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Monday, December 12, 2022

The House Stands Adjourned Until December 12, 2022 at 12:00 PM EST
The Senate Stands Adjourned Until December 12, 2022 at 3:00 PM EST

Deputy Secretary for Management and Resources Brian P. McKeon attends meetings and briefings, at the Department of State.
Under Secretary for Political Affairs Victoria J. Nuland attends meetings and briefings, at the Department of State.
Under Secretary for Civilian Security, Democracy, and Human Rights Uzra Zeya attends meetings and briefings, at the Department of State.

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December 12, 2022 - December 13, 2022
Meth Decontamination & Remediation
Association of Alaska Housing Authorities' (AAHA)
https://www.hud.gov/states/alaska/renting
https://www.aahaak.org/event-details/meth-decontamination-remediation-2

December 12, 2022 - December 14, 2022
NWONAP/SWONAP Development Planning Series Virtual Trainings; Part 1
Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Native American Programs
https://newregistration.firstpic.org/devplan/

December 12, 2022 - December 15, 2022
Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act NAHASDA Intermediate Training
Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Native American Programs
https://newregistration.firstpic.org/onapIntermediate/Eventdetails_NAHInt-Dec.pdf

December 12, 2022 - December 15, 2022
2022 Department of Defense Intelligence Information System (DoDIIS) Worldwide Conference
Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA)
https://www.ncsi.com/event/dodiis/

December 12, 2022 - December 16, 2022
AGU Fall Meeting 2022
American Geophysical Union
https://www.agu.org/Fall-Meeting

December 12, 2022 - December 16, 2022
CORE Week, featuring the Secular Trends in Macroeconomics and Firm Dynamics Conference
Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond
https://www.richmondfed.org/conferences_and_events/2022/202212_core_week

Weekly Schedule of Public Speaking Engagements and Other Activities - Friday, 09 December 2022 - Sunday, 18 December 2022
European Central Bank (ECB)
https://www.ecb.europa.eu/press/calendars/weekly/html/index.en.html

December 12, 2022
Universal Health Coverage Day
World Health Organization of the United Nations (WHO)
https://www.who.int/campaigns/universal-health-coverage-day/2022
https://universalhealthcoverageday.org/

2:00 AM EST
E-Meeting of the ITU-T Study Group 17: Q11/17 Generic Technologies (Such as Directory, PKI, Formal Languages, Object Identifiers) to Support Secure Applications
International Telecommunication Union (ITU) of the United Nations
https://www.itu.int/net/itu-t/lists/rgmdetails.aspx?id=13332&Group=17

3:00 AM EST
Launch of the UNCTAD Handbook of Statistics 2022
United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
https://unctad.org/meeting/launch-handbook-statistics-2022

3:00 AM EST
High-level event on the 15th anniversary of the entry into force of the International Convention for the Suppression of Acts of Nuclear Terrorism (ICSANT)
United Nations
https://media.un.org/en/asset/k1w/k1wcugqkq0

4:00 AM EST
Data Release - Long-Term Interest Rate Statistics for EU Member States
European Central Bank (ECB)
https://www.ecb.europa.eu/stats/financial_markets_and_interest_rates/long_term_interest_rates/html/index.en.html

5:15 AM EST
Book Launch and Discussion | In Hard Times: Security in a Time of Insecurity
Observer Research Foundation
https://www.orfonline.org/research/book-discussion-in-hard-times-security-in-a-time-of-insecurity/

6:00 AM EST
45th Session of the Codex Alimentarius Commission - Adoption of the Report - Day 1
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
https://www.fao.org/webcast/home/en/item/6069/icode/

6:00 AM EST
The ECB Podcast: Kerstin af Jochnick and Mario Quagliariello on supervisory priorities 2023-2025
European Central Bank (ECB)
https://pod.link/ecbpodcast

