United Nations

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    UN's Rio+20 Conference on Sustainable Development

    | Zaida Arguedas

    Rio+20 Conference on Sustainable Development, "Rio+20," will be held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from June 20-22, 2012.  The conference will be preceded by the third Preparatory Committee meeeting of the Conference from June 13-15.  Registration is now open and will close on May 20.  All attendees must be registered by the UN Observers, Rosalee Keech (unobserver@lwv.org).  For information on the conference, please link to http://www.uncsd2012.org/registration.

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    Wed, 06/20/2012 (All day)
    End Event: 
    Sat, 06/22/2002 (All day)
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    Empowering Women Politically to Eradicate Poverty

    | Zaida Arguedas

    The League of Women Voters is sponsoring a workshop during the 56th meeting of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) that will take place at United Nations Headquarters in New York from Monday, February 27 to Friday, March 9, 2012.  The workshop is a side event organized to address the main theme of the meeting "The Empowerment of Rural Women and their Role in Poverty and Hunger Eradication."

    The speakers are:

    Rosalee Keech, U.N. Observer, League of Women Voters of the United States

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    Mon, 02/27/2012 - 14:30
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    Mon, 02/27/2012 - 16:00
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    56th Session of the Commission on the Status of Women

    | Zaida Arguedas

    The fifty-sixth session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) will take place at the United Nations Headquarters in New York from Monday, February 27 to Friday, March 9, 2012.

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    Mon, 02/27/2012 (All day)
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    Fri, 03/09/2012 (All day)
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    UNITED NATIONS OBSERVERS

    In 1945, at the UN Charter Conference, the League of Women Voters was invited by President Harry Truman to serve as a consultant to the U.S. delegation. Since that time, the League has continued its presence at the United Nations through its one official and two alternate observers.

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