Event 2144
Visit of the Russian university partners to the European Inter-University Centre for Human Rights and Democratization in Venice for developing mutual cooperation and planning of joint activities
Event 2146
Moscow International Model UN Conference with 300 university students from two dozen countries
Event 2148
Visit of UNDP Resident Representative to Chelyabinsk for signing a MoU on cooperation in public-private partnership projects
Event 2150
Folklore Festival ‘Art to Peace’ under UNDP project ‘Sustainable Integration and Recovery in the Republic of North Ossetia-Alania’
UN Senior Representatives deplore bombings in Moscow on 29 March 2010
The United Nations in the Russian Federation would like to convey its most sincere condolences to families of the victims of the terrorist attack in Moscow Metro on 29 March 2010. Please see the statements of the senior UN officials here:
Statement attributable to the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General
Russia ratifies ILO’s Seafarers’ Identity Documents Convention
GENEVA (ILO News) - On 26 February, the Representative of the Russian Federation , Mr. Dmitry Gonchar, handed over to the Director of the ILO’s International Labour Standards Department, Ms. Doumbia-Henry Russia’s instrument of ratification of the Seafarers’ Identity Documents Convention (Revised), 2003 (No. 185). This brings the number of ratifications of the Convention up to 17, with a declaration of provisional application by one further ILO member State.
Let children save our planet – young artists depicting climate change problems were honored in the UN House in Moscow
“Childhood often holds a truth in its feeble fingers, which the grasp of manhood cannot retain,” – these words of John Ruskin now sound as relevant as never before.
On the 4th of March, the United Nations Office in the Russian Federation, together with the Young Peacekeepers Movement, awarded the winners of an unusual art contest called ’People in the face of climate change.’
Event 2098
International Forum on “Business and Human Rights: Protect, Respect, and Remedy” with participation of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Human Rights and Transnational Corporations and Other Business Enterprises
Event 2100
‘The sea linking together the countries, which it separates’: exhibition of paintings from countries of the Baltic Region (co-sponsored by the UNDP/ Global Environmental Facility Marine Protected Area Project)
Event 2102
Round table discussion on Mapping Study on Migration Resource Centers (hosted by the Higher School of Economics). Contact person: vermuijten@ilo.org
