Thursday
Mar052020

[5th March, 11AM - 1PM] - Briefing on the STI Forum

The President of ECOSOC will convene a briefing on the 5th multi-stakeholder Forum on Science, Technology and Innovation for the SDGs (STI Forum) on 5 March 2020, from 11:00am to 13:00pm in the Trusteeship Council Chamber, at the UN HQs in New York.

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Tuesday
Mar032020

CSW64 Decision: 1-Day procedural on March 9, then suspend the session - next steps TBD

Following the UN Secretary General’s recommendation to drastically scale back the upcoming session of the CSW due to Covid-19 concerns, the Commission debated alternative formats and dates and explored several possibilities for the 9-20 March session.

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Monday
Mar022020

51st session of the UN Statistical Commission – Update 1

The 51st session of the Statistical Commission will take place at the UN in New York from 3-6 March 2020.

Agenda item 3a relates to the data and indicators for the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.

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Sunday
Mar012020

CSW64 / Beijing+25 (2020) Advisory

The following information has been posted on the UN Women website

In light of the current outbreak of coronavirus disease (COVID-19), the UN Secretary-General has suggested to the Chair of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) that Member States consider amending the format and conduct of the session.

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Wednesday
Feb262020

2nd Global Conference on Strengthening Synergies between the Paris Agreement and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development

Pre-registration is now open for the 2nd Global Conference on Strengthening Synergies between the Paris Agreement and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development to be held at the Palais des Nations, Geneva, 2-3 April 2020

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Thursday
Feb202020

Gender Equality Action Coalitions

Gender Equality Action Coalition applications are due on Feb 21 (see attached). Each Action Coalition will be open to a large group of members, which can be Women’s/ Feminist CSOs, scientific institutions, progressive businesses, etc. 

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Tuesday
Jan212020

REMINDER: CALL FOR SESSION PROPOSALS: UN World Data Forum 2020 | 18-21 October 2020 | Bern, Switzerland

Just a friendly reminder. The call for session proposals for the UNWDF 2020 is currently open and will close in two weeks, on 31 January 2020. For more information as well as materials about the call for proposals, please visit: http://bit.ly/UNWDF2020_session_proposals.

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Tuesday
Jan212020

In lead up to Generation Equality Forum, Action Coalition themes announced

We are very excited to announce the themes of the six Generation Equality Action Coalitions. They are innovative partnerships between governments, civil society, international organizations and businesses and will deliver game-changing results for women and girls.

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Tuesday
Jan212020

Pre-registration and side event applications for UN Sustainable Transport Conference

Member States, intergovernmental organizations, the United Nations system and relevant stakeholders are invited to submit applications for side events to be held on the sidelines of the UN Sustainable Transport Conference, to be held 5-7 May 2020 in Beijing.

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Friday
Dec272019

ISRRC - UN consultations on civic space, 13-24 January 2020

Please see below an announcement from the UN:

Since November 2018, OHCHR and UN-Women have been working to better understand and to strengthen the UN’s engagement with civil society organizations.

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