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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…
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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…
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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…
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-…
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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…
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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
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 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
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…
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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
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New York
Empower Youth to Sustain the Planet!
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Join our social media campaign “Innovate Your Future” and help us build a better world! We need you to contribute to this conversation and to stay in touch with the UN Economic and Social Council…
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New York
About the Committee for Development Policy
The Committee for Development Policy (CDP) is a subsidiary body of theUnited Nations Economic and Social Council. CDP provides inputs and independent advice to the Council on emerging cross-sectoral…
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Dar es salaam
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Bangkok, Thailand
What
A regional preparatory meeting on the theme “Science, technology and innovation for promoting renewable energy technologies for sustainable development”, was held on 13 March 2013, in Bangkok, Thailand. The meeting was organized in preparation…
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New York
The Special Joint Meeting of the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) and the Economic and Financial Committee of the General Assembly (Second Committee) on "Food security and nutrition: Scaling up the global response" took place…