6:00 AM EST
Scaling Private Sector Finance in the MENA Region
United Nations Environment Programme Finance Initiative (UNEP FI)
https://www.unepfi.org/themes/climate-change/scaling-private-sector-finance-in-the-mena-region/

6:15 AM EST
Transnational Advocacy in the Digital Era
Graduate Institute Geneva
https://www.graduateinstitute.ch/communications/events/transnational-advocacy-digital-era

8:00 AM EST
AFCEA NOVA Army IT Day 2023
Armed Forces Communications & Electronics Association (AFCEA)
https://afceanova.swoogo.com/ArmyITDay2023

8:00 AM EST
Early Warning, Alert and Response System (EWARS) in a Box - Introducing 16-Episode Multilingual Online Training Course on OpenWHO
World Health Organization of the United Nations (WHO)
https://www.who.int/news-room/events/detail/2022/12/12/default-calendar/ewars-in-a-box-introducing-16-episode-multilingual-online-training-course-on-openwho

8:30 AM EST
Economic Priorities for France and the Euro Area
Official Monetary and Financial Institutions Forum (OMFIF)
https://www.omfif.org/events/economic-priorities-for-france-and-the-euro-area/

9:00 AM EST
Coexisting and Competing With China in Africa: Indian Perspectives in Ghana
Atlantic Council
https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/event/coexisting-and-competing-with-china-in-africa/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CSDDIDmp-Hg

9:00 AM EST
Mapping China's Pathway to a Carbon-neutral Food System
Woodrow Wilson Center and Green Development Program (iGDP)
http://www.igdp.cn/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/2022-11-22-IGDP-Working-Paper-EN-Chinas-Agri-food-System-and-Carbon-Neutrality.pdf
https://www.wilsoncenter.org/event/mapping-chinas-pathway-carbon-neutral-food-system

9:00 AM EST
A Fundamental Problem of Digital Hardware: Will True Trustworthiness Require Quantum Computing?
ai for Good Is Organized by ITU in Partnership With 40 UN Sister Agencies and Co-convened With Switzerland
https://aiforgood.itu.int/event/a-fundamental-problem-of-ai-on-digital-hardware-will-true-trustworthiness-require-quantum-computing/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3vP-rh119CM

9:00 AM EST
COP-15: Caring for biodiversity to protect ourselves, our health and wellbeing organized by the Planetary Health Alliance, Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment (#401)
United Nations Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD)
https://www.cbd.int/conferences/2021-2022/schedules
https://www.cbd.int/live/

9:00 AM EST
Assessing the TTC and the Transatlantic Alliance
Center for Strategic & International Studies
https://www.csis.org/events/assessing-ttc-and-transatlantic-alliance

9:00 AM EST
Dr. Mark Hallett Festschrift: From Action Potential to Free Will - Celebrating the Scientific Contributions of Mark Hallett, MD
National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services
https://calendar.nih.gov/event/view/41728
https://videocast.nih.gov/watch=46497

9:00 AM EST
Only The Strong with Senator Tom Cotton
The Reagan Foundation and Institute
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ffADjlD9i78

9:15 AM EST
COP-15: Daily Press Briefing - 12 December 2022
United Nations Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD)
https://www.cbd.int/conferences/2021-2022/schedules
https://www.cbd.int/live/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M89b55XV3b4

9:30 AM EST
COP-15: Biodiversity protection under Climate Change Background organized by China Association for the Promotion of Cooperation of International Non-governmental Organizations, Green Camel Bell, Chongqing Renewable Energy Society, Beijing Envirofriends
United Nations Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD)
https://www.cbd.int/conferences/2021-2022/schedules
https://www.cbd.int/live/

9:30 AM EST
The Court Will Release an Order List at 9:30 a.m. On Monday, December 12. 
Supreme Court of the United States
https://www.supremecourt.gov/orders/ordersofthecourt

9:45 AM EST
Security Council Media Stakeout
United Nations
https://media.un.org/en/asset/k1o/k1opbjfi69

