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Cairo, 21 June – As the COVID-19 pandemic abates, work is resuming on the ambitious Mosaic of Peace project that would make Palermo the center for drawing up a new Declaration of Human Rights. The head of the project, Nino Calogero, told ANSAmed that the push has come from Dubai for the idea, ”addressed to
On July the 7th 2009 IDA start his activities. During the year’s IDA people has meet several important Personalities as: Nelson Mandela, Barack Obama, Ban Ki-moon, Ernest Bai Koroma, Alberto II of Monaco, Macky Sall, Dmitrij Medvedev, Vladimir Putin, Carl Wright, Jacques Chirac, Gheddafi, Xi Jinping, Ram Nath Kovind, etc. The list is long because
New York, 17 June – The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development recognizes that middle-income countries (MICs) face significant challenges to achieve sustainable development, as they are home to 70% of the global poor. The pandemic has made these challenges even more acute. The high-level meeting is being held under the theme “Finetuning the development system
Palermo, 17 June – The launch of the Mosaic of Peace initiative in Palermo in 2019 saw as its first protagonists the Cities of Beirut and Palermo, linked by common Phoenician roots and a strong Mediterranean identity that we feel the duty to manifest itself in present and future commitment, so that our Sea ceases
New York, 7 Jun – IDA virtual attendance. The 2021 regular session of the Committee on NGOs take place on 7 June 2021 at the United Nations Headquarters in New York. The Committee meet again on and to adopt its report of the session. The session is expected to consider 516 new applications for status
New York, 4 Jun 2021 – IDA virtual attendance. The 20th session of the High-level Committee (HLC) on South-South Cooperation will meet on 1-4 June 2021 to review progress made in implementing the Buenos Aires Plan of Action, the new directions strategy for South-South cooperation, the Nairobi outcome document of the High-level United Nations Conference on
Paris, 17 May – IDA virtual attendance. France will cancel almost $5 billion in debt owed by Sudan to Paris as part of efforts to help the country in its transition to democracy after the ousting of authoritarian leader Omar al-Bashir, President Emmanuel Macron said on Monday. “We (France) are in favor of an outright
Palermo, 11 September 2020 – At Palazzo delle Aquile in Palermo, a moment of remembrance was held for the victims of the attack on the World Trade Center of 11 September 2001, hosted by the mayor Leoluca Orlando with the participation of representatives of the highest political, institutional and ecclesiastical.
New York, 12 May – IDA virtual attendance. Drawing on the experience of United Nations Investigative Team to promote accountability for crimes committed by ISIL / Da’esh (UNITAD) in the implementation of its mandate pursuant to Security Council resolution 2379 (2017), this meeting will consider how breakthrough approaches to the use of technology and innovations
New York, 12 May – IDA virtual attendance. Yemen is enduring the world’s worst humanitarian crisis, resulting from six years of war between government forces and the Ansar Allah movement, known as the Houthis. On the occasion of Eid al-Fitr, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres made a solidarity call to Asia El-Sayeed Ali, a health
Virtual, 30 April – IDA virtual attendance. African countries commit to double agricultural productivity as development banks, institutions pledge US$17 billion to increase food security. A coalition of multilateral development banks and development partners has pledged over US$17 billion in financing on Friday during a high-level forum, in a bold bid to address rising hunger
Dakar, 5 January – Audience of January 05, 2021 between the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Senegal Aïssata Tall Sall and the Founding President of ADA and AJA (right) in the presence of Prof. Ogo Seck Executive President of AJA.
New York, 28 April – IDA virtual attendance. This session, the second UN DESA Global Policy Dialogue on Climate Action, bring together leading voices in the fields of clean energy and sustainable transport with experts from the UN system to discuss practical solutions and ways to reform these systems minimizing their effect on the environment,
New York, 23 April – IDA virtual attendance. Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the hybrid briefing, attended by spokespersons and representatives of the World Food Programme (WFP) and associates, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR) and the World Health Organization (WHO).
