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COPAC shares with UN ambassadors how cooperatives end poverty

In a high-level luncheon at the United Nations in New York, more than 40 guests representing COPAC member organizations, Member States, UN agencies and cooperatives met to discuss the ways in which cooperatives eradicate poverty and what governments and the international community can do to help them flourish.

COPAC co-hosted the event with the Permanent Mission of Mongolia, which has steadfastly promoted cooperatives as an essential voice in the sustainable development conversation.

Mainstreaming disability in the implementation of the Agenda 2030

The 56th session of the Commission for Social Development (CSocD56) held a High-level Panel Discussion on “Towards inclusive, resilient and sustainable development: an evidence-based approach to the mainstreaming of disability in the implementation, monitoring and evaluation of the Agenda 2030” under sub-item 3(b) during its 56th session. The following panelists discussed evidence-based approach to the disability-inclusive implementation of the 2030 Agenda: H.E Ms. Zhang Haidi, Chairperson, China Disabled Persons’ Federation; Ms.

Ageing-related Statistics and Age-disaggregated Data

Report of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland on ageing-related statistics and age-disaggregated data: Note by the Secretary-General

As the proportion of the world’s population in the older ages continues to increase, the need for improved information and analysis of population ageing becomes pressing. Furthermore, implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the pledge to leave no one behind require timely and reliable data across all ages.

Why are Digital Skills Critical for Older Persons?

UNDESA's Division for Social Policy and Development (DSPD), in partnership with the Japan Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communication, the Permanent Mission of Japan to the United Nations, Waseda University in Japan, and the NGO Committee on Ageing organized a side event during the 56th Commission for Social Development (CSocD56), on digital skills for older persons at UN Headquarters in New York, on 2 February 2018.

International Day of Families, 15 May 2018

The 2018 annual observance of the International Day of Families with a theme “Families and inclusive societies” will explore the role of families and family policies in advancing Sustainable Development Goal 16 in terms of  Promoting peaceful and inclusive societies for sustainable development. The event is open to the public and will be held on 15 May, 1:15 – 2:30 at UN Headquarters in New York.

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