Its annual conference (Ard Fheis) brings together delegates from all local branches to discuss party policy and to elect officers.
The event brought together delegates from sports governing bodies, associations and clubs that signed up to the charter as well as representatives from business, the arts, the news media and charities and a number of gay athletes and women, including the former Welsh rugby star Gareth Thomas, the ex-N.B.A. center John Amaechi and the six-time Wimbledon champion Billie Jean King.
In June 2014, the first-of-its-kind Global Summit to End Sexual Violence in Conflict brought together delegates from more than 120 countries and more than a thousand experts, religious leaders, and representatives of civil society and international organisations to discuss warzone sexual violence.
The 2015 Winter Youth Assembly brought together delegates from all around the world who are working on ways to address the United Nations Millennium Development Goalss.
The First Meeting of States Parties to the Convention – the largest international gathering ever hosted by the Government of Lao PDR – brought together delegates from 118 states and more than 560 civil society representatives.
In February the company hosted the first Global Education and Skills Forum in Dubai, bringing together 500 delegates to discuss the relationship between governments and the private sector.
The North Korean leader, Kim Jong-il, would be bringing together party delegates in the capital, Pyongyang, for the first time in 30 years.
In May, Sri Lanka held the World Conference on Youth 2014, bringing together 1500 youth delegates, government representatives, UN officials, and other relevant stakeholders.
The National Order of the Arrow Conference (NOAC) is a multi-day event which usually takes place on a university campus, bringing together thousands of delegates from OA lodges around the nation for training and activities.
To mark the event, the United Nations Girls Education Initiativee (UNGEI), in partnership with UN Women, UNICEF and Plan International, hosted a side event today, bringing together adolescent girl delegates and key UN representatives to discuss the complex realities and challenges facing rural girls.
