The lack of data and information on disability and the situation of persons with disabilities at the national level contributes to the invisibility of persons with disab

The United Nations calls for nominations of candidates to the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues for the term 2017-2019 from Indigenous Peoples’ organizations.

The deadline for submission of nominations of members of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues has expired.

The Focal Point on the Family in the Division for Social Policy and Development (DSPD) of the Department of Economic and Social affairs (UNDESA) organized an international Expert Group Meeting on “Family policy development: achievements and challenges” held from 14 to 15 May, 2015 at UN headquarters in New York. The objective of the Meeting was to provide Member States and other stakeholders with expert analysis regarding a number of issues impacting recent family policy developments.

On the 15 and 16 December, high-level representatives from governments, civil society and the private sector gathered for the United Nations General Assembly High-Level Meeting on Review of the World Summit of the Information Society (WSIS+10).

Reaching an historic agreement ove

At its fourteenth session in April-May 2015, the Permanent Forum recommended a three-day international expert group meeting on the theme “Indigenous languages: preservation and revitalization (articles 13, 14 and 16 of the United Nations

UNDESA DSPD participated in the 13th African Region Meeting of the ILO as a panellist during the plenary panel discussion on "Transition from the informal to the formal economy in Africa: The way forward".