New York, 22 April – IDA virtual attendance. The Secretary-General thanks President Biden for convening today’s Leaders’ Summit. The commitments and actions announced, provide a much-needed boost to our collective efforts to address the climate crisis ahead of the COP26 meeting in Glasgow later this year. The Secretary-General welcomes the announcement of new and enhanced national determined
New York, 27 March – IDA Virtual attendance. Commission on the Status of Women, sixty-fifth session (CSW65) – Introduction, action, conclusion and opening of the 66th session. Follow-up to the Economic and Social Council resolutions and decisions (Item 5) – introduction and discussion. Action on draft proposals Action on draft agreed conclusions Action on any
New York, 26 March – IDA Virtual attendance. Security Council Arria-formula meeting: The protection of peacekeepers and civilians, particularly within the context of the threat presented by Improvised Explosive Devices Improvised Explosive Device (IED) attacks are presently the greatest explosive ordinance threat against civilians, children, peacekeepers and humanitarian personnel in conflict zones. The proliferation and
New York, 26 March – IDA Virtual attendance, Cecilia Olivero. Protecting the rights of women and girls from discriminatory practices: virtual meeting – parallel event. MP Cathay Wagantall (Canadian Member of Parliament for SK); Dr. Kiely Williams (BSc, MD, LMCC, CCFP Medical Director Advanced Primary Care); Elyssa Koren (Director of UN Advocacy, ADF International). “Speaking
New York, 25 March – IDA Virtual attendance. Ad Hoc Working Group on the Revitalization of the Work of the General Assembly – Interactive dialogue, General Assembly, 75th session. Informal dialogue between Permanent Missions and the UN Secretariat and briefing on the Secretary-General’s analysis on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, including on operational support,
New York, 25 March – IDA Virtual attendance. Commission on the Status of Women, sixty-fifth session (CSW65) – General discussion (continued). The sixty-fifth session of the Commission on the Status of Women will take place from 15 to 26 March 2021 under the theme “Women’s full and effective participation and decision-making in public life and
New York, 25 March – IDA Virtual attendance, Cecilia Olivero. Intersectional feminist strategies to counter the global pushback on women’s rights: virtual meeting – parallel event. Host Organisation: Centre for Women’s Global Leadership (CWGL). “Ideologically driven political actors holding fundamentalist views and anti-women and LGBTI positions have recently engineered unprecedented roll-backs of women’s human rights.
New York, 24 March – IDA Virtual attendance. “We Have Your Back” – Breaking the cycle from online harassment to threats to violence against women and girl leaders – CSW65 Side Event. While the internet and digital spaces providing direct communication networks for a wide audience bring potential benefits and empowerment, women and girls across
Geneva, 24 March – IDA Virtual attendance. “High-level panel discussion on the occasion of the tenth anniversary of the Voluntary Technical Assistance Trust Fund to Support the Participation of Least Developed Countries & Small Island Developing States in the work of the Human Rights Council” submitted by Switzerland, Australia, Bahamas, Barbados, Burkina Faso, Djibouti, Ethiopia,
New York, 24 March – IDA Virtual attendance. Girls and Women: Leading the Charge to Ensure CSW65 Side Event. In April 2020, schooling was disrupted for over 1.5 billion learners in more than 190 countries following nationwide closures to contain the spread of COVID‐19. Today, a year into the crisis, over 800 million students are
New York, 24 March – IDA Virtual attendance, Cecilia Olivero. Several – and quite different – countries investigated on the impact of the #MeToo movement: Egypt, Denmark and Kenya. Egypt has been strongly impacted by the international #MeToo campaign, where women started to use storytelling in order to address the issue, leading to knowing and
New York, 23 March – IDA Virtual attendance. Women’s empowerment and the link to sustainable development (Agreed Conclusions of the sixtieth session) Tuesday 23 March and Wednesday, 24 March, 9.00 –11.00 a.m., Informal virtual meeting Overview. In accordance with its working methods, the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) each year will evaluate progress
New York, 23 March – IDA Virtual attendance. The Central African Republic continues to face a serious humanitarian crisis, with a constant increase in human rights and international humanitarian law violations, despite the signing of the Political Agreement for Peace and Reconciliation in 2019. It’s the civilians who suffer most of all. The humanitarian situation
