"ALISON SMALE"

The 68th UN Civil Society Conference got underway Monday (26 Aug) in Salt Lake City, Utah to discuss a wide range of solutions to the challenges of urban life and the modern world. UNIFEED

Alison Smale, Under-Secretary-General for Global Communications, spoke about the 68th UN Civil Society Conference that is due to take place in Salt Lake City from 26 to 28 August.

Briefing by Stephane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.

Briefing by Stephane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.

Briefing by Stephane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.

Annual commemoration of the International Day of Reflection on the Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda (A/RES/58/234 and A/72/L.31) (co-organized by the United Nations Department of Global Communications and the Permanent Mission of Rwanda)

Event to commemorate 2019 World Autism Awareness Day (A/RES/62/139) entitled “Assistive Technologies, Active Participation”. (co-organized by the Department of Global Communications and the Department of Economic and Social Affairs)

United Nations 2019 Holocaust Memorial Ceremony: “Holocaust Remembrance: Demand and Defend Your Human Rights”

Launch of Campaign: Leaders for Peace On the occasion of the 70th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (organized by the Permanent Mission of Italy, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights and Rondine Cittadella della Pace)

Event entitled “Seventieth anniversary of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide and the International Day of Commemoration and Dignity of the Victims of the Crime of Genocide and of the Prevention of this Crime”