Launch of the report: “World Employment and Social Outlook: Trends 2018” b> Under embargo until Monday, 22 January at 8:00 p.m. GMT (9:00 p.m. Geneva time)Guy Ryder, ILO Director-General Sangheon Lee, Director a.i. of the ILO Research Department Stefan Kühn, lead author of the report
The current situation for children in Sri Lanka including: the status of Sri Lanka’s implementation of the UN Convention of the Rights of the Child (UNCRC), including success, challenges and priorities; the key health, education, child protection and humanitarian response issues impacting young people in Sri Lanka.
Tim Sutton, UNICEF Sri Lanka Representative
“Faith for Rights” - a framework for mutually enriching connections between religions and human rights
Ibrahim Salama, Chief of UN Human Rights Treaties Branch, and Michael Wiener, from OHCHR’s Rule of Law and Democracy Section and former assistant to the Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion or belief, will outline the role of the UN Human Rights Office in promoting a “Faith for Rights” framework across the world and the concrete steps taken during 2017 to bring faith actors from all beliefs together to articulate and implement ways how “Faith” can stand up for “Rights” more effectively. Salama and Wiener will explain the outcome of a major meeting in Rabat in December 2017, attended by more than 100 States, national human rights institutions, regional organizations, religious authorities and faith-based civil society actors. Among the issues discussed were: deradicalisation; defining faith-based actors’ roles and responsibilities in the defence of human rights; and concrete projects at the grassroots level to enhance the role of faith-based actors in the defence of human dignity. Salama and Wiener will also detail the next steps for the year ahead to implement the 18 commitments on “Faith for Rights” adopted in 2017. More information: http://www.ohchr.org/EN/Issues/FreedomReligion/Pages/FaithForRights.aspx Ibrahim Salama, Chief of UN Human Rights Treaties Branch Michael Wiener, from OHCHR’s Rule of Law and Democracy Section and former assistant to the Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion or belief
Press Stakeout by the Office of the UN Special Envoy for Syria
Press stakeout by Mr. Jan Egeland, Special Advisor to the UN Special Envoy for Syria, following the meeting of the International Syria Support Group's Humanitarian Access Task Force.
The press stakeout will be webcast live on webtv.un.org. (Please note that the live stream may not be accessible on all mobile devices.)
The International Year on Sustainable Tourism for Development 2017 and the way forward in reinforcing the contribution of Tourism to the SDGs and working towards the UN 2030 agenda
Taleb Rifai, Secretary-General, World Tourism Organization (UNWTO)