New York, 23 March – IDA Virtual attendance, Cecilia Olivero. Ending child marriage: raising awareness and taking actions: virtual meeting – parallel event. Organisation: World without Genocide. An overarching portrait of the issue of Child Marriage, with a focus on the US and the African cases with data collection, and an explanation of recent campaigns
New York, 22 March – IDA Virtual attendance. General Assembly High-level meeting on the implementation of the Water-related goals and targets of the 2030 agenda. “Urgent action on water for 2030 and a sustainable and resilient recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic”. The President of the General Assembly is convening a one-day high-level meeting to promote
New York, 22 March – IDA Virtual attendance. High-level Interactive dialogue on: Situation of human rights in the Central African Republic, Technical assistance and capacity-building, 46th Regular Session of the Human Rights Council. Main speakers: Ms. Nada Al-Nashif, United Nations Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights (Introduction) Ms. Lizbeth Cullity, Deputy Special Representative and Deputy
New York, 22 March – IDA Virtual attendance. 44th Meeting, 46th Regular Session Human Rights Council, interactive dialogue on: oral updates of the team of international experts on the situation in Kasai and of the High Commissioner on technical assistance and capacity-building in the field of human rights in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
New York, 22 March – IDA Virtual attendance, Cecilia Olivero. Eliminating violence against women in leadership for empowerment of all women and girls: virtual meeting – Organisations: FEPS, NDI, Gender Women Democracy. “Violence against women in politics is not only an intolerable violation of women’s human rights and civil rights but a fundamental challenge to
New York, 19 March – IDA Virtual attendance. UN Chief speaks with health worker on the pandemic’s frontlines in Ghana. In a heart-to-heart conversation, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres speaks with Scholastica Dery, a healthcare worker in Ghana on the frontlines of the COVID-19 pandemic who herself got infected. She describes her feelings on hearing
New York, 19 March – IDA Virtual attendance. António Guterres (UN Secretary-General) on the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination – General Assembly: 57th plenary meeting on 19 Mar 2021 – Opening remarks by António Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nations on the Commemorative meeting on the occasion of the International Day for the
New York, 19 March – IDA Virtual attendance. General Debate – 42nd Meeting, 46th Regular Session Human Rights Council. • Presentation of report by the Intergovernmental Working Group on the Effective Implementation of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action on its 18th session (12-23 Oct. 2020) • Presentation of oral update by the High
New York, 19 March – IDA Virtual attendance. The sixty-fifth session of the Commission on the Status of Women will take place from 15 to 26 March 2021 under the theme “Women’s full and effective participation and decision-making in public life and the empowerment of women and girls”. Women’s empowerment and the link to sustainable
New York, 19 March – IDA Virtual attendance, Cecilia Olivero. “A place to raise issues and exchange ideas on 10 different topics in a semi-structured space during CSW65.” The meeting guidelines for participation: welcoming and inclusive language, open dialogue and transparency. Listen, avoid assumptions, respect different opinions. Do not dominate the conversation. Do not generalise
New York, 18 March – IDA Virtual attendance. General Assembly High-level meeting on the implementation of the Water-related goals and targets of the 2030 agenda. – Opening Segment – High-Level Plenary – Theme: “Urgent action on water for 2030 and a sustainable and resilient recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic”. – Panel 1: Data and Information
New York, 18 March – IDA Virtual attendance. Between War and Pandemic: Women’s Voices from the Field – CSW65 Side Event. 20 years after the adoption of the UN Security Council Resolution 1325, women continue to be disproportionately affected by conflicts and complex humanitarian emergencies. Held against the backdrop of the COVID-19 pandemic and its
New York, 18 March – IDA Virtual attendance. The impact of natural disasters and crises on agriculture and food security – Virtual Press Conference. Virtual Press Conference by Maximo Torero, FAO Chief Economist and Dominique Burgeon, Director of the FAO Liaison Office in Geneva and Director, ad interim, FAO Office of Emergencies and Resilience, on