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Geneva
The Committee of Experts on the Transport of Dangerous Goods and on the Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labeling of Chemicals, 10th Session will take place on 11 December 2020.
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Vienna
The regular 29th session of the Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice will take place in a scaled-down format on 3 December 2020, to be immediately followed by the joint reconvened session of the 29th CCPCJ and the 63rd Commission on…
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Vienna
The reconvened 63rd session of the Commission on Narcotic Drugs will take place on 2-4 December 2020.
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UNHQ
What?In the past year, the challenges of the COVID-19 and the pandemic that ensued have further underscored the imperative of enhanced collaboration between ECOSOC and the PBC to advance inclusive and conflict-sensitive responses to help address the…
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Geneva
The 21st Session of the Committee of Experts on International Cooperation on Tax Matters will take place from 20 October to 6 November 2020. Please kindly note that dates and venue have changed, following an Economic and Social Council Decision of…
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Geneva (online informal meetings)
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UNHQ
WHATThe joint meeting of the Economic and Social Council and the Second Committee of the General Assembly will address the challenges of building sustainable infrastructure and mobilizing science and technology to respond to the global COVID-19…
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Geneva
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UNHQ
The Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) will hold a formal meeting on Monday, 14 September 2020 at 10 a.m. in the General Assembly Hall at the United Nations in New York. See below documents and a provisional agenda:Letter of the President of…
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UNHQ
H.E. Mr. Tijani Muhammad-Bande, President of the General Assembly, and H.E. Mr. Munir Akram, President of the Economic and Social Council, have the pleasure of inviting all Permanent Representatives and Permanent Observers to the United Nations in…
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UNHQ
The first informal meeting of the 2021 Organizational Session of ECOSOC took place on 23 July 2020 at 10 a.m. EDT. A new Bureau of ECOSOC (President and Vice-Presidents) for 2020-2021 were elected. The event was broadcasted live on UN Web TV.…
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UNHQ
The Vice-President of the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), H.E. Munir Akram (Pakistan) will convene the July meeting of the ECOSOC Management Segment on 21 July 2020. In its resolution 72/305, the General Assembly renamed the Coordination…
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What?The theme of the 2020 session of ECOSOC is "Accelerated action and transformative pathways: realizing the decade of action and delivery for sustainable development".Held on an annual basis, the High-level Segment (HLS) represents the…
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UNHQ
The meeting of the high-level political forum on sustainable development in 2020 convened under the auspices of the Economic and Social Council took place from Tuesday, 7 July, to Thursday, 16 July 2020, including the three-day ministerial…
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UNHQ
WHAT?The 2020 Integration Segment of ECOSOC, chaired by His Excellency Mher Margaryan, Vice-President of ECOSOC (Armenia), discussed the combined UN system’s analysis and policy proposals on the 2020 theme of ECOSOC and HLPF on “Accelerated action…
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New York
The 20th Session of the United Nations Committee of Experts on International Cooperation in Tax Matters took place, as an exceptional measure, by virtual means during June and July 2020, including informal virtual meetings from 22 to 26 June. More…
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Virtual
Please visit ECOSOC Humanitarian Affairs Segment 2020Since 1998, 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…
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UNHQ
The Vice-President of the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), H.E. Munir Akram (Pakistan) convened the June meeting of the ECOSOC Management Segment on 3 June 2020. In its resolution 72/305, the General Assembly renamed the Coordination and…
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The COVID-19 pandemic has triggered an unprecedented crisis in countries across the globe, halting economic activity and threatening public health and social wellbeing. There is a significant risk of backsliding on progress in achieving the 2030…
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The General Assembly and the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) organized a joint virtual informal meeting on the high-level week of UNGA75, the high-level segment of ECOSOC and the high-level political forum on sustainable development. Click for…
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The 2020 ECOSOC operational activities for development segment took place through a series of virtual meetings from 19 to 22 May and on 27 May 2020, under the chairmanship of the Deputy Permanent Representative of Mexico, as ECOSOC Vice-President.…
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The Development Cooperation Forum works to advance the strategic role of development cooperation in achieving the 2030 Agenda and Addis Ababa Action Agenda. The DCF is the UN platform for action-oriented reviews of the latest trends, progress and…
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The 19th session of the Committee of Experts on Public Administration will take place from 13 to 28 May 2020 in a virtual format. The Committee will discuss how to promote effective governance and…
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In light of the global COVID-19 pandemic, the Economic and Social Council has decided to defer the STI Forum to 2021.
The 5th annual Multi-stakeholder Forum on Science, Technology and Innovation for the Sustainable Development Goals (STI Forum)…
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UNHQ
ECOSOC Informal Briefing (Monday, 11 May at 10 a.m. EDT) – Watch VideoAt this time of great uncertainty and global disruption, it is clear we need a coordinated international effort in the spirit of multilateralism." ECOSOC President, H.E.…
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NEW YORK
The fifth Financing for Development (FfD) Forum was convened by the President of ECOSOC on webcast at 10 am on 23 April 2020 (Draft Programme). The event brought together the President of the General Assembly, UN Secretary-General and high-…
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The ECOSOC Youth Forum, which was scheduled to take place on 1 and 2 April 2020 at the United Nations Headquarters in New York, was postponed in early March 2020 due to COVID-19.
As uncertainties continue from the impact of COVID-19 in the…
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Bangkok, Thailand
The theme of the 7th Asia-Pacific Forum on Sustainable Development (APFSD) was “Accelerating action for and delivery of the 2030 Agenda in Asia and the Pacific”. It was organized on May 20th, 2020.
The APFSD is an annual and inclusive…
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Bali, Indonesia 4-6 March 2020, tbc
UNDESA and the Government of Indonesia, as co-organizers of DCF Indonesia High-level Symposium, have jointly decided to postpone the DCF Indonesia High-level Symposium in light of the current global developments of the COVID-19 outbreak. The co-…
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UNHQ
WhatThe President of the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), H.E. Mona Juul (Norway), convened a meeting of ECOSOC with the Chairs of the Functional Commissions and Expert Bodies on Friday, 31 January, from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. in the ECOSOC Chamber…