALITION: UNWomen
RSVP INFO: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/united-nations-observance-of-international-womens-day-2020-tickets-56220617380 Deadline: 2020-02-25 Details: Eventbrite; please wear red or blue
DATE: March 6th, 2020
TIME: 10am - 1 pm
LOCATION: United Nations Headquarters in New York
OUR ROLE: participant, took notes
NOTES: see Backgrounder

Move the Nuclear Weapons and Fossil Fuel Money

| DISARMAMENT |

SUMMARY: This event will discuss cutting nuclear weapons budgets and ending investments in nuclear weapons and fossil fuels. All this money can be invested better and reallocated to public health, climate protection and sustainable development instead. The coronavirus pandemic has highlighted the need for governments and the international community to focus more on human security issues and to shift resources from military spending, especially the nuclear weapons budgets, to accomplish this. However, the nuclear weapons and fossil fuel industries have vested financial interests in maintaining the nuclear arms race and a fossil fuel economy. They are potent political forces preventing change. Governments, cities, religious communities, universities, banks and private investors can shift these financial incentives by divesting from the nuclear weapons and fossil fuel industries and re-allocating these investments according to the UN Global Compact and ESG (Environment, Social, Governance) principals. Such actions provide political support for legislative efforts to cut nuclear weapons budgets, especially in the USA and UK.

PASS NEEDED:
COALITION:
RSVP INFO:
DATE: March 6th, 2020
TIME: 10am - 1 pm
LOCATION: United Nations Headquarters in New York
OUR ROLE: participant, took notes
NOTES: see Backgrounder

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