Welcome to the United Nations
April 2013
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Geneva
COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS
The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR) is the body of 18 independent expertsthat monitors implementation of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights …
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Bangkok, Thailand
Building Resilience to Natural Disasters and Major Economic Crises
The 69th session of the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific was held at the United Nations Conference Centre in Bangkok from 25 April to 1 May 2013.
The…
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New York
WHAT
The Partnerships Forum is one of the preparatory events for the 2013 Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) Annual Ministerial Review (AMR) on “Science, technology and innovation, and the potential of culture, for promoting sustainable…
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New York
Pursuant to General Assembly resolution 67/198, the Economic and Social Council held a one-day meeting on “External debt sustainability and development: Lessons learned from debt crises and ongoing work on sovereign debt restructuring and debt…
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New York
Introduction
Philanthropic engagement in development cooperation today....
Philanthropic organizations are ever more active in international development cooperation. While their contributions are difficult to fully quantify, philanthropic…
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New York
What
A Population Commission was established by the Economic and Social Council in its resolution 3 (III) of 3 October 1946. In its resolution 49/128 of 19 December 1994, the General Assembly decided that the Commission should be renamed the…
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New York
Pursuant to ECOSOC resolutions 2012/31, 2011/38, 2010/26 and 2009/30, the overall theme of the meeting was “Coherence, coordination and cooperation in the context of financing for sustainable development and the post-2015 development agenda”.…
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New Delhi, India
Southern providers as major actors in development cooperation
South-South cooperation has existed for at least sixty years. It has become much more prominent in the past decade. Many Southern countries have emerged as important actors in the global…
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New York
About CEPA
The United Nations Committee of Experts on Public Administration, established by the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) in its resolution 2001/45, is comprised of 24 members who meet annually at UN Headquarters in New York. The…