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Indigenous women receive great attention at the 60th Commission on the Status of Women
NEW YORK (29 March 2016). After 2 weeks of intense deliberations and negotiations, the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) on 24 March ended its 60th session…
World Down Syndrome Day, 21 March
21 March 2016
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Message of the UN Secretary-General on World Down Syndrome Day
By adopting the ambitious and universal 2030 Agenda for Sustainable…
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Theme: Families, healthy lives and sustainable future The central goals of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development focus on ending poverty, promoting shared economic prosperity, social development and people’s well-being while protecting…
The sixtieth session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW60) opened at the United Nations Headquarters in New York from 14 March 2016. Representatives of Member States, UN entities, and ECOSOC-accredited non-governmental…
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Statement by the Chair of the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, Professor Megan Davis
Today, on International Women’s Day, we would like to recognize and celebrate Indigenous Women.
Indigenous women are one of the most…
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On 25 September 2015, the United Nations General Assembly adopted “Transforming Our World: the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development”, which came into effect on 1 January 2016 and will carry through the next 15 years. The 2030 Agenda is…
On Thursday, 21 April 2016 at United Nations Headquarters in New York, the President of the UN General Assembly H.E. Mogens Lykketoft will convene a High-level Thematic Debate on Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to support prompt…
Sri Lanka ratified the Convention on 8 February 2016, bringing the total number of States Parties to the CRPD to 162.
Working towards universal ratification and implementation of the CRPD:
Ratifications and Signatories of the Convention …
Persons with disabilities, when compared to the general population, face higher risks in conflict situations and natural disasters. Research shows that the mortality rate among persons with disabilities tends to be two to four times higher than…
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Nominations to the UNPFII 2017-19
The deadline for submission of nominations of members of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues has passed.
Nominations have been made by a range of Indigenous Peoples’ organizations as well as by…
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Fifteenth session of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues
UN Headquarters – New York
9 to 20 May 2016
Theme: “Indigenous Peoples: conflict, peace and resolution”.
Provisional Agenda
1. Election of officers
2.…
The Inter-agency and Expert Group on Sustainable Development Goal Indicators (IAEG-SDGs) is the focal point on developing a global indicator framework for the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the corresponding targets. The IAEG-SDGs…