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News | 07 April 2022
Urbanization is one of the most important megatrends shaping our world and the life and wellbeing of families worldwide. Sustainable urbanization is related to the achievement of several Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and targets, such as SDG1…
News | 28 April 2022
The explosive growth of extractive operations around the world often plays out on Indigenous Peoples' lands without their consent, causing irreparable harm to their livelihoods, cultures, languages and lives, speakers told the Permanent Forum on…
News | 22 April 2022
Theme: “Indigenous peoples, business, autonomy and the human rights principles of due diligence including free, prior and informed consent”.
Date: 25 April-6 May 2022.
Location: United Nations Headquarters, New York.
The 2022 session of…
News | 14 April 2022
The theme of the 21st session of the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII21) is “Indigenous peoples, business, autonomy and the human rights principles of due diligence including free, prior and informed consent”.
The UNPFII21 will take…
News | 13 April 2022
At the 10th plenary meeting of ECOSOC (Decision E/2022/213), held on 13 April, the Council elected the government-nominated Members to the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues for a 3-year term beginning 1 January 2023 and concluding on 31 December…
News | 08 April 2022
The Open-Ended Working Group on Ageing was established by the General Assembly by resolution 65/182 on 21 December 2010. The working group will consider the existing international framework of the human rights of older persons and identify possible…
News | 31 March 2022
Over the past decade, major progress has been made towards increasing access to education generally, as well as for persons with autism specifically.
However, in 2020, as the COVID-19 pandemic spread across the globe, a majority of countries…
News | 23 March 2022
On July 2, cooperatives all around the world will celebrate the 100th International Day of Cooperatives (#CoopsDay). A decade on from the UN International Year of Cooperatives, which showcased the unique contribution of cooperatives to making the…
News | 16 March 2022
The International Day of Sport for Development and Peace (IDSDP), which takes place annually on 6 April, presents an opportunity to recognize the positive role sport and physical activity play in communities and in people’s lives across the globe.…
News | 08 March 2022
This year’s briefing focused on “Shameful Contrast: Inequality at the Intersection of Age and Gender” with a spotlight on older women and aims to transform political momentum into action that will empower older women and further promote gender…
News | 04 March 2022
The Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) was adopted by the General Assembly by its resolution 61/106 of 13 December 2006. It came into force on 3 May 2008 upon the 20th ratification. Article 40 of the Convention stipulates…
News | 04 March 2022
Down syndrome occurs when an individual has an extra partial (or whole) copy of chromosome 21. It is not yet know why this syndrome occurs, but Down syndrome has always been a part of the human condition. It exists in all regions across the globe…