Welcome to the United Nations
December 2013
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New York
The Economic and Social Council convened a Special Meeting on “Response to Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines” on 16 December as a step to follow-up on the resolution on strengthening of ECOSOC (A/RES/68/1). The Meeting, organized by UN-DESA in…
October 2013
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Montreux, Switzerland
A universal and unified development agenda…
Extreme poverty, inequality and hunger persist. The world is reaching environmental and social tipping points. A post-2015 development agenda will have two central tasks: (i) completing any unfinished…
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Geneva
Tax Cooperation
International tax cooperation for development has featured prominently on the United Nations development agenda, as contained in the outcomes of major United Nations conferences and summits in economic and social fields.
Within the…
July 2013
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Cambridge, UK
UN COMMITTEE OF EXPERTS ON GLOBAL GEOSPATIAL INFORMATION MANAGEMENT (UN-GGIM)
The United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) established the United Nations Committee of Experts on Global Geospatial Information Management (UN-GGIM) in July…
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New York
During this segment organized from 18 to 25 July, the Council reviewed reports of its subsidiary bodies and of other UN entities working in the economic and social fields. The subsidiary bodies include the Council's functional commissions, regional…
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Geneva
Please visit ECOSOC Humanitarian Affairs Segment 2013This year’s Segment took place from 15 to 17 July 2013 in Geneva Palais des Nations and focused on The future of humanitarian affairs: towards greater inclusiveness, coordination, interoperability…
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Geneva
The 2013 coordination segment focused on two main substantive areas:
Follow-up to the 2012 Ministerial Declaration on “Promoting productive capacity, employment and decent work to eradicate poverty in the context of inclusive, sustainable and…
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Geneva
ECOSOC President suspends Substantive Session
ECOSOC President Nestor Osorio, in closing remarks, highlighted key accomplishments of the session. He emphasized the importance of the Council as a hub and platform for multi-stakeholder cooperation…
June 2013
A renewed global partnership for development for a post-2015 era – DCF Ethiopia High-Level Symposium
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Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
A new development landscape…
The world has changed significantly since the conception of the Millennium Development Goals. Despite the progress made, important gaps remain. The geography of poverty has evolved. Inequality is on the rise. The…
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Geneva
About CSTD
The Commission on Science and Technology for Development (CSTD) is a subsidiary body of the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC). It was established in 1992 to provide the General Assembly and the Economic and Social Council with high-…
May 2013
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New York
Indigenous Peoples at the United Nations
The United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII) is an advisory body to the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), with a mandate to discuss indigenous issues related to economic and social…
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New York
Introduction Overview
At the UN Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20), world leaders acknowledged the vital importance of an inclusive, transparent, strengthened and effective multilateral system to better address the urgent global…