THE WEEK AHEAD AT THE UNITED NATIONS:

 THE EUROPEAN PERSPECTIVE (19/08)

17-23 May 2008 (and beyond)

 

 

VIP Visits

 

• Jacob Zuma, President of the African National Congress in Brussels (19 May);
  

 

• UNODC Executive Director, Antonio Maria Costa, in Sharm El Sheikh (19 May);
  

 

• EU Commissioner, Peter Mandelson, in Sharm El Sheikh (19-20 May);
  

 

• Alan Doss, SRSG for the Democratic Republic of the Congo, in the Hague (20 May);
  

   

• Jacques Diouf, FAO Director-General, in Paris (29 May);
  

 

Monday, 19 May

 

-Sierra Leone configuration of the Peacebuilding Commission: high-level stakeholders’ consultation

 

 

Tuesday, 20 May

 

Brdo: EU-Nigeria Troika meeting 

Paris:  OECD Global Forum on Development : plenary meeting on 20/5, followed by the DAC high-level meeting on 21/5.

 
 

Strasbourg: Commission proposals on the Union for the Mediterranean.  Commissioner Benita Ferrero-Waldner hosts the press conference.

 

-Economic and Social Council - special meeting on the global food crisis.

 

 

 

Wednesday, 21 May  

 

Rome: FAO publishes its Food Price Index for April.

 

 

Thursday, 22 May  

 

Geneva: Human Rights Council - special session on the global food crisis.

 

London: -International Day of UN Peacekeepers, lecture by General Patrick Cammaert, formerly divisional commander, Eastern Brigade, MONUC and now advising in Timor.

 

New York:

-Security Council - briefing and consultations on Burundi.

 

Friday, 23 May

 

Brussels: EU Commissioner Danuta Hübner and Nobel Prize laureate in Economics Dr Michael Spence will present the much-anticipated report of the “Commission on Growth and Development”, created under the auspices of the World Bank.

 

 

And beyond: Other dates to pin

                                    
 

28 May

 

Yokohama: Fourth Tokyo International Conference on African Development  (Till 30 May)

 

2 June

 

Bonn: Media in Peacebuilding and Conflict prevention  – Deutsche Welle Global Media Forum. (Till 4 June)

The Global Media Forum will bring together around 800 renowned representatives from the fields of media and politics, culture and economics, peace building and science who want to shape new solutions for peace and conflict prevention. Main topics are: Worldwide deployment– what can and must Europe do to prevent conflicts?  Crisis prevention via media intervention; Crouching tiger, hidden dragon - economic development, political stability and the role of the media in Asia; How can the truth survive? In Africa journalists are often caught between the fronts; Reading between the lies - perception and prejudice in the Middle East.

 

3 June

 

Rome: World Food Security and the Challenges of Climate Change and Bioenergy, high-level meeting.  Organizer: FAO (Till 5 June)