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Youth Delegates to General Assembly at 3rd Committee
Youth Delegates at the 70th session of the UN General Assembly participated at the Third Committee (Social, Humanitarian & Cultural) and joined the debate on social development.
Issues of Indigenous women in conflict raised before the UN Security Council
On 13 October, the UN Secretary-General spoke on the occasion of the 15th anniversary of the Security Council’s resolution 1325, declaring his commitment to the inclusion of women in peace-building processes.
UN Secretary-General remarks at Peoples World Conference on Climate Change and the Defence of Life
On 10 October, the UN Secretary-General participated at the Peoples’ World Conference on Climate Change and the Defence of Life in Cochabamba, Bolivia. He emphasized that climate change is at the top of the international agenda this year.
UN Secretary-General raises indigenous issues during visit to Peru
The United Nations Secretary-General was in Peru on 8 and 9 October to attend the annual meeting of the World Bank Group and the International Monetary Fund.
The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and Disability
The 193-Member United Nations General Assembly formally adopted the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, along with a set of bold new Global Goals, which Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon hailed as a universal, integrated and transformative vision for a better world.
Joan Carling speaks at the Sustainable Development Summit
Member of the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, Ms.
Press release – 2030 Agenda and Indigenous Peoples
2030 Development Agenda key for reducing inequality for Indigenous Peoples, says UN expert body on Indigenous issues
Commemoration of the Adoption of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
Statement by the Chair of the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, Professor Megan Davis