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29 April 2019
The Tenth of the Open-Ended Working Group on Ageing will be held from 15 to 18 April 2019 in Conference Room 4, at the United Nations Headquarters in New York.
The session will be webcast live at: http://webtv.un.org
Participation of NGOs
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03 April 2019
United Nations Headquarters, New York - On the first day marking the 63rd session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW), AARP hosted its 12th annual briefing series, entitled “Why it matters; Social Protection for Older Women”, to…
28 March 2019
"On World Autism Awareness Day, let us reaffirm our commitment to promote the full participation of all people with autism, and ensure they have the necessary support to be able to exercise their rights and fundamental freedoms." Secretary-General…
News | 26 March 2019
List of candidates received for the membership of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues
According to ECOSOC resolution 2000/22 “the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues consists of sixteen members, eight members to be nominated by Governments…
18 March 2019
Down syndrome is a naturally occurring chromosomal arrangement that has always been a part of the human condition, exists in all regions across the globe and commonly results in variable effects on learning styles, physical characteristics or health…
News | 14 March 2019
18th Session of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII)
Date: 22 April – 3 May 2019
Location: United Nations Headquarters, New York
Theme: “Traditional knowledge: Generation, transmission and…
12 March 2019
In the 2030 Agenda for sustainable development, Member States recognized the important role of cooperatives, stating that: “we acknowledge the role of the diverse private sector, ranging from micro-enterprises to cooperatives in the implementation…
News | 28 February 2019
The 2019 International Day of Families will focus this year on “Families and Climate Action: Focus on SDG13”. The annual observance reflects the importance the international community attaches to families and their role in development. Recent…
27 February 2019
The 2019 World Youth Report is set to provide policy guidance for the development of national ecosystems leveraging youth social entrepreneurship for the Sustainable Development Goals. The report marks UN DESA’s commitment to the Global Initiative…
16 February 2019
In a world where climate change wreaks havoc on our economies, societies and environment, where unemployment and inequalities are rampant and where trust in international cooperation is falling, what can keep us from losing faith that the world 2030…
01 February 2019
Ahead of the 2019 International Dialogue on Migration on the theme of “Youth and migration: Engaging youth as key partners in migration”, UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs’ Population Division has compiled recent facts and figures about…
News | 15 January 2019
In its resolution 72/145, the General Assembly requested the Secretary-General to submit a report at its seventy-fourth session, through the Commission for Social Development and the Economic and Social Council, on the implementation of the…