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20 December 2017 | Youth
How can we do better consultations where youth can participate more constructively?
How can I do consultations with youth and the public at large without information leaking out?
What have young people around the world done to influence policy?…
19 December 2017 | Poverty Eradication
The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) represent a renewed global commitment to not only end poverty and hunger but also achieve social inclusion, universal social protection, reduction of…
13 December 2017 | Poverty Eradication
“Those who fail to bet on a green economy will be living in a grey future”, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres warned during the One Planet Summit, calling for greater ambition by governments, civil society, the private sector and…
12 December 2017 | Poverty Eradication
The Second UNWTO/UNESCO World Conference on Tourism and Culture was held in Muscat, Sultanate of Oman, 11th – 12th December 2017. The first Tourism and Culture Conference was held in Cambodia in 2015, and part of the official events of the 2017…
05 December 2017 | Social Inclusion
Despite significant progress in the extension of social protection in many parts of the world, the human right to social security is not yet a reality for a majority of the world’s population.
According to new data presented in the World Social…
04 December 2017 | Disabilities, | Social Inclusion
On December 1st, the International Day of Persons with Disabilities (IDPD) 2017 was marked at the UN Headquarters in New York under the theme: Transformation towards sustainable and resilient society for all. Governments, persons with disabilities…
04 December 2017 | Disabilities, | Social Inclusion
On December 1st, the International Day of Persons with Disabilities (IDPD) 2017 was marked at the UN Headquarters in New York under the theme: Transformation towards sustainable and resilient society for all. Governments, persons with disabilities…
30 November 2017 | Poverty Eradication
On 30th November 2017, the Global South-South Development Expo (GSSD EXPO) 2017 wrapped up in Antalya, Turkey, with delegates from dozens of countries, key international organizations, and United Nations agencies reaffirming their commitment to…
27 November 2017 | Disabilities
During the 2017 International Day of Persons with Disabilities (IDPD) on 1 December, the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Division for Social Policy and Development (UNDESA DSPD) is organizing a high-level expert discussion…
22 November 2017 | Disabilities
Children with disabilities deserve to have the same rights as everyone else, which is something that will have a "tremendous impact" on society as a whole.
This is the message from Emmanuel Elisha Ford, a 16-year-old Guyanese-American disabilities…
20 November 2017 | Employment
“Decent work and sustainable economic growth are two sides of the same coin.”
This was the main message at the event “Creating the Conditions for Decent Work for All: Localizing Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 8,” which took place on November 16…
20 November 2017 | Youth
This is the slogan of the 13th Conference of Youth (COY13). It combines one of the most important ambitious of young climate activists with a Fijian term that carries its very own spirit – Talanoa Mada describe a process of inclusive, participatory…