Thursday
Jul052018

HLPF 2018: Second Call for speakers

We have received the following from the NGO Major Group:

With apologies for sending another email - but the digest accidentally included the previous call for speakers, not the updated one. Please see below for the updated call for NGO MG speakers at the HLPF.

2nd Call for Speakers...

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Thursday
Jul052018

HLPF 2018: Information note for Major Groups and other stakeholders

We have received the following from DESA-OISC:

Please review the 2018 HLPF MGoS Information Note, v.3 July. Please share the link with your networks, but refrain from downloading the pdf. The note available on this link will be updated as necessary.

Link: http://bit.ly/2018MGoS_Info_Note

Monday
Jul022018

Update on HLPF Ministerial Declaration

Please see the following message from Isabela Cunha regarding the consultations for the HLPF Ministerial Declaration: 

Please see attached the revised Zero Draft of the 2018 HLPF Ministerial Declaration, as shared by the co-facilitators, the PRs of Australia and Bangladesh.

Please note that informal consultations will be held on Tuesday 3 July, 10am-1pm and 3-6pm, in a location to be announced…

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Thursday
Jun282018

IPCI: Save The Date

We have received this from the European Parliamentary Forum Secretariat

We are delighted to announce that the 7th International Parliamentarians' Conference on the Implementation of the ICPD Programme of Action (IPCI/ICPD)  will be taking place in Ottawa, Canada on 22-23 October 2018.

Around 300 parliamentarians, ministers, and invited experts are scheduled to attend the 2018 IPCI/ICPD conference which is taking place at…

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Tuesday
Jun262018

ICPD + 25: Posting 9

ICPD Beyond 2014 + 5 Regional Reviews:  ICPD Indicators for monitoring in the framework of the Arab Forum on Sustainable Development 

As referred to in posting 5, the Arab States have identified 39 indicators from the SDG global indicator framework as a regional priority list. 

The list of indicators was developed at a meeting organized in Cairo in October 2015  the Arab States Regional Office of UNFPA (ASRO), with the participation of the League of Arab States and ESCWA. The meeting was attended by senior officials from national statistic offices,…

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Monday
Jun252018

[Action required by 4 July] VNR Labs during HLPF

We have received the following from International Association for Public Participation (IAP2), Global Organising Partner NGO Major Group

UN DESA have announced that a series of “VNR Labs” (Voluntary National Review Labs”) will be held in New York during the ministerial segment of the High-level  Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF) from 16 to 18 July 2018.  The VNR Labs will be held in the morning, during lunch-time and in the evening. They seek to respond to the strong demand from Member States, various institutions  and major groups and other stakeholders to take stock of the experience thus far with the…

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Sunday
Jun242018

ICPD + 25: Posting 8

ICPD Beyond 2014 + 5 Regional Reviews  — Latin America and the Caribbean

Background

Before the Regional Conference on Population and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean, more than 250 members of networks, national and international coalitions, campaigns and organizations through the Alliance of Civil Society Organization from Latin America and the Caribbean convened a civil society forum. At the Regional Conference, itself,…

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Thursday
Jun212018

Call for submission of inputs to VNR presentations extended till 25th June 

We have received the followig:

The 2018 High-Level Political Forum for Sustainable Development (HLPF) will take place, under the auspices of ECOSOC, between 9 and 18 July 2018. The second week of the Forum will take place at the Ministerial Level, when 47 countries will make Voluntary National Reviews’ presentations, regarding their progress in implementing the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development…

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Tuesday
Jun192018

HLPF Ministerial Declaration: Consultations on 21 and 22 June

We have received the following email, which follows up on our posting of 14 June, below

Dear All, 

The co-facilitators of the Ministerial Declaration, the Permanent Representatives of Australia and Bangladesh, have circulated a zero draft version of the 2018 Ministerial Declaration to be adopted at the conclusion of the HLPF. The document is attached to this message…

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Friday
Jun152018

ICPD + 25: Posting 7

ICPD Beyond 2014 + 5 Regional Reviews  — European Region

Background

In July 2013 the UN Economic Commission for Europe (ECE)[1]Regional Conference for ICPD Beyond 2014, Enabling choices: Population Priorities for the 21stCentury was held in Geneva, Switzerland, bringing together 200-250 representatives of government, including high-level officials, academia and ECOSOC accredited NGOs, as well as members of national parliaments and other national and international stakeholders. Following the presentations and discussions the Chair’s Summary, a non-negotiated outcome document, was presented in the final session…

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