UN General Assembly Events

A number of events will take place this week at the beginning of the 67th session of the UN General Assembly that will feature the health and rights of women and young people. Dr Babatunde Osotimehin, Executive Director of UNFPA, will play a leading role in many of them including those listed below:

• Youth Collective Action for Social Change, a panel discussion during the 2012 Social Good Summit on 23 September
• Improving quality of maternal health in developing countries, discussion at a high-level meeting including representatives from H4+, First Lady of Zambia, donors and private representatives on 24 September.
• Increasing Access to Life-Saving Health Commodities (Commodities commission meeting, 26 September).
• Launch of Education First, the Secretary-General’s Global Initiative on Education (26 September).

For further informaton please visit the UNFPA website.