UNHCR to act as a co-sponsor of the International Youth Film Festival on tolerance.

Press-conference to launch the “Stand Up” campaign, jointly convened by UNIC Moscow and civil society partners, the “Street Children” and the “Young Peacekeepers Movement.” The event is organized with the involvement of the Moscow City Government Family and Youth Department and the “Seagull” Foundation against Drugs.”

Opening remarks on the Alliance of Civilizations by the UNIC Director at the annual conference of the International Centre of the Roerichs.

ILO representatives take part in the inter-regional conference on “Improving Occupational Health and Safety management Systems, Protecting Workers’ Life and Health at Work.”

Training workshop “Bioethics, Human Rights and Mass Media” and a series of round tables devoted to the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. The event is jointly organized by the Social and Human Sciences Sector and Communication and Information Sector of the UNESCO Moscow Office in cooperation with the Armenian National Commission for UNESCO, National Bioethics Committee of the Republic of Armenia and Armenian Union of Journalists.

International Pedagogical Forum on Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE) within the framework of the joint UNESCO and Moscow City Government project “Moscow Education: from Infancy to School.”

Experts of the Port Department ((ILO Headquarters in Geneva) take part in the first International Conference “Future of the Russian Ports.”

UNIC Director’s address, on behalf of the UN Country Team, at the awards ceremony of the “Corporate Donor of Russia-2008” competition (the UN agencies participate in the project with a nomination for the best project benefiting the disabled).

Presentation of the Support to Development and Implementation of Moscow-based System for Export and Investment Promotion (MEXI) project outcomes at the Ministry of Economic Development of the RF.

Awards ceremony of the Donor’d Forum competition ‘Corporate Donor of Russia 2008” (UN nomination for projects benefitting people with disabilities).