10:00 AM EST
The Exposome and Health: Where Chemistry Meets Biology
Harvard University T.H. Chan School of Public Health
https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/event/the-exposome-and-health-where-chemistry-meets-biology/

10:00 AM EST
Power of the Purse: Restoring Congress's Directed Spending Authority
Bipartisan Policy Center
https://bipartisanpolicy.org/event/power-of-the-purse/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f3IMTY4Rd14

10:00 AM EST
Global Economists' Roundtable
Official Monetary and Financial Institutions Forum (OMFIF)
https://www.omfif.org/events/global-economist-roundtable/

10:00 AM EST
Abrogating the Visiting Forces Agreement: Its Effects on Philippine Security and Stability in Southeast Asia
East-West Center
https://www.eastwestcenter.org/events/abrogating-visiting-forces-agreement-its-effects-philippine-security-and-stability-southeast

10:00 AM EST
A New Cold War? The Rise of Authoritarianism and the Future of Democracy
Wilfried Martens Center for European Studies
https://www.youtube.com/@MartensCentre
https://www.martenscentre.eu/event/a-new-cold-war-the-rise-of-authoritarianism-and-the-future-of-democracy/
https://www.c-span.org/video/?524763-1/rep-bill-keating-foreign-policy-democracy-authoritarianism

10:00 AM EST
Digital Transformation and Inclusion in Sub-Saharan Africa
Center for Strategic & International Studies
https://www.csis.org/events/digital-transformation-and-inclusion-sub-saharan-africa
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pj5yQpJzQAQ

10:00 AM EST
Demonstration: IUCN Contribution for Nature Platform
International Union for Conservation of Nature
https://www.iucn.org/events/iucn-event/demonstration-iucn-contribution-nature-platform

10:00 AM EST
Security Council - International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals - Security Council, 9217th meeting
United Nations
https://media.un.org/en/asset/k1v/k1vqj9qya9

10:00 AM EST
Group of Friends of DDR High-Level Meeting on 4th SG Report on DDR
United Nations
https://media.un.org/en/asset/k1u/k1uqd74ncm

10:00 AM EST
General Assembly: 52nd plenary meeting, 77th session
United Nations
https://media.un.org/en/asset/k1f/k1f43wromb

10:00 AM EST
LinkedIn Job Search for Military Spouses and Caregivers
Department of Labor Transition Employment Assistance for Military Spouses and Caregivers (TEAMS)
https://www.dol.gov/agencies/vets/events/12122022/Linkedin-Job-Search-Military-Spouses-and-caregivers

10:00 AM EST
Entertainment Nation! Family Festival - The U.S. Army Brass Quintet
National Museum of American History, Washington, DC
https://www.usarmyband.com/events/national-museum-of-american-historys-entertainment-nation-family-festival

10:30 AM EST
Susan Shirk on "Overreach: How China Derailed Its Peaceful Rise"
The George Washington University Elliott School of International Affairs
https://calendar.gwu.edu/susan-shirk-overreach-how-china-derailed-its-peaceful-rise

11:00 AM EST
Environmental Health Sciences Seminar Series: "Monocyte-Specific DNA Methylation Signatures of Type 2 Diabetes Risk: Findings from the Multiethnic Cohort Study"
Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health
https://www.publichealth.columbia.edu/public-health-now/events/ehs-seminar-series-13

11:00 AM EST
Semafor Africa Summit
Semafor
https://events.semafor.com/semaforafricasummit

11:00 AM EST
Business and Operations Advisory Committee Meeting (Fall 2022)
National Science Foundation
https://beta.nsf.gov/events/business-operations-advisory-committee-meeting/2022-12-12

11:00 AM EST
Deputy Secretary Wendy R. Sherman Meets With Republic of the Congo President Sasso N'Guesso
Washington, DC.
https://www.state.gov/public-schedule-monday-december-12-2022/

