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News | 19 October 2016
Following the briefing of the PGA’s Advisers on the process of the participation of Indigenous Peoples at the UN on 3 October 2016, the following indicative roadmap and approach to the consultation process was elaborated, taking into account the…
18 October 2016
The theme for this year’s International Day is “Achieving 17 Goals for the Future We Want”. This theme notes the recent adoption of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the role of these goals in building a more inclusive and equitable…
News | 18 October 2016
UNFPA – Health, respect and opportunity: advancing the Rights of Indigenous Women in the Philippines
Gilian Albios, from the Dibabawon tribe, looks forward to a far safer birth experience this time around.
Montevista, Philippines – For too long, childbirth was a lottery of life and death for many Indigenous women in the…
17 October 2016
The United Nations’ Third Global Conference on Housing and Sustainable Development – Habitat III – opened on Monday 17 October. The conference will review the progress, experience and lessons learnt in the past and to design a “New Urban Agenda”. …
12 October 2016
The United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA), through its Division for Social Policy and Development (DSPD), and the Ministry of Housing and Urban Development (MIDUVI) of the Republic of Ecuador will convene a High Level Forum…
12 October 2016
The 2016 Commemoration of the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty (IDEP) will be held on Monday, 17 October at United Nations Headquarters in New York, focusing on the theme – “Moving from humiliation and exclusion to participation:…
10 October 2016
Delegates in the Third Committee (Social, Humanitarian and Cultural) shared the floor with youth representatives this week, grappling with issues of inequality, unemployment and xenophobia that hampered young people’s advancement, as they concluded…
10 October 2016
The United Nations’ Third Global Conference on Housing and Sustainable Development – Habitat III – is opening on Monday 17 October. The conference will review the progress, experience and lessons learnt in the past and to design a “New Urban Agenda…
News | 28 September 2016
The President of the 71st Session of the General Assembly has issued the below letter to invite participants to join the Informal Launch Briefing on the next steps of the consultation on the participation of Indigenous Peoples’ representatives and…
Newsletter | 26 September 2016
Upcoming Events
26th United Nations International Day of Older Persons: Take a Stand Against Ageism (6 October 2016, UNHQ, 10:00am - 1:00pm)
The NGO Committee on Ageing in New York in partnership with the Permanent Mission of the Argentine Republic…
23 September 2016
The 2016 Social Forum will take place from 3 to 5 October 2016 in Room XX, Palais des Nations, Geneva, Switzerland, in accordance with paragraph 6 of Human Rights Council resolution 29/19 entitled “The Social Forum.”
The Social Forum is an annual…
23 September 2016
Central African Republic ratified the Convention on 11 October 2016, bringing the total number of States Parties to the CRPD to 168.
Working towards universal ratification and implementation of the CRPD:
Ratifications and Signatories of the…