
Sommaire: EUROPEAN COMMISSION AND COUNCIL SECRETARIAT SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS IN NEW YORK, INCLUDING OFFICIAL GROUP VISITS TO THE EUROPEAN UNION, IN 2004
(Please feel free to contact us at delegation-new-york-euinfo@cec.eu.int if your organization would like us to speak at a suitable event. Please note that many of the events listed below are restricted to the members of the hosting organization only)
| Date | JANUARY |
| 21 | Participation of Mr. Damien Cole, First Secretary of the Permanent Mission of Ireland to the UN, at a panel discussion on "The European Union, the United States and the United Nations, Refocusing on International Security Cooperation from the Security Council to National Capitals", with the participation of Mr. Kael Weston, US Department of State, political advisor of the US Mission to the United Nations
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| 22 | Participation of Mr. Breifne O'Reilly, Economic Counselor of the Embassy of Ireland in the US, at a panel discussion on "The Eurozone and the Euro - Two Years Later", with the participation of Dr. Pierre Uhel, French Embassy in the US, Head of the Treasury Office on Wall Street, Dr. Hermann Naust, Deutsche Bundesbank Head of the New York Office, Dr. Francesco Lovecchio, Italian Embassy in the United States, Financial Attache
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| 22 | Briefing by Ditte Juul Jorgensen on "The European Union at the United Nations" to students at Hofstra University
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| 26 | Participation in a Panel "The EU and the US: Hot Issues for 2004" by Christopher Matthews
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| Date | FEBRUARY |
| 23 | Participation of Mr. Micail VITSENTZATOS, Deputy Head of Office, Legal Adviser EU Council Secretariat; Mr. Damien COLE, First Secretary, Permanent Mission of Ireland to the UN; Ms. Philomena MURNAGHAN, Counsellor/Deputy Permanent Representative, Permanent Mission of Ireland at a panel discussion on "The European Union, the United States, and the United Nations: Exploring Further Cooperation Venues from the UN Security Council to National Capitals" with the participation
of Mr. Kael WESTON, US Department of State, Political Advisor of the US Mission to the UN; Ms. Saskia REILLY, Chief of Staff, US Mission to the UN; Mr. Douglas D. JONES, Adviser, US Mission to the UN.
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| Date | MARCH |
| 2 | "Transatlantic Relations in Transition: A Conversation with EU Commissioner Chris Patten
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| 4 | Participation in a Videoconference - "Globalization in all its Forms and Manifestations" - by Ambassador John B. Richardson
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| 5 | Roundtable with Jonathan Faull, Director General, Justice and Home Affairs, European Commission: "Secure Borders: The European Experience"
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| 5 | Panel Discussion on "European Political Culture(s): Heterogeneous Experiences - Common Identities?", moderated by Ambassador John B. Richardson; also, presentation by Ambassador John B. Richardson at same conference "Reconciling the Unreconcilable" re: "Europe's Constitution in the Making".
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| 8 | Briefing on the EU, the US and the WTO by Christopher Matthews
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| Date | APRIL |
| 5 | Briefing by Elisabeth Tison and Dominic Porter on the history, role and future of the EU at the United Nations to students participating in the Model United Nations 2004
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| 5 | Briefing by Dominic Porter on the history, role and future of the EU at the United Nations to students participating in the Model United Nations 2004
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| 13 | Briefing by Ditte Juul Jorgensen on "European Union Policy on Trade and Development" to students at Yale University
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| 22 | Participation by European Union High Representative for Common Foreign and Security Policy Javier Solana in an event organized by The Eurasia Foundation on "Building Civil Society in Russia: A Transatlantic Partnership"
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| 22 | Public Lecture by Ambassador John B. Richardson on "Why the US and Europe Need an Effective United Nations", event organized by the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
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| 29 | Presentation by the Consul General of the Republic of Hungary Gabor Horvath and response by Angel Carro Castrillo, Deputy Head of Delegation at the European Commission Delegation to the UN on an East Central European perspective on the significance of May 1.
