United Nations University (UNU) Office at the United Nations in New York will present a book launch this afternoon to discuss issues raised in Rethinking Poverty: Report on the World Social Situation 2010, published by the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs.
If you're in NYC, you're invited to attend, from 3-4:30 p.m. in Conference Room C, Temporary North Lawn Building (TNLB), UN Headquarters.
If you can't make it to the UN today, the event will include a simultaneous live, interactive webcast. To receive instructions on how to participate in the webcast, please register. The webcast will also be archived online in a few days.
Here's a brief synopsis of the book and the event:
Read more about the event and the book. [Hat tip to Lynn Fries.]