Within the framework of celebrations devoted to the World Habitat Day on 5 October, the Moscow-based UN-HABITAT project office and the world-famous Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts partnered to hold a drawing contest for children “Cities of the Future”. The contest was preceded by lectures for children in various museum halls with a focus on works of art devoted to cities and their future.

On 15 October 2009, the St. Petersburg Gorky House of Scientists hosted an information and training workshop for journalists ‘Climate Change Challenge for Sustainable Development of Northern Regions’ organized by the United Nations Office in the Russian Federation, the Russian Regional Environmental Centre and the Federal Service for Hydrometeorology and Environmental Monitoring (Roshydromet).

New York, 17 October 200 – Today, we recognize the daily struggles and contributions of those living in poverty and resolve to intensify efforts to eliminate the scourge once and for all.

WHERE: Interfax News Agency, 1st Tverskaya-Yamskaya St., 2, Mayakovskaya metro station

WHEN: Friday, 16 October, 15:30

The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights and fundamental freedoms of indigenous people, James Anaya, who visited the Russian Federation from 05 to 16 October 2009, at the invitation of the Government, will present the preliminary outcomes of his visit at a press conference on 16 October.

GENEVA / MOSCOW, 2 october 2009 – The Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights and fundamental freedoms of indigenous people, James Anaya, will visit the Russian Federation, 5 to 16 October 2009, at the invitation of the Government.

“I will investigate and report on the major challenges faced by indigenous peoples of the country in the enjoyment of their human rights,” Anaya said announcing his twelve-day mission, “with a view toward contributing to steps to address those problems, as well as to identify good practices.”

Human Development Report - 2009: the UNIC will assist UNDP-Russia in presenting to the public the new survey

Meetings of Ms. Kori Udovichki, Director of UNDP Regional Bureau for Eastern Europe and CIS, with MFA and Rossotrudnitchestvo senior officials in the framework of her visit to Russia on 5-7 October.

Presentation of the UNDP Global Human Development Report 2009 Overcoming Barriers: Human Mobility and Development jointly with the Economics Department of Moscow State University.

Round -table ‘Integrated Climate Change Strategies for Sustainable Development of Russia’s Arctic Regions’.

An event to promote the UN Convention on the Rights of People with Disabilities, in cooperation with the UN Information Centre in the framework of the ‘Kremlin Cup’ tennis tournament.