Return to pre-pandemic numbers of ground passes for NGOs

We want to inform you of changes to the current number of yearly grounds passes issued to civil society organizations for the UNHQ in New York.

Effective immediately, the Department of Global Communications (DGC) and the Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA) are returning to issuing their regular, pre-pandemic, number of annual passes issued to organizations associated with DGC or in consultative status with ECOSOC.

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[Registration is Open!] 2022 STI Forum (5-6 May 2022) on Whova

The seventh annual Multi-Stakeholder Forum on Science, Technology and Innovation for the SDGs (STI Forum) will be held from 5 to 6 May 2022. The Forum will be convened by the President of ECOSOC H.E. Mr. Collen Vixen Kelapile who has appointed two co-chairs - H.E. Mr. Kennedy Godfrey Gastorn, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Tanzania to the United Nations, and H.E. Mr. Sergiy Kyslytsya, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Ukraine to the United Nations. As per its mandate, the Forum will be organized by the UN interagency task team on STI for the SDGs (IATT), convened by UN-DESA and UNCTAD, and the 10-Member Group of high-level representatives appointed by the Secretary General.

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New Gorilla Gazette from Bwindi

The latest Gorilla Gazette has arrived! 

We all like to see Dads with their little ones, particularly when they are Silverback Mountain Gorillas! Click on the photo to read the latest from Bwindi about the gorillas who live there and about the impact of rainfall patterns on the lives of the women and their families who live in the nearby village of Nkuringo 

Stakeholders Online Briefing: 7th Multi-stakeholder Science, Technology and Innovation for the Sustainable Development Goals Forum

The seventh annual STI Forum will be held from 5 to 6 May 2022. The Forum will be convened by the President of ECOSOC, H.E. Mr. Collen Vixen Kelapile who has appointed two co-chairs - H.E. Mr. Kennedy Godfrey Gastorn, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Tanzania to the United Nations, and H.E. Mr. Sergiy Kyslytsya, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Ukraine to the United Nations. As per its mandate, the Forum will be organized by the UN interagency task team on STI for the SDGs (IATT), convened by UN-DESA and UNCTAD, and the 10-Member Group of high-level representatives appointed by the Secretary General. 

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International Migration Review Forum

As per General Assembly Resolution 73/195 and 73/326, the President of the General Assembly will convene the first International Migration Review Forum from 17-20 May 2022. An informal interactive multi-stakeholder hearing will take place on the day preceding the Forum on 16 May 2022. 

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Info on ECOSOC Youth Forum 2022

Register by 7 April 2022

ECOSOC Youth Forum 2022

“COVID-19 recovery: Youth taking action for a sustainable future”

WHAT?

The Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) Youth Forum is taking place on 19 and 20 April 2022 in a virtual format. The Forum will provide a platform for young people to engage in a dialogue with Member States and other actors on concrete actions to rebuild from COVID-19 and to advance towards the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Decade of Action.

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Urgent Message on NGOs access to the building

We are pleased to inform you that beginning Monday, 14 March 2022, representatives of civil society organizations will be able to access the United Nations Headquarters (UNHQ) in New York.

Please note the following important considerations:

Grounds Passes

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Latest information about the Gorillas in Bwindi and the women in Nukuringo

The Bwindi gorillas have just written a new Gorilla gazette – issue 6. To learn what Christmas has to tell us about his family and about the women in Nukuringo please click on his photo 

Update: Access to the UN Headquarters complex in New York for 2022

In pursuance of its objective of welcoming back the civil society community to UN premises at an appropriate date in 2022, the United Nations Secretariat has been continuously monitoring the health situation in New York City to assess the necessary conditions for providing access to the UN Headquarters building while ensuring the safety of all those present in the building.

At this time, due to the emergence and spread of the COVID-19 Omicron variant, and in keeping with the current guidance from local authorities, almost all meetings and events at UN Headquarters are being held virtually or have been postponed at least until the end of January 2022 when these arrangements will be reviewed.

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UN 2023 Water Conference 22-24 March 2023 - Information Newsletter

Background

On 20 December 2018 the General Assembly adopted the resolution on the “Midterm comprehensive review of the implementation of the International Decade for Action, ‘Water for Sustainable Development’ 2018-2028”. (A/RES/73/226).

The resolution calls for a Conference on the Midterm Comprehensive Review of the Implementation of the Objectives of the International Decade for Action to be convened in New York from 22 to 24 March 2023. The Conference shall be preceded by regional and global preparatory meetings, as appropriate, and informed by existing water-related meetings at the regional and global level.

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