12:00 PM EST
Making Climate "Resilience" and "Adaptation" Real Through Mental Health Systems: Transformative Prospects for the UN Race to Resilience
Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health and Columbia University Global Mental Health Program
https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMp2001507
https://abillion.org/
https://www.publichealth.columbia.edu/public-health-now/events/making-climate-resilience-and-adaptation-real-through-mental-health-systems-transformative-prospects

12:00 PM EST
Developing Local Community and Economic Development Ecosystems: What Does It Take?
Urban Institute
https://www.urban.org/events/developing-local-community-and-economic-development-ecosystems-what-does-it-take

12:00 PM EST
Daily Press Briefing by the Spokesperson of the Secretary-General and the Spokesperson for the President of the General Assembly.
United Nations
https://media.un.org/en/asset/k1g/k1g74flma2

12:00 PM EST
Activities of the Holy Father Pope Francis - Blessed Virgin Mary of Guadalupe - Holy Mass
St Peter's Basilica
https://www.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/events/event.dir.html/content/vaticanevents/en/2022/12/12/messa-guadalupe.html

12:00 PM EST
Structural Pharmacology & State Transitions of the Muscle-Type Nicotinic Receptor
National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services
https://research.ninds.nih.gov/seminars-events/neuroscience-seminar-series
https://videocast.nih.gov/watch=46429

12:00 PM EST
Sharing The Journey - Online Support Group
Veterans Administration
https://www.va.gov/outreach-and-events/events/51603/

12:10 PM EST
Occupational Health and Safety Concerns of U.S. Rideshare Drivers: Insight into the Gig Economy
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
https://publichealth.jhu.edu/events/2022/occupational-health-and-safety-concerns-of-us-rideshare-drivers-insight-into-the-gig-economy

12:30 PM EST
U.S. Commercial Service 2022 Africa Regional Commercial Officer Training
Business Council for International Understanding
https://bciu.org/
https://bciu.zohobackstage.com/2022SCOTraining

12:40 PM EST
President Biden Participates in Toys for Tots Event
President Biden and first lady Jill Biden participate in in a U.S. Marine Corps Reserve Toys for Tots event at Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall in Arlington, Virginia.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ReazuMXgNjk
https://www.c-span.org/video/?524765-1/president-biden-participates-toys-tots-event

1:00 PM EST
Student Workshop | Career Pathways to International Relations
World Affairs Council's Global Classroom
https://www.world-affairs.org/event/new-student-workshop-career-pathways-to-international-relations/

1:00 PM EST
December 2022 Hernán Santa Cruz Dialogue Series: Human Rights Economies: The Role of Local Governments
Northeastern University School of Law and Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights of the United Nations (OHCHR)
https://www.ohchr.org/en/events/events/2022/hernan-santa-cruz-dialogue-series-december-2022
https://law.northeastern.edu/event/webinar-human-rights-economies-the-role-of-local-governments/

1:00 PM EST
Richard Stengel on 'Mandela: The Lost Tapes'
Washington Post Live
https://www.washingtonpost.com/washington-post-live/2022/12/12/richard-stengel-mandela-lost-tapes/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iEPtiBmhi78

1:00 PM EST
Salary Negotiations for Military Spouses and Caregivers
Department of Labor Transition Employment Assistance for Military Spouses and Caregivers (TEAMS)
https://www.dol.gov/agencies/vets/events/12122022/Salary-Negotiations-Military-Spouses-and-caregivers

1:00 PM EST
Biology Integration Institutes (BII) Webinar
National Science Foundation
https://beta.nsf.gov/events/biology-integration-institutes-bii-webinar-1/2022-12-13

1:00 PM EST
Informational Webinar on NOT-OD-23-002, an Administrative Supplement to Recognize Excellence in Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility Mentorship
National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services
https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-OD-23-002.html
https://videocast.nih.gov/watch=48709

