This is an early provisional list of scheduled events. The list will be updated daily on the UN Web TV site (http://webtv.un.org) as more events are confirmed for coverage.
| LIVE Webcast | December 16 - 20, 2013 | Provisional Weekly Calendar |
| Monday, December 16, 2013 |
| 05:30 AM (Geneva, Palais des Nations, 11:45am) Press conference/appeals launch by Valerie Amos, António Guterres and Jasmine Whitbread. 09:45 AM Security Council media stakeout (Middle East (Syria)) 10:00 AM Fifth Committee: 24th meeting Proposed programme budget for the biennium 2014-2015 [item 134] Fifth Committee website: http://www.un.org/en/ga/fifth/index.shtml 10:00 AM General Assembly: 68th plenary meeting 10:00 AM (Geneva, Palais des Nations, 4:00pm) Human Rights Council elects a new president. 10:00 AM 16th UN Student Conference on Human Rights - Panel discussion and Video Conference with students from France and Canada. 10:00 AM Special meeting on “Response to Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines”. The meeting, which is being organized by the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs in collaboration with the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) and the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR), seeks to draw attention to the response to Typhoon Haiyan and explore ways to enhance coordination in response, delivery, rehabilitation, reconstruction and development efforts in its aftermath. http://www.un.org/en/ecosoc/philippines/ 11:00 AM Press Conference: Year-end press conference by the UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon. 12:00 PM Noon Briefing 02:45 PM Security Council media stakeout (Middle East) 03:00 PM Security Council: briefed on the Middle East, followed by consultations on the Middle East and the United Nations Disengagement Observer Force (UNDOF). |
| Tuesday, December 17, 2013 |
| 05:00 AM (Geneva, Palais des Nations) Commemoration in honour of the late former President of the Republic of South Africa, Mr. Nelson Mandela. The commemoration will bring together the international community in Geneva to pay its collective respect to of one of the greatest leaders and most remarkable human beings of our time, to salute his extraordinary courage, and to be inspired by his struggle for freedom, equality and justice for all. The commemoration will include a message from the Secretary-General, a video message from the High Commissioner for Human Rights, remarks by the Permanent Representative of South Africa and the Permanent Observer of the African Union, and an address by former Secretary-General Kofi Annan. 09:45 AM Security Council media stakeout (UNDOF) 10:00 AM Security Council: Debate on UNAMA 10:00 AM Open Working Group on Sustainable Development Goals - Informal meeting on measuring progress. http://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/index.php?page=view&type=13&nr=558&menu=1476 12:00 PM Noon Briefing 02:45 PM Security Council media stakeout (CTED, UNOWA) 03:00 PM Security Council: vote on a resolution concerning the United Nations Counter-Terrorism Committee (CTED). Then the Security Council will be briefed on the United Nations Office for West Africa (UNOWA), followed by consultations. 03:00 PM Open Working Group on Sustainable Development Goals - Informal meeting on measuring progress. http://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/index.php?page=view&type=13&nr=558&menu=1476 |
| Wednesday, December 18, 2013 |
| 09:45 AM Security Council media stakeout 10:00 AM Security Council: vote on resolutions on the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) and UNDOF. Then the Security Council will be briefed on “Peace and Security in Africa: Drug trafficking in Sahel and West Africa”. 10:00 AM Fifth Committee: 24th meeting - Close of session Proposed programme budget for the biennium 2014-2015 [item 134] Fifth Committee website: http://www.un.org/en/ga/fifth/index.shtml 10:00 AM 16th UN Student Conference on Human Rights - Student present projects on Human Rights and Video Conference with students from Canada. 11:00 AM Press conference by the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA) to preview the UN World Economic Situation and Prospects 2014 (WESP). The WESP includes new information and forecasts for different global economic data, as well as updates to the economic outlooks for all regions of the world. 12:00 PM Noon Briefing 01:15 PM Classroom Conversation: Migration and development (on the occasion of the International Migrants Day) Panel discussion and conversation organized by the United Nations Academic Impact in association with John D. Calandra Italian American Institute. Programme (pdf): http://www.un.org/webcast/pdfs/unai131218pm.pdf |
| Thursday, December 19, 2013 |
| 10:00 AM Special meeting of the General Assembly dedicated to the life and memory of His Excellency Nelson Mandela. 12:00 PM Noon Briefing 12:30 PM Press conference by Ambassador Gérard Araud, Permanent Representative of France to the United Nations and President of the Security Council for the month of December. |
| Friday, December 20, 2013 |
| 12:00 PM Noon Briefing 03:00 PM Fifth Committee: 25th meeting - Close of session Proposed programme budget for the biennium 2014-2015 [item 134] Fifth Committee website: http://www.un.org/en/ga/fifth/index.shtml |
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