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UNIS/MA/267
Vienna, 21 January 2020

MEDIA ADVISORY

Media representatives are invited to the

European Union/UN Office for Outer Space Affairs panel discussion on Multilateralism at Work

Tuesday, 4 February 2020

From 6.30pm

Urania Observatory - Uraniastrasse 1 - 1010 Vienna

VIENNA, 21 January 2020 (United Nations Information Service) - The Delegation of the European Union (EU) to the International Organisations in Vienna and the United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA) invite you to a panel discussion to celebrate 40 years of the EU and the UN together in Vienna.

The panel will showcase examples of multilateralism at work, successful cooperation in the space sector and plans for the future. The event will be followed by a reception.

It will include remarks by:

• Stephan Klement, Head of Delegation of the European Union to the International Organisations in Vienna;
• Martin Selmayr, Head of the European Commission Representation in Austria: "The EU Space Strategy"
• Simonetta Di Pippo, Director of UNOOSA; and
• Carine Claeys, Special Envoy for Space/Head of the Space Task Force, European External Action Service.

Registration (by 2 February) through this link: https://eeas.europa.eu/delegations/vienna-international-organisations/72938/eu-un-40-years-together-vienna-multilateralism-work-eu-unoosa-coorperation_en

For the Programme, please click here.

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For more information please contact:

Alain Georges Matton
Press Attaché - Communication and Public Information Officer
Delegation of the European Union to the International Organisations in Vienna
Telephone: (+43 1) 505 84 11 69
Mobile: (+43 664) 884 222 69
Email: alain.matton[at]eeas.europa.eu
Twitter: @AlainMatton

or

Ottavia Pesce
Associate Communication Officer
United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs
Telephone: (+43 1) 26060 8718
Email: pesce[at]un.org

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