Virtual Townhall Meeting of Civil Society and United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres

As in all crises, women’s civil society organizations have been at the front line of response to the COVID-19 pandemic, promoting life-saving information and public health messaging, building institutional trust and community resilience, and helping inform and engage marginalised communities

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UN Secretary-General Appoints Natalia Kanem of Panama Executive Director of United Nations Population Fund

The Commonwealth Medical Trust (Commat) joins others in welcoming the Dr Natalia Kanem as the new Executive Director of UNFPA, as announced:

We are pleased to announce that Dr Natalia Kanem has been appointed Executive Director of UNFPA on 3 October 2017 by the United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres...

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Submit analysis and proposals and Apply for Stakeholder Collaboration Committee

At the request of the Executive Office of the Secretary-General, UN-NGLS is facilitating a civil society consultation during October 2017 to discuss the ongoing review of the UN development system, open to representatives of non-governmental organizations, civil society organizations, philanthropy, academia, and social entrepreneurs...

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Call for Nominations for UN Public Service Awards (deadline 28 February 2017)

Message on behalf of DESA Division for Public Administration and Development Management:

Dear Colleagues, 

The United Nations has launched a call for nominations for the 2017 United Nations Public Service Awards (UNPSA) which the UN Secretary-General gives to reward innovation and excellence in public services in support of the realisation of the SDGs.  The Awards is open to all public organizations -- national and local governments and public-private partnerships for delivering services. Non-Governmental Organizations are invited to nominate initiatives for the Awards...

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Incoming Secretary-General appoints three women to key leadership positions

The incoming UN Secretary-General, António Guterres, has appointed Amina Mohammed, Nigeria’s environment minister and a key player in the development of the 2030 Agenda, as Deputy Secretary-General. He has also announced the appointments of two other women to key leadership posts.

Having made achieving gender parity at the world body a priority of his tenure, Guterres has appointed Maria Luiza Ribeiro Viotti, a senior Brazilian foreign ministry official, to serve as his chief of staff, and Kyung-wha Kang of South Korea to the new position of special adviser on policy...

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Supporting SDGs – a strategic priority for new UN Secretary-General

As reported by IIED, when he was sworn in as the ninth UN Secretary-General during the UN General Assembly, António Guterres highlighted support for sustainable development and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) as one of three strategic priorities for change. The other two priorities are working for peace and advancing UN internal management...

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Final stage in appointment of António Guterres as next Secretary-General

Now that the UN Security Council has adopted by consensus António Guterres, former Prime Minister of Portugal, as its nominee to be the next Secretary-General when Ban Ki-moon steps down at the end of December, the final stage of the process will be formal approval by the General Assembly. In addition to serving as his country’s Prime Minister, Mr Guterres has also been the UN High Commissioner for Refugees...

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High-level political forum – Report of the Secretary-General

The annual progress report of the Secretary-General on Progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals, prepared in accordance with General Assembly resolution 70/1, is now available. It is based on “a proposed global indicator framework developed by the Inter-Agency and Expert Group on Sustainable Development Goals Indicators.” (See: E/CN.3/2016/2/Rev.1 Annex IV). It was agreed to, “as a practical starting point” at the Statistical Commission’s 47th session. (See: E/2016/24, chap. I, sect. B, decision 47/101) The Secretary-General notes that some targets are not reflected at this time “owing to a lack of data, or because they are measured by indicators that are still undergoing methodological development.” (paras 1-3)...

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12 July Global Townhall with UN Secretary-General candidates: Propose questions/Apply to attend!

A Global Townhall with candidates for UN Secretary-General will take place on 12 July in the UN General Assembly Hall from 6:00-9:00pm NY time. All candidates for UN Secretary-General presented so far have been invited to participate. This event will be broadcast live across the world by Al Jazeera media network, made available free to all broadcast media, and simultaneously streamed live on UN WebTV. 

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Revised roadmap for informal consultations on follow-up and review of the 2030 Agenda

The co-facilitators, Denmark and Belize, for the informal consultations on the Follow-up and Review of the 2030 Agenda at the global level have made some small revisions to the roadmap. The first consultation with stakeholders will take place at 3 pm in Conference room 3 on 1 April. Those wishing to make short statements should see article below (2030 SD agenda: speaker registration for 1 April stakeholder consultation)

For information on the meeting already held see: General Assembly meeting on Secretary-General’s report for follow-up and review of 2030 Agenda