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December 2024
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Geneva
The Committee of Experts on the Transport of Dangerous Goods and on the Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals will meet on 4-6 December 2024. The Committee of Experts is a subsidiary body of the Economic and Social…
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Vienna
The Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice (CCPCJ) is reconvening its 33rd session on 5-6 December 2024. The Commission was established by the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) resolution 1992/1, upon request of …
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Vienna
The Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND) is reconvening its 67th session on 5-6 December 2024. The Commission was established by the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) resolution 9(I) in 1946, to assist the ECOSOC in supervising the…
February 2025
UNHQ
The ECOSOC Partnership Forum will be held on Wednesday, 5 February 2025. The annual ECOSOC Partnership Forum, held early in the year, serves as a key platform for engaging a wide range of actors in the work of ECOSOC and the High-Level…
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UNHQ
The Coordination Segment of ECOSOC will be held on Thursday, 6 February, and Friday, 7 February 2025. Through the Coordination Segment, the Council can more effectively fulfill its Charter role of coordinating its subsidiary bodies and the…
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UNHQ
The 63rd session of the Commission for Social Development (CSocD) will take place from 10 to 14 February 2025 at the United Nations Headquarters in New York.The CSocD is one of the functional commissions of ECOSOC and provides advice to the UN on…
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UNHQ
The Committee for Development Policy (CDP) will hold its twenty-seventh session from Monday, 24 February, to Friday, 28 February 2025.The Committee for Development Policy (CDP), a subsidiary body of ECOSOC, advises the Council on a wide range of…
March 2025
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UNHQ
The Statistical Commission will hold its fifty-sixth session from Tuesday, 4 March, to Friday, 7 March, 2025.The Statistical Commission is a functional commission of ECOSOC with a membership of 24 countries. It is the highest decision-making body…
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UNHQ
The sixty-ninth session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) will take place at United Nations Headquarters in New York from 10 to 21 March 2025.In 2025, the global community will mark the thirtieth anniversary of the Fourth World…
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UNHQ
The Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND) will hold its sixty-seventh session from Monday, 10 March, to Friday, 14 March, 2025 in Vienna.The Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND) was established to assist ECOSOC in supervising the application of the…
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The Development Cooperation Forum (DCF) will be held on Wednesday, 12 March, and Thursday, 13 March 2025. The Development Cooperation Forum (DCF) is a multi-stakeholder platform within the United Nations established to address trends and…
The Special Meeting of ECOSOC on International Cooperation in Tax Matters will be held on Friday, 28 March 2025.The Special Meeting of the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) on International Cooperation in Tax Matters will address global…
April 2025
Dedicated management meetings will be held on Friday, 4 April 2025, to conduct elections to fill vacancies in subsidiary bodies of ECOSOC and related bodies.
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UNHQ
The Committee of Experts on Public Administration will hold its twenty-fourth session from Monday, 7 April, to Friday, 11 April 2025.The Committee of Experts on Public Administration (CEPA) is a UN technical advisory body that studies and makes…
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UNHQ
The Commission on Science and Technology for Development (CSTD) will hold its twenty-eight session from Monday, 7 April, to Friday, 11 April 2025.The Commission on Science and Technology for Development (CSTD) is a subsidiary body of the Economic…
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UNHQ
The Commission on Population and Development (CPD) will hold its fifty-eight session from Monday, 7 April, to Friday, 11 April 2025.The Commission on Population and Development (CPD) is a functional commission of ECOSOC overseeing the follow-up to…
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UNHQ
The ECOSOC Youth Forum will be held on 15-17 April 2025. The Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) Youth Forum is an annual initiative where young people can contribute to policy discussions at the United Nations through their collective ideas,…
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The twenty-fourth session of the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues will take place from Monday, 21 April, to Friday, 2 May 2025.The theme of the twenty-fourth session will be: "Implementing the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of…
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The ECOSOC Forum on Financing for Development Follow-Up (FfD Forum) will be held on 28 April-1 May 2025. The FfD Forum is an intergovernmental process with universal participation mandated to review the Addis Agenda and other financing for…
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UNHQ
The United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names (UNGEGN) will meet from Monday, 28 April, to Friday, 2 May 2025.In 1959, the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) paved the way for a small group of experts to meet and provide technical…
May 2025
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UNHQ
The UN Forum on Forests (UNFF) will hold its twentieth session from Monday, 5 May, to Friday, 9 May 2025.The UN Forum on Forests is a functional commission of ECOSOC with universal membership. Since its establishment in 2000, the Forum has set many…
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The multi-stakeholder forum on science, technology and innovation for the Sustainable Development Goals will be held on Wednesday, 7 May, and Thursday, 8 May 2025. The Forum is an annual gathering to discuss science, technology and innovation…
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Vienna
The Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice (CCPCJ) will hold its thirty-fourth session from Monday, 19 May, to Friday, 23 May 2025 in Vienna.The Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice (CCPCJ) is one of the functional…
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The ECOSOC Operational Activities for Development Segment (OAS) will be held from Tuesday, 20 May to Thursday, 22 May 2025. The OAS meets annually to provide overall coordination and guidance to the governing bodies of the United Nations…
June 2025
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The Management Segment will be held on Tuesday, 10 June, and Wednesday, 11 June 2025. At the Management Segment, the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) reviews and approves the latest reports from ECOSOC subsidiary and expert bodies in…
Geneva
The meeting on the transition from relief to development will be held in Geneva on Tuesday, 17 June 2025. (More coming soon)
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Geneva
The Humanitarian Affairs Segment will be held in Geneva from Wednesday, 18 June, to Friday, 20 June 2025.The ECOSOC Humanitarian Affairs Segment is a unique platform that brings together UN Member States, UN organizations, humanitarian and…
July 2025
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UNHQ
The High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development convened under the auspices of the Council will be held from Monday, 14 July, to Wednesday, 23 July 2025. The HLPF is the central United Nations platform for the follow-up and review of…
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The High-level Segment of ECOSOC, including the three-day ministerial segment of the HLPF, will be convened from Monday, 21 July, through Thursday, 24 July 2025. The theme of the 2025 ECOSOC and HLPF is “Advancing sustainable, inclusive, science-…
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The Management Segment will be held on Tuesday, 29 July, and Wednesday, 30 July 2025. At the Management Segment, the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) reviews and approves the latest reports from ECOSOC subsidiary and expert bodies in…
The first meeting of the 2026 Organizational Session of ECOSOC will take place on 31 July 2025. A new Bureau of ECOSOC (President and Vice-Presidents) for the 2026 Session will be elected.