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Joan Carling (Philippines), Member of the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII) attended the final inter-governmental negotiations on the post-2015 development agenda from 20 to 24 July 2014. During that week, she met with numerous…
The Global Forum on Youth, Peace and Security took place from 21 to 22 of August 2015 and was hosted by the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, and co-organized by the United Nations represented, on behalf of the Inter-Agency Network on…
Understanding the demographic changes that are likely to unfold over the coming years, as well as the challenges and opportunities that they present for achieving sustainable development, is important for designing and implementing the post-2015…
8–10 December 2014
Expert Group Meeting and Capacity-building Workshop on "The Role of Cooperatives in Sustainable Development: Contributions, Challenges and Strategies"
4-13 February
53rd Session of the Commission for Social Development (CSocD):…
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The UN Population Division created a new website "Population Dynamics Consultation", which went public last week. The idea of the site is to provide a forum to solicit input from a vast array of stakeholders about the role of population dynamics,…
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Chair's summary of third working session of the Open-ended Working Group on Ageing for the purpose of strengthening the protection of the human rights of older persons
The third session of the Open-ended Working Group on Ageing was held from 21-24…
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Third working session of the Open-ended Working Group on Ageing for the purpose of strengthening the protection of the human rights of older persons
The third session of the Open-ended Working Group on Ageing will be held from Tuesday, 21, to Friday…
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"Interactive Training Workshop" for the Second Review and Appraisal of the Madrid Plan of Action on Ageing in Africa
The report of the Training Workshop, which was organized jointly by UN-DESA and UN-ECA is available online.
Expert Group Meeting on…
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General Assembly resolution on older persons
Resolution A/RES/66/127 entitled "Follow-up to the Second World Assembly on Ageing" is now available online.
Update on UN regional review and appraisal meetings
Information about all five UN regional…
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Commission for Social Development
The 50th session of the Commission for Social Development was convened from 1 to 10 February 2012 in New York. For statements, summaries of debate and other information, please click here.
Open-ended Working Group…
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Report of the Secretary-General to the Commission for Social Development
The Commission for Social Development will hold its 50th session on 1-10 February 2012. A report of the Secretary-General entitled "Second review and appraisal of the Madrid…