1:15 PM EST
Arria-Formula Meeting on "Marking the Seventh Anniversary of the Youth, Peace and Security Agenda"
United Nations
https://media.un.org/en/asset/k1g/k1geirvk3o

1:30 PM EST
Integrating Special Populations: Seminar Series 2020 ISP Pilot Award Presentations - Building Trust and Awareness of Parkinson's disease in the African American/Black Community and High-Throughput Sequencing Platform for the Diagnosis of Bacteremia in Children with Cancer
Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health
https://www.publichealth.columbia.edu/public-health-now/events/integrating-special-populations-seminar-series-2020-isp-pilot-award-presentations

1:30 PM EST
The Relationship Between Substance Abuse and Child Welfare
American Enterprise Institute
https://www.aei.org/events/the-relationship-between-substance-abuse-and-child-welfare/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UVV2S0L70pM

1:30 PM EST
Secretary Antony J. Blinken meets with Uzbekistan Foreign Minister Vladimir Norov
Department State
https://www.state.gov/public-schedule-monday-december-12-2022/
https://www.c-span.org/video/?524766-1/secretary-blinken-meets-uzbekistan-foreign-minster

2:00 PM EST
Where Does the Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) Debate Go from Here?
Bipartisan Policy Center
https://bipartisanpolicy.org/event/esg-debate/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B0jl03i1Zmg

2:00 PM EST
The Outlook for Strategic Competition in the Semiconductor Industry
Woodrow Wilson Center
https://www.wilsoncenter.org/event/outlook-strategic-competition-semiconductor-industry

2:00 PM EST
Department Press Briefing with Principal Deputy Spokesperson Vedant Patel
Department State
https://www.state.gov/todays-briefing-schedule/
https://www.youtube.com/statedept

2:30 PM EST
Secretary Antony J. Blinken participates in a memorandum of understanding signing ceremony with the Tent Partnership for Refugees
Department State
https://www.youtube.com/statedept
https://www.c-span.org/video/?524764-1/secretary-blinken-signing-ceremony-tent-partnership-refugees

2:45 PM EST
Security Council Media Stakeout
United Nations
https://media.un.org/en/asset/k1a/k1akf9579b

3:00 PM EST
Policy Spotlight: One-On-One with Ashish Jha, White House Coordinator of the COVID-19 Response
Health Affairs
https://www.healthaffairs.org/do/10.1377/he20221129.985991/full/

3:00 PM EST
Defending Transparency and Advancing Anticorruption in the Western Hemisphere
Center for Strategic & International Studies with the Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs of the U.S. State Department
https://www.csis.org/events/defending-transparency-and-advancing-anticorruption-western-hemisphere
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o-VmqLq1iX0

3:00 PM EST
Leading Senate Negotiators on Bill to Protect Same-Sex Marriages
Washington Post Live
https://www.washingtonpost.com/washington-post-live/2022/12/12/leading-senate-negotiators-bill-protect-same-sex-marriages/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QxusCCCkQt4

3:00 PM EST
Briefings by Chairs of Subsidiary Bodies of the Security Council - Security Council, 9218th Meeting
United Nations
https://media.un.org/en/asset/k18/k18lyq9atf

3:00 PM EST
General Assembly: Informal Plenary Meeting, 77th Session
United Nations
https://media.un.org/index.php/en/asset/k1o/k1oixxv9fl

3:00 PM EST
Experiential Learning for Emerging and Novel Technologies (ExLENT) Proposal Prep Webinar
National Science Foundation
https://beta.nsf.gov/events/exlent-proposal-prep-webinar/2022-12-12

3:00 PM EST
Press Briefing by Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre and National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan
The White House
https://www.c-span.org/video/?524775-1/white-house-daily-briefing
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=igEOh5v04tY

3:30 PM EST
Data Infrastructure Issues for Evidence-Based Policy and Practice
Urban Institute
https://www.urban.org/events/data-infrastructure-issues-evidence-based-policy-and-practice

