Seeking to drive forward implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and taking into account its strong interlinkages with the Paris Climate Agreement, President of the UN General Assembly H.E. Mogens Lykketoft will convene a High-Level Thematic Debate on Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) on 21 April 2016. Continue reading
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ECOSOC Forum on Financing for Development follow-up
High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development Adopts Declaration of Commitment to Ambitious, People-centred Post-2015 Agenda
The High-level Political Forum for Sustainable Development closed its eight-day annual session today with the adoption of a declaration that committed ministers from around the world to establishing a “strong, universal, ambitious, inclusive and people-centred” post-2015 development agenda that completed the unfinished business of the Millennium Development Goals and responded to new challenges. Continue reading
DPI/NGO Communications Workshop 2015
The NGO Relations Section within the Department of Public Information at the United Nations, in partnership with the NGO/DPI Executive Committee Communications Subcomittee is organising a communications workshop themed “Acting Globally in the Digital Age”. To take place on Thursday, 11 June 2015, 10:00 – 13:00 local time in the ECOSOC Chamber of the United Nations Headquarters in New York. Continue reading
NGO Committee Recommends 54 Groups for Consultative Status with ECOSOC
Opening its resumed session for 2015, the Committee on Non-Governmental Organizations today recommended 54 groups for special consultative status with the United Nations Economic and Social Council and deferred action on the status of 34 others. Continue reading
14th Session of the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues
The 14th Session of the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues will take place from 20 April to 1 May in New York. More than 1,000 indigenous participants from all regions of the world are expected to take part in the two-week session.The opening session is on Monday, 20 April at 11:00 hrs in the General Assembly with a traditional welcome ceremony. The Deputy Secretary-General will be in attendance along with the President of the General Assembly, the Vice President of ECOSOC and the Under-Secretary-General for DESA. Continue reading
Youth Engagement in the Transition from MDGs to SDGs: What will it take?
Economic and Social Survey of Asia and the Pacific 2014
The Economic and Social Survey of Asia and the Pacific is the oldest and most comprehensive annual review of economic and social development in Asia and the Pacific. This flagship publication of ESCAP outlines policies to sustain dynamic growth and to make it inclusive such as unlocking fiscal space to finance higher productive government spending and enhancing regional connectivity through stronger institutional coordination across the region. Continue reading
Millennium Development Goals Report 2014
With the 2015 deadline for achieving the landmark Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) less that 550 days away, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has launched the final push towards the United Nations targets – many of which have been met or are within reach – and urged a strong, ambitious successor blueprint “that will leave no one behind.” Continue reading
Registration now open for the World Conference on Indigenous Peoples
The High-level Meeting of the General Assembly, to be known as the World Conference on Indigenous Peoples will take place on 22 September and on the afternoon of 23 September 2014 at UN Headquarters in New York. Continue reading