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July 2019
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The July Management Meetings are scheduled to take place at United Nations Headquarters on 23 and 24 July 2019.
The Management Segment serves the following functions:
The review of the reports of the Council’s subsidiary and expert bodies; these…
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What?The theme of the 2019 session of ECOSOC is “Empowering people and ensuring inclusiveness and equality”Held on an annual basis, the High-level Segment represents the culmination of ECOSOC's annual cycle of work and convenes a diverse group of…
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The meeting of the high-level political forum on sustainable development in 2019 convened under the auspices of the Economic and Social Council, will be held from Tuesday, 9 July, to Thursday, 18 July 2019; including the three-day ministerial…
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WHAT?The 2019 Integration Segment of ECOSOC will be chaired by His Excellency Ambassador Valentin Rybakov, Vice-President of ECOSOC (Belarus). The theme of the Segment will be “Empowering people and ensuring inclusiveness and equality" in line with…
June 2019
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WHAT?The ECOSOC Humanitarian Affairs Segment (HAS) has been an essential platform for discussing the activities and issues related to strengthening the coordination of the humanitarian assistance of the United Nations. The HAS provides a key…
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The Management Meetings are scheduled to take place at United Nations Headquarters on 6 and 7 June and 23 and 24 July 2019. The Council will also hold the elections to fill vacancies in its subsidiary bodies during dedicated management meetings in…
May 2019
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The 2019 ECOSOC operational activities for development segment will take place from 21 – 23 May 2019 at UN Headquarters in New York. The segment will look at key elements of the response to the 2016 General Assembly resolution on the Quadrennial…
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WHATThe President of the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), H.E. Inga Rhonda King (Saint Vincent and the Grenadines), launched the ECOSOC Presidential Lecture series on 20 May 2019. Professor Steven Pinker joined the inaugural Presidential…
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The UN Forum on Forests, 14th Session will take place at UN Headquarters on 6-10 May 2019
In October 2000, the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations (ECOSOC), in its Resolution 2000/35 established the United Nations Forum on Forests (…