AGBU will participate at the upcoming 61st Annual United Nations Department of Public Information/Non-Governmental Organization (UN DPI/NGO) Conference “Reaffirming Human Rights: The Universal Declaration at 60” from September 3-5, 2008 at the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Headquarters in Paris, France.
AGBU has been associated as an NGO through UN DPI since 1989 and has actively took part in its annual conferences for several years.
A meeting which annually takes place on the eve of the opening of the UN General Assembly, the conference will gather more than 2000 NGO representatives, human rights activists and civil society partners from around the world to discuss ways of strengthening collaboration between local communities and global institutions, and to enhance awareness of the meaning of human rights today as set forth in the UDHR 60 years ago.
An established forum for networking and exchanging views, expertise and best practices, the conference, which for the first time in its longstanding history is being held outside New York, has a robust agenda featuring two plenary sessions, five roundtables, and dozens of workshops dedicated to the overarching theme of human rights.
The conference will provide NGOs, such as AGBU, with a greater knowledge of measures and goals that can be achieved by working together with the United Nations and its partners to understand and reaffirm human rights for all.
For more information on the conference, please visit www.un.org/dpi/ngosection/conference
Established in October 2007, the AGBU-UN Special Interest Group represents AGBU at the United Nations where it is committed to promoting its mission of preserving and promoting the Armenian identity and heritage.
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