Angeles City exec invited to UN discussion with NYC senior officials

• Source: http://www.sunstar.com.ph/davao/local-news/2015/06/03/migrant-workers-day-set-june-7-411186
• Wednesday, June 3, 2015

(PNA), RMA/ZST/RKM/PS

ANGELES CITY, Pampanga, June 3 (PNA)--City Mayor Edgardo Pamintuan will participate, once again, in an international dialogue with leaders, this time, with officials from the United Nations (UN) and the New York City government.

Pamintuan will attend an interactive panel discussion with the senior leadership of New York and UN after touring the UN Headquarters in New York City, New York.

The tour and panel discussion will be held on June 10, after the conclusion of the 6th World Cities Summit Mayor’s Forum (WCSMF).

Based on the invitation sent to Pamintuan, the event is a “unique opportunity to learn about the work the UN is doing to help cities create public spaces where women and girls prosper, and how New York City is partnering with the UN in this effort — including the City’s unprecedented Memorandum of Understanding with UN Women – directly from UN and City leadership.”

Attendees will also be given the opportunity to learn about UN's post-2015 development agenda and sustainable development goals, which are currently being negotiated by the organization's member states.

Paneling the interactive discussion are: Penny Abeywardena, Commissioner, New York City Mayor’s Office for International Affairs; Cristina Gallach, UN Under Secretary General for Communications and Public Information; Daniel Seymour, Deputy Director of Programmes, UN Women and Maya Wiley, Counsel to the Mayor, New York City Mayor’s Office.

Pamintuan is currently in Brussels, Belgium and is participating in the “Assises of Decentralised Cooperation for Development” by the European Commission’s Directorate General for International Cooperation and Development. It is a political dialogue between European institutions, the European Union and partner countries’ regional and local authorities engaged in development cooperation activities.

On June 8, Pamintuan will go to New York City, USA for the WCSMF, a flagship event of the biennial World Mayor’s Forum.

The forum is an exclusive, by-invitation-only global platform for city leaders to discuss pressing urban challenges and share best practices.