Tuesday, June 21

[Webcast] United Nations Web TV: Live Schedule (Tuesday, 21 June 2016)

United Nations Web TV Live Schedule for Tuesday, 21 June 2016
All indicated times are New York time (GMT-5), (Approximate ending time)

http://webtv.un.org

Watch the latest videos published on UN Web TV: http://webtv.un.org/search?term=2016-06-16

03:00 AM - 12:00 PM        32nd regular session of the Human Rights Council (Palais des Nations, Geneva, Switzerland, 13 June - 1 July 2016)
http://www.ohchr.org/EN/HRBodies/HRC/RegularSessions/Session32/Pages/32RegularSession.aspx

10:00 AM - 11:30 AM        (ECOSOC) General Assembly: Informal meeting of the plenary to hear a briefing on Syria by the Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Syria, Mr. Staffan de Mistura (video-conference), the Under Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, Mr. Stephen O’Brien, and the Assistant Secretary-General for Human Rights, Mr. Ivan Šimonović.

10:00 AM - 01:00 PM        (TCC) Security Council: Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1540 (2004).
Open Consultations of the Security Council 1540 Committee (against WMD terrorism) - Comprehensive Review (20-22 June 2016).
Resolution 1540 (2004) imposes binding obligations on all States to adopt legislation to prevent the proliferation of nuclear, chemical and biological weapons, and their means of delivery, and  establish appropriate domestic controls over related materials to prevent their illicit trafficking. It also encourages enhanced international cooperation on such efforts. The resolution affirms support for the multilateral treaties whose aim is to eliminate or prevent the proliferation of WMDs and the importance for all States to implement them fully; it reiterates that none of the obligations in resolution 1540 (2004) shall conflict with or alter the rights and obligations of States Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, the Chemical Weapons Convention, or the Biological Weapons Convention or alter the responsibilities of the IAEA and OPCW.
http://www.un.org/en/sc/1540/
Programme:
http://www.un.org/en/sc/1540/pdf/Provisional-Agenda-CR-Open-Consultations.pdf

10:00 AM - 01:00 PM        (CR.2) Resumed session of the Special Committee on decolonization (C-24) (8th meeting).
http://www.un.org/en/decolonization/specialcommittee.shtml

10:45 AM - 11:45 AM        Security Council Media Stakeout (Middle East/ Yemen)

11:00 AM - 12:00 PM        Security Council: The situation in the Middle East/ Yemen (7721st meeting).
Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed is expected to brief the Council via video conference


12:00 PM - 01:00 PM        Daily Press Briefing by the Spokesperson of the Secretary-General. Guest: Lise Kingo, Executive Director of the UN Global Compact on the Global Compact Leaders’ Summit to be held in New York on the 22nd and 23rd of June.

01:15 PM - 02:15 PM        (SO#3) In front of UN Building, around the fountain. International Day of Yoga 2016 at the United Nations.
Participants: President of General Assembly, Mr Mogens Lykketoft; Under-Secretary-General for Communications and Public Information, Ms. Cristina Gallach; Ambassador Syed Akbaruddin, Permanent Representative of India to the UN; and Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev, a renowned spiritual leader who will lead a simple Yoga practice. The event will also include a musical incantation on Yoga.
https://www.pminewyork.org/idy/

01:15 PM - 02:30 PM        (CR.7) "Accountability in Syria", First cracks in the Syrian impunity wall national prosecutions underway in the courts of third party states for serious crimes committed in Syria.
The event aims to promote understandings of the judicial developments and their legal underpinnings as well as prospects and challenges that states face in widening these efforts.
Organized by the Permanent Missions of Qatar and Liechtenstein to the United Nations.
Concept note:
http://www.un.org/webcast/pdfs/160621pm-syria-impunity.pdf

02:45 PM - 03:45 PM        Security Council Media Stakeout

03:00 PM - 04:00 PM        Security Council: The situation in Afghanistan (7722nd meeting).
Report of the Secretary-General on the situation in Afghanistan and its implications for international peace and security (S/2016/532)
http://www.un.org/ga/search/view_doc.asp?symbol=S/2016/532
http://unama.unmissions.org/

03:00 PM - 06:00 PM        (TCC) Security Council: Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1540 (2004).
Open Consultations of the Security Council 1540 Committee (against WMD terrorism) - Comprehensive Review (20-22 June 2016).
Resolution 1540 (2004) imposes binding obligations on all States to adopt legislation to prevent the proliferation of nuclear, chemical and biological weapons, and their means of delivery, and  establish appropriate domestic controls over related materials to prevent their illicit trafficking. It also encourages enhanced international cooperation on such efforts. The resolution affirms support for the multilateral treaties whose aim is to eliminate or prevent the proliferation of WMDs and the importance for all States to implement them fully; it reiterates that none of the obligations in resolution 1540 (2004) shall conflict with or alter the rights and obligations of States Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, the Chemical Weapons Convention, or the Biological Weapons Convention or alter the responsibilities of the IAEA and OPCW.
http://www.un.org/en/sc/1540/
Programme:
http://www.un.org/en/sc/1540/pdf/Provisional-Agenda-CR-Open-Consultations.pdf

03:00 PM - 06:00 PM        (ECOSOC) "Justice and Accountability: Addressing Sexual Violence Crimes” - Commemoration of the International Day for the Elimination of Sexual Violence in Conflict (19 June).
Concept note:
http://www.un.org/webcast/pdfs/160621pm-sexual-violence-crime.pdf
http://www.un.org/sexualviolenceinconflict/

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