4:00 PM EST
G-Man: J. Edgar Hoover and the Making of the American Century
Woodrow Wilson Center
https://www.wilsoncenter.org/event/g-man-j-edgar-hoover-and-making-american-century

4:00 PM EST
COP-15: Nature-Oriented Investment, Biodiversity from the View of ESG organized by the Center for Environmental Education and Communications of MEE, P.R. China; Ant Group
United Nations Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD)
https://www.cbd.int/conferences/2021-2022/schedules
https://www.cbd.int/live/

5:10 PM EST
Data Management and Sharing Plans, NIH Funding, and You
University of California, Berkeley, School of Public Health
https://www.oir.nih.gov/sourcebook/intramural-program-oversight/intramural-data-sharing/2023-nih-data-management-sharing-policy
https://publichealth.berkeley.edu/event/data-management-and-sharing-plans-nih-funding-and-you/

5:30 PM EST
2022 Holiday Reception
The Economic Club of Washington D.C. Chairman, David M. Rubenstein, The Board of Directors, and President & CEO, Mary Brady
https://www.economicclub.org/events/2022-holiday-reception

5:30 PM EST
Business meeting to consider the nominations of Martin J. Gruenberg, of Maryland, to be a Member and Chairperson, Travis Hill, of Maryland, to be a Member and Vice Chairperson, and Jonathan McKernan, of Tennessee, to be a Member, all of the Board of Directors of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, and Kimberly Ann McClain, of Maryland, to be an Assistant Secretary of Housing and Urban Development.
Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee
https://www.congress.gov/event/117th-congress/senate-event/333461

6:00 PM EST
International Symposium on Transnational Professional Caregiving for Older Adults and Care Workers' Wellness in the U. S., Mexico, Taiwan, and Japan
University of California, Berkeley, School of Public Health
https://publichealth.berkeley.edu/event/international-symposium-on-transnational-professional-caregiving-for-older-adults-and-care-workers-wellness-in-the-u-s-mexico-taiwan-and-japan/

6:00 PM EST
First Lady Jill Biden Hosts a Virtual Appreciation Event for Educators 
First Lady Jill Biden hosts a virtual appreciation event for educators with the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) and the National Education Association (NEA).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L173SkTTY90

6:30 PM EST
Screaming on the Inside: New York Times Reporter Jessica Grose on the Unsustainability of American Motherhood.
Boston University School of Public Health, WBUR, and Cambridge Trust
https://www.bu.edu/sph/calendar/?eid=269557
https://www.wbur.org/events/792734/screaming-on-the-inside-new-york-times-reporter-jessica-grose-on-the-unsustainability-of-american-motherhood

6:30 PM EST
Secretary Antony J. Blinken delivers remarks at a reception for African innovators as part of the U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit
Department State
https://www.youtube.com/statedept
https://www.c-span.org/video/?524767-1/secretary-blinken-remarks-african-innovators-reception

7:30 AM EST
Sexuality and the Sacred Self: A Conversation Continued
Georgetown University's Berkley Center for Religion, Peace and World Affairs
https://berkleycenter.georgetown.edu/events/sexuality-and-the-sacred-self-a-conversation-continued

8:00 PM EST
Red Rover, Red Rover, Send Curiosity Right Over
American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics AIAA
https://engage.aiaa.org/orangecounty/events/event-description?CalendarEventKey=557d40b6-faae-47c1-949e-95145306a12a&CommunityKey=d07407a7-2ac4-4fb6-b2b3-3d7ba38fdbd8&Home=%2fevents%2fcalendar

10:00 PM EST
YPIN Global Cafe: 2022 in Review
Young Professionals International Network, World Affairs Council
https://www.world-affairs.org/event/ypin-global-cafe-2022-in-review/

11:30 PM EST
Data for Development: Role of G20 in Advancing the 2030 Agenda
Observer Research Foundation
https://www.orfonline.org/research/g20-india-2023-development-working-group-side-event/