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| 30 | Press Conference and kick-off ceremony with Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz; Ambassador John B. Richardson, Head of the Delegation of the European Commission to the United Nations; Deputy Consul General of Ireland Gerald Staunton, representing the Irish Presidency of the Council of the EU; Consuls General and dignataries representing more than 25 European countries; and Brooklyn cultural leaders toasting the European Union's enlargement and
inaugurate
Brooklyn EUphoriaa Celebration of European Culture to mark the day ten new Member States join the European Union through Music, Dance, Theater and Film at
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| Date | MAY |
| 1 | Welcome message by Ambassador John B. Richardson, Head of the Delegation of the European Commission to the United Nations, and Gabor Horvath, Consul General of the Republic of Hungary, at THE GRAND EUROPE BALL to celebrate the enlargement of the European Union
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| 14 | Worldview Breakfast : A presentation by Antonio Vitorino, European Union Commissioner for Justice and Home Affairs, on "The Challenges of Global Migration: An EU View"
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| 19 | Panel discussion with H.E. Mr. Roman Kirn, Permanent Representative of Slovenia to the UN, H.E. Mr. Laszlo Molnar, Permanent Representative of Hungary to the UN, and H.E. Mrs. Merle Pajula, Permanent Representative of Estonia to the UN, moderated by Dr. Angel Carro Castrillo, Deputy Head of Delegation, Delegation of the European Commission to the UN, on "The European Union"
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| Date | JUNE |
| 22 | Panel discussion with Ambassador Dr. Gabor Horvath, Hungarian Consulate, Ambassador John B. Richardson, European Union Representative to the United Nations, Dr. Tibor Palszabo, Hungarian Desk - Ernst & Young LLP, and Eberhard Roehm, Administrative Partner of Donahue & Partner LLP, on "European Union-25 -- Opportunities and Pitfalls"
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| Date | JULY |
| 22 | International conference on the Role of the University in Promoting Democratic Governance for Peace and Development, keynote session chaired by Angel Carro Castrillo, Deputy Head of Delegation, on the The Role of the University in Promoting Development and Durable Peace.
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| 30 | Presentation by Angel Carro Castrillo, Deputy Head of Delegation, on the Draft Constitutional Treaty.
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| Date | AUGUST |
| 25 | Briefing by Ms Luisell Pavan Woolfe, Director General of International Affairs in the Directorate General for Employment and Social Affairs of the European Commission, on "The European Union Disability Strategy-legislation and Policy"
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| 27 | Presentation by Ms Luisell Pavan Woolfe, Director General of International Affairs in the Directorate General of Employment and Social Affairs of the European Commission, on "Anti-discrimination Legislation".
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| Date | SEPTEMBER |
| 22 | Remarks by Ambassador John B. Richardson, Head of the Delegation of the European Commission to the United Nations, at the Foreign Policy Association - World Leadership Forum 2004, on "European Union Enlargement" to the Panel entitled "European Union Integration: The Impact on Business and Public Policy".
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| 29 | Briefing Presentation with H.E. Ambassador Dirk Jan van den Berg, Permanent Representative of the Kingdom of the Netherlands to the United Nations on "The Priorities of the Dutch Presidency of the European Union and their status".
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| Date | OCTOBER |
| 12 | Panel Discussion on "Governance beyond the Nation State" with Klaus Gretschmann, Director General at the EU Council of Ministers, Brussels, Ambassador John B. Richardson, Head of the Delegation of the European Commission to the United Nations, New York, Dmitri Trenin, Director of Studies at the Carnegie Moscow Center, Moscow, and Fareed Zakaria, Editor of Newsweek International, New York, with Moderator Susan Stern, University of Frankfurt.
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| 20 | Presentation by Angel Carro Castrillo, Deputy Head of Delegation
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| 21 | Presentation by Ambassador John B. Richardson, Head of the Delegation of the European Commission to the United Nations on "Outlook and Prospects for Transatlantic Relations in the U.N. Context"
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| 29 | Presentation by Angel Carro Castrillo, Deputy Head of Delegation, on the "EU Enlargement".
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| Date | NOVEMBER |
| Date | DECEMBER |
| 7 | Panel Discussion with Mr. Micail Vitsentzatos, Deputy Director, Liaison Office of the General Secretariat of the Council of the European Union to the U.N., Mr. Jeroen Roodenburg, Head of the Political Section, and Mr. Lex Gerts, First Secretary, Political Section, both of the Dutch Mission to the United Nations; Dr. William Maas, New York University Center for European Studies; Mr. Douglas D. Jones, Advisor, US Mission to the United Nations, on "The
State of European-American Relations"
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