Save the Date/Register: IAEG-SDGs Open Virtual Meeting, 22 September 2021 at 8:00 am EDT

The United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD) is pleased to announce an open virtual meeting of the Inter-agency and Expert Group on the Sustainable Development Goal Indicators (IAEG-SDGs):

The meeting is open to all countries, international and regional agencies and entities, and other stakeholders.

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Gorillas: take on savage ODA cuts

There are around 1000 mountain gorillas in the world, of which 459 were living in the Bwindi Impenetrable Forest in Uganda at the time of the last census. They rely on the villagers who live in the remote areas high in the mountains around Bwindi. Commat applied for funding to help the women in one of these villages, Nkuringo, by providing water tanks (as they have to walk 2 hours each way down the mountain to fetch water in the dry season, keeping their children out of school to help) and sewing machines and pigs for income-generation. While the project was short-listed, the funding (£50,000 ($61,000) over 2 years) was lost as part of the UK official development assistance (ODA) cuts.

The gorillas have, therefore, decided to help in raising awareness of the needs of the women in Nkuringo, while telling something about themselves. They have therefore started the Gorilla gazette and invite you to learn more about them and the women in Nkuringo. Kabukojo, a very handsome silverback male, has written the first two issues.

MGoS Official Session - HLPF 2021 - Friday, 9 July 2021 at 3pm - posting 2

A gentle reminder that the HLPF official session titled, Vision and priorities of civil society, the private sector and other major groups and stakeholders: realizing the SDGs during the COVID-19 recovery will be taking place tomorrow Friday, 9 July 2021 at 3pm. The session is organised in collaboration with the major groups and other stakeholders and will be available to watch via UN Web TV.

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Fourth Local and Regional Governments Forum on the 2030 Agenda

​On 12 and 13 July 2021, from 8:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. EDT, the Global Taskforce of Local and Regional Governments, UNDESA, UN-Habitat, UNDP and Local 2030 will co-organize the Fourth Local and Regional Governments Forum (LRGF) on the 2030 Agenda.  

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High-level Political Forum (HLPF 2021), 6 – 15 July 2021 - posting 1

HLPF 2021

The High-level Political Forum (HLPF 2021) will be held from Tuesday, 6 July to Thursday 15 July 2021, under the auspices of the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC). It includes the three-day ministerial meeting of the forum from Tuesday 13 July to Thursday 15 July, as part of the high-level segment of the Council.  

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UN World Data Forum 2021 - ANNOUNCEMENT - Two new calls for inputs launched

The United Nations Word Data Forum is back to planning for a hybrid event to take place in Bern, Switzerland between 3 and 6 October 2021.

The Programme Committee is pleased to invite you to participate in two new calls:

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Invitation to UN World Data Forum webinar: Innovations in measuring hard-to-count populations | 24th June 2021 | 9:00 AM New York (EDT)

The United Nations World Data Forum (UNWDF) team is pleased to invite you to the upcoming webinar on “Innovations in measuring hard-to-count populations”.

The webinars are open to all. Feel free to share with anyone who might be interested.

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Will you please help women and children in Nkuringo, Uganda…

The Commonwealth Medical Trust (Commat), a charity no 1054835 in England and Wales, is committed to helping  the women and children of the remote village of Nkuringo, which is close to the Bwindi Impenetrable Forest, home to half the gorillas in the world in western Uganda. 

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UN PGA's High-Level Debate on Oceans (1 June 2021) - Registration now open

The President of the General Assembly will convene a high-level thematic debate on the ocean and Sustainable Development Goal 14: Life Below Water on Tuesday, 1 June 2021, at United Nations Headquarters in New York. With the support of the Governments of Portugal and Kenya – co-hosts of the 2nd United Nations Ocean Conference, as well as H.E. Mr. Peter Thomson, Special Envoy of the Secretary-General on Oceans, this gathering will serve as a drumbeat to generate momentum towards the Conference in Lisbon, when public health safety measures allow.

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Register Now! Online Stakeholders Thematic Debate High-Level Dialogue on Energy 2021

Join us at this online thematic debate for an exchange of views and inputs/contributions from stakeholders on the five overarching themes of the United Nations High-Level Dialogue on Energy, which will be held in September 2021.

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