LIU, Alm.del - 2019-20 - Bilag 49: Henvendelse af 31/1-2020 fra Inter-Parliamentary Union, IPU, om invitation til møder, bl.a. den 11/3-2020, i forbindelse med CSW64 (FN's Kvindekommissions 64. session)

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Beijing +25: Parliaments accelerating action to

achieve gender equality for all women and girls

A parliamentary event organized by the Inter-Parliamentary Union and UN Women

at the 64

Session of the Commission on the Status of Women

11 March 2020, Trusteeship Council Room, UN Headquarters, New York

INFORMATION NOTE

During the 64

Session of the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women (CSW), whose

priority theme is

Beijing +25: Realizing gender equality and the empowerment for all women and girls,

the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) and UN Women are organizing a parliamentary meeting entitled

Beijing +25: Parliaments accelerating action to achieve gender equality for all women and girls.

The Meeting will take place on

11 March 2020,

from

10 a.m. to 5.45 p.m.

in the

Trusteeship Council Room,

at the UN Headquarters in New York.

Objectives

In keeping with its policy of contributing to major international forums by seeking to introduce a

parliamentary dimension into the proceedings of intergovernmental organizations, the IPU is

organizing this one-day meeting with UN Women in order to provide a forum for debate between

parliamentarians from all over the world, and to contribute to the deliberations of the 64

session of

the CSW.

2020 marks the 25

anniversary of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action. 2020 also marks

the first-year milestone of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and with the 20

anniversary

of the United Nations Security Council resolution 1325 on Women, Peace and Security. The event will

focus on how these milestones provide momentum to accelerate progress towards achieving gender

equality and fulfilling the rights and empowerment of women and girls.

Expected outcome

A brief message to the CSW will be issued, stressing areas for future priority action, with particular

emphasis on the role of parliaments.

Relevant documents

Background documents to be used throughout the meeting include:

•

Written contributions of the panellists, when available;

•

Documents of the 64

Session of the CSW, when available.

Participants

The participants in the parliamentary event will include:

•

Parliamentarians present in New York for the 64

Session of the CSW as members of their

respective delegations. A letter of invitation is sent by the IPU Secretary General to all

Member and non-member parliaments of the IPU.

Representatives of governments, relevant organizations and funds of the UN system, and civil

society will also attend the event.

•

LIU, Alm.del - 2019-20 - Bilag 49: Henvendelse af 31/1-2020 fra Inter-Parliamentary Union, IPU, om invitation til møder, bl.a. den 11/3-2020, i forbindelse med CSW64 (FN's Kvindekommissions 64. session)

Programme

9.30 - 10 a.m.

–

10.30 a.m.

10.30

–

12.30 a.m.

12.30 - 1 p.m.

–

2.30 p.m.

2.30

–

4.15 p.m.

Arrival of delegates

Welcome remarks

Session 1: Accelerating achievement of gender balance in politcs

Presentation on the Generation Equality Forum

Lunck break

Session 2: Eliminating discrimination against women and girls in the law: a

sine qua non for accelerated action towards gender equality and the

empowerment of women and girls

Session 3: Eliminating violence against women and girls: placing zero

tolerance on the parliamentary agenda

Concluding remarks

4.15

–

5.30 p.m.

5.30

–

5.45 p.m

Languages

Simultaneous interpretation will be provided in the four languages customarily used at IPU

Assemblies, namely English, French, Spanish and Arabic.

Access badges for United Nations Headquarters

As is customary during General Assembly sessions, security arrangements are very strict and no one

may enter the United Nations premises without a special badge (for delegates and visitors). In keeping

with normal practice, delegations and diplomatic missions in New York will be invited to attend to all

matters relating to visas, UN Badges, hotel reservations and transportation. Participants must

therefore request their badge from

their country's Permanent Mission to the United Nations.

The

Inter-Parliamentary Union only registers delegates for its own parliamentary event during the

Conference and

do not assist them in the registration process to the 64

Commission on the

Status of Women or other side events.

Registration for the meeting

Persons wishing to participate in this meeting are urged to register as soon as possible using the

attached form. Once this form has been filled out, it should be sent directly to IPU Headquarters

(Fax: +41 22 919 41 60 ; e-mail:

[email protected]

and

[email protected]).

Informal side-events

In addition to the annual parliamentary meeting, the IPU is inviting you to participate in the following

side events on:

➢

Side-event on ending the cycle of online harassment

10 March 2020, from 1.15 to 2.30

p.m.,

in the Ex-Press Bar of the General Assembly Building, at the United Nations Headquarters, in

New York

➢

Side event on women in politics

12 March 2020, from 3

–

4.15 p.m.,

in the Ex-Press Bar of

the General Assembly Building, at the United Nations Headquarters, in New York

N.B.

The conference rooms do not have interpretation facilities and these meetings will be

held in English only.

Registration for the side events held at UN Headquarters

Persons wishing to attend the side events held at UN Headquarters and who do not have

a valid UN

ground pass

will receive, upon request, a side event ticket (SET). These tickets can be obtained

through the

IPU’s

Office in New York:

Office of the Permanent Observer of the IPU to the United Nations

336 East 45th Street, Tenth Floor

New York

NY, 10017

Phone: +1 212 557 58 80

Fax: +1 212 557 39 54

Email: [email protected]

Please note that all SET requests must be submitted to the IPU Office

before Friday 6 March 2020

order for the UN Pass and ID Unit to issue the tickets. SETs will be available for pick-up at the IPU

premises

one

day ahead of the event. Entry to UN by SET holders is advised 30 minutes before start

of event.