Interactive Multi-stakeholder Hearing on Universal Health Coverage on 29 April 2019

Deadline: 9 April to register

As per resolution A/RES/73/131, the Hearing on Universal Health Coverage on 29 April 2019, to be presided over by the President of the General Assembly, with the support of the World Health Organization and other relevant partners, seeks the active participation of civil society organizations, philanthropic foundations, academia, medical associations, the private sector and broader communities, as part of the preparatory process for the high-level meeting.

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Financing for Sustainable Development Report 2019 now available

The 2019 Financing for Sustainable Development Report (#Fin4Dev) of the Inter-agency Task Force on Financing for Development – launched today in advance of the 2019 ECOSOC Forum on Financing for Development. 

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Participate in an online survey on the linkages between family planning and environmental sustainability!

Researchers at the University of Ottawa are conducting a survey to understand better how stakeholders perceive the relationship between family planning, population growth, and environmental sustainability

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Civil Society welcomes the Political Declaration adopted at UN meeting on 25th Anniversary of International Conference on Population and Development

Civil society organisations attending the UN Commission on Population and Development (CPD) welcome the unanimously agreed historic political declaration at the beginning of its meeting at the United Nations in New York, 1-5 April 2019.

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CPD52 - draft declaration - update on silence procedure

In the email below, the Chair has confirmed that the silence has not been broken and that the text of the draft declaration will be adopted on 1 April 1 in the opening session of the CPD:

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Discussions on revised text for CPD political declaration

The chair conducted the revised text for the political declaration, (See: Next version of Political Declaration for CPD now available) with the changes to operative paras (OP) 1, 3 and 5, in the second and final day of consultations on 25 March. OP 1 included a change in the verb “provide” to “offr” related to review conferences, which was a concern for the Russian Federation. 

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Register for the next MGoS webinar: April 3, 4, 5

The United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs invites you to attend the third webinar for Major Groups and other Stakeholders (MGoS) in a series in preparation for the 2019 High-Level Political Forum: Inputs and Outcomes of the HLPF

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SDG Summit 2019 Website launched

For your information, the official website of the SDG Summit 2019 has been launched. The link is: https://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/sdgsummit

STI Forum - Preparatory Briefing and more

Please, find attached the information about a briefing that the President of ECOSOC is organizing on the preparations for the ECOSOC multi-stakeholder forum on science, technology and innovation for the Sustainable Development Goals. The briefing will be held on 4 April 2019, from 1:15PM – 2:30PM in the ECOSOC Chamber. 

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Next version of Political Declaration for CPD now available

H E Mr Courtenay Rattray of Jamaica, the Chairperson designate, has circulated a revised draft of the Political Declaration. The next consultations, at which it will be discussed, will be held on Monday 25 March.

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