The United Nations in the Arab World Program & The Human Rights Research Project coridally invite you to a lecture by Mr. John Pace.
John Pace is an international civil servant of long standing in the United Nations. He served as Secretary to the Commission on Human Rights from 1978 to 1994, and was the Coordinator of the 1993 World Conference on Human Rights in Vienna.
He has headed the Special Procedures and Technical Cooperation Programmes and has led fact-finding missions for the Commission in several countries. He was Chief of the Human Rights Component of the UN Mission in Iraq, and...
You are invited to an open (and free) discussion on Developing a National Committee or Forum on Volunteering, and a National Coordinating Committee for Global Youth Service Days on Thursday, May 22 at 6-8 pm at AltCity.
Dr. Patricia Nabti, Director of the Learning to CARE Institute and Regional Representative of the International Association for Volunteer Effort (IAVE), will present her ideas on the need to establish better coordination in Lebanon among volunteers and the NGOs, service, institutions, municipalities, ministries, and special events that engage volunteers. Issues to consider:
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Due to the lack of appropriate public space, Beirut dwellers lay claim today to a number of open areas in the city, the uses of which are akin to ‘public’ spaces – they are accessed freely and allow for an unconfined range of social activities.
This lecture advocates learning from the public by observing several left- over spaces in the city, in order to understand them as public, multicultural, socially just, and open. By focusing on the seafront area of Dalieh in Rawche, the lecture attempts to abandon the modern notion of public space and open new possibilities for understanding public...
At the end of its conference starting on 29th April, the Syrian Civil coalition invites you for an open day on the 2nd of May to talk about its plans and visions for Syria and the role civil society can play during this stage. Representatives from more than 50 Syrian civil society organisations will be present to talk to you about their work.
Program and the details are attached. Looking forward your participation.
في ختام مؤتمره الذي يبدأ في 29 نيسان ويستمر أربعة ايام يدعوكم التحالف المدني السوري (تَماس) للمشاركة في فعاليات اليوم الختامي المفتوح للمؤتمر في تاريخ 2 أيار حيث سيقوم ممثلي أكثر...
