SAVE THE DATE! UNGA Side Event SDGs Coming To Life - Sept 23 2016

UNDG Side Event during the UN General Assembly 

23 September 2016, 9:30-11:00 am 
Conference Room 2
United Nations Headquarters, New York       

Speakers 

• UN Secretary-General, Mr Ban Ki-moon
• UNDG Chair, Ms Helen Clark
• Mr. Mats Granryd, Director General, GSMA
• Heads of State/Government (TBC)
• Representative of global civil society (TBC)...

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4th Meeting of IAEG-SDGs, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 20-21 October 2016, applications to attend

We have received the following information on civil society applications to attend the Fourth Meeting of the Inter-agency and Expert Group on Sustainable Development Goals in Addis Ababa from 20-21 October 2016 from Susan Alzner, UN-NGLS: 

Apply to attend 4th Meeting of Inter-agency & Expert Group on Sustainable Development Goal Indicators (Addis Ababa, Ethiopia - 20-21 October 2016)

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Deadline: Submit proposals for inclusion Solutions Summit at UNHQ 28 August

You are remided that the deadline to submit proposals for inclusion in the Solutions Summit is fast approaching.

See 2016 Solutions Summit at UNHQ: Submit a project or apply for Selection Committee! for information.

2016 Solutions Summit at UNHQ: Submit a project or apply for Selection Committee!

We have received the following from UN-NGLS:

WHAT IS THE SOLUTIONS SUMMIT? 

The second annual Solutions Summit is a catalytic gathering that will take place at UN Headquarters in New York on the evening of 21 September 2016 during UN General Assembly week. The purpose of the Solutions Summit is two-fold: 1) to lift up exceptional innovators -- technologists, engineers, scientists, and others -- who are developing solutions that address one or more of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs); and 2) to catalyze a grassroots effort, where communities scout and convene resources around solution-makers...

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High-level Meeting on Antimicrobial Resistance – deadline TODAY for non-ECOSOC organizations and other matters

Today is the deadline for applying to attend the UN General Assembly High-level Meeting on Antimicrobial Resistance for organizations NOT in consultative status. (See:Urgent deadlines for registration for UN GA High-level Meeting on Antimicrobial Resistance, 15 and 28 August)

The President of the General Assembly has circulated a letter, on behalf of HE Peter Thomson, his successor,  inviting Member States to participate at the highest possible level in the High-level Meeting and to consider “as appropriate, to include in [their]...

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Urgent deadlines for registration for UN GA High-level Meeting on Antimicrobial Resistance, 15 and 28 August

We have received the following information for organizations wishing to apply to attend the UN General Assembly High-level Meeting on Antimicrobial Resistance.

Please note that the deadline for registering for Entities not in consultative status with UN ECOSOC to apply for special accreditation is 15 August and for Entities that are in consultative status with UN ECOSOC to apply to attend the meeting is 28 August.

To apply please complete the form here: https://fs22.formsite.com/unngls/form29/index.html

MY World 2030 – Collecting Data to Mobilize Dialogue

As reported by IISD, the next phase of MY World, called MY World 2030, has been launched by the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Action campaign, the UN Development Programme (UNDP), the Overseas Development Institute (ODI) and UN Global Pulse. It will support efforts to report on progress on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and mobilize and build dialogue among decision-makers.

MY World 2030 will collect globally comparable data on how people feel their lives are changing, using the MY World Community to report on progress. The UN SDG Action campaign will lead efforts to produce three comparable questions,...

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Theme for General Assembly 71st General Debate announced

The President-elect for the 71^st Session of the UN General Assembly, Ambassador Peter Thompson, has announced the theme for the 71^st General Debate, which will take place in September as The Sustainable Development Goals: a universal push to transform our world.

See attached letter

Delegations' objections, etc, following adoption of resolution on follow-up and review

The General Assembly adopted the resolution on Friday 29 July on follow-up and review which decides that the High-Level Political Forum  (HLPF) will spend the next three years focusing on a range of specific themes and targets, ranging from eradicating poverty to building resilience to empowering communities...

The provisions of the resolution

While the Assembly adopted the draft resolution titled “Follow-up and review of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development at the global level” by consensus,...

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H E Frederick Musiiwa Makamure Shave elected President of ECOSOC

H E Frederick Musiiwa Makamure Shava was elected as the seventy-second President of the Economic and Social Council on 28 July 2016. Ambassador Shava is currently the Ambassador and Permanent Representative of the Republic of Zimbabwe to the United Nations in New York. 

Until his appointment in 2014, he served as Ambassador to China since 2007.  From 2003 to 2004, Ambassador Shava was a consultant on Zimbabwe’s Parliamentary reform.  As an elected official, he was Minister of State for Political Affairs in 1987 and Minister of Labour, Manpower Planning and Development from 1981 to 1986.

See: https://www.un.org/ecosoc/en/president/biography