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New York
CERN: Sixty Years of Science for Peace and Development - 20 October 2014
Official Programme
Background note
Media Advisory
WHAT?
The event will provide a unique platform to:
celebrate the values promoted by science - neutrality, inclusion, and…
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New York, ECOSOC Chamber
From 1-4 September 2014, the Government of Samoa hosted the Third international Conference on Small Island Developing States (SIDS), the first international conference of its size ever held in the Pacific. The Conference highlighted the urgent…
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New York
Meetings and Events of ECOSOC and its Subsidiary BodiesOrganizational session for 2014-15 programme of work
21 - 22 July, 2014
Chair: H.E. Mr. Martin Sajdik, President of ECOSOC, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Austria
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New York
Meetings and Events of ECOSOC and its Subsidiary BodiesHigh-level Panel Discussion on “Sustainable Development and the World Drug Problem: Challenges and Opportunities
15 July, 2014
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New York
Meetings and Events of ECOSOC and its Subsidiary BodiesCoordination and Management Meeting
14 - 16 July, 2014
Chair: H.E. Mr. Oh Joon, Vice-President of ECOSOC, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of the Republic of Korea to the United Nations…
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New York
The 4th Biennial High-level Meeting of the Development Cooperation Forum (DCF) was held on 10 - 11 July 2014 at the UN headquarters in New York. The meeting took place as part of the High-level Segment of the United Nations Economic and Social…
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New York
Please visit ECOSOC Humanitarian Affairs Segment 2014ProgrammeDocumentationCalendarSide EventsTrade FairWHAT?The Humanitarian Affairs Segment (HAS) provides a unique opportunity for Member States to address challenges, operational and normative…
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New York
Meetings and Events of ECOSOC and its Subsidiary BodiesCoordination and Management Meeting23 - 25 April, 2014
Chair: H.E. Mr. Oh Joon, Vice-President of ECOSOC, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of the Republic of Korea to the United Nations…
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New York
What?
With the aim to bring the voice of youth into the discussion on addressing the challenges for meeting the Millennium Development Goals and shaping the future development agenda, the Forum featured five working sessions where youth…
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New York
The first-ever Integration Segment of the Economic and Social Council will focus on “sustainable urbanization”. The Segment will demonstrate how urbanization can be an effective tool for the integration of economic, social and environmental…
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On 14-15 April, the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) will hold its annual Special high-level meeting with the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund, the World Trade Organization and the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development…
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New York
Strengthening the global partnerships for sustainable development for the post-2015 development agenda will be the main topic of a thematic debate and Forum on Partnerships jointly convened by the President of the General Assembly Mr. John Ashe, and…
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Berlin, Germany
Development cooperation in the post-2015 era…
Preparations for a global post-2015 development agenda are underway. A shared understanding has emerged that the agenda should go beyond the focus of the MDGs. It should also help put the world on a more…
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New York
Chair: H.E. Mr. Carlos Enrique García González, Vice-President of ECOSOC, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of El Salvador to the United Nations. The segment aims to start a forward-looking dialogue on how to adapt the UN system to important…
WHO?The 2014 Integration Segment, chaired by His Excellency Vladimir Drobnjak, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of the Republic of Croatia to the United Nations and Vice-President of ECOSOC, brought together the President of the Republic of…
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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!
Participate NOW!
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…
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Vienna, Austria
Given the centrality of women as critical drivers of development, the DCF Vienna Policy Dialogue discussed how to firmly anchor gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls and the protection of their rights in the changing landscape of…
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Vienna, Austria
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New York
Programme
Briefing note and background
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New York
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 challenges of sustainable…
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New York
STATEMENTS
Welcoming remarks by H.E. Mr. Luis Alfonso de Alba, Vice-President of the Economic and Social Council
Presentation by Ms. Mary Jervas Yak, Deputy Minister of Finance, Government of South Sudan
Presentation by Ms. Amanda Serumaga…
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New York
The general segment, to be held from 23 to 27 July 2012, will review nine agenda items on a wide range of issues pertaining to the work of the United Nations system in the field of development. There are three main types of discussions that take…
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New York
Please visit ECOSOC Humanitarian Affairs Segment 2012Since the landmark General Assembly resolution 46/182, the international humanitarian system has grown and evolved tremendously. The humanitarian caseload has increased due to new and protracted…
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New York
The 2012 coordination segment focused on two main substantive areas:
Follow-up to the 2011 Ministerial Declaration on “implementing the internationally agreed goals and commitments in regard to education”
Follow-up to the International Conference on…
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New York
The 3rd Biennial High-level Meeting of the UN Development Cooperation Forum (DCF) took place on 5 and 6 July 2012 at the UN headquarters in New York. It brought together policy makers, civil society organizations, Members of Parliaments, local…
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New York
The High-level Segment (HLS), held at the United Nations Office in New York from 2 to 9 July 2012, focused on a broad range of issues relevant to the implementation of the UN development agenda:
The Annual Ministerial Review (AMR)focused on "…
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New York
The 2012 AMR took place during the High-level Segment (HLS) of the substantive session of the ECOSOC in July at United Nations Headquarters in New York. It focused on the theme “Promoting productive capacity, employment and decent work to eradicate…
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Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Achieving sustainable development requires a major rethink of the way development cooperation is pursued. Under the theme “The Future We Want: The Role of Development Cooperation in Getting Us There,” this side event presents an opportunity to…
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Brisbane, Australia
The United Nations Development Cooperation Forum (DCF) reviews trends and progress in international development cooperation and promotes greater coherence among the activities of different development actors.
The purpose of the Australia High-Level…
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New York
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Montevideo, Uruguay
Documents:
Concept note
Programme
Presentations:
Opening statements:
Mr. Thomas Stelzer, Assistant Secretary-General, United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UNDESA), New York
H.E. Mr. Desra Percaya, Vice-President, UN ECOSOC,…
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Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
A regional meeting on the theme “Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) as drivers of productive capacity and job creation”, was held on 25 March 2012, in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The meeting was organized in preparation for the 2012 ECOSOC Annual…
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New York
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New York
Private philanthropic organizations have become in a very short period of time a key source of development finance. They complement flows from other providers and play a vital role in meeting needs in critical sectors, such as health and education…
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Permanent Mission of Germany to the UN
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New York
The global partnership for development agreed at major United Nations conferences is the centrepiece of international development cooperation. However, in a changing development landscape, the global partnership itself is evolving as new players…
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New York
The global partnership for development agreed at major United Nations conferences is the centrepiece of international development cooperation. However, in a changing development landscape, the global partnership itself is evolving as new players…
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Kyoto, Japan
A regional meeting on the theme “Promoting productive capacity, employment and decent work in Asia and the Pacific: a regional approach to sustained, inclusive and equitable growth and achieving the MDGs”, will be held on 7 December 2011, in Kyoto,…