Saturday, November 21, 2020 at 6:34PM The President of the General Assembly has written a letter with a concept note for the Special Session, including further information on the content and programme.
Friday, November 20, 2020 at 10:30AM The President of the UN General Assembly circulated on 19 November the list of NGOs, CSOs, academic institutions and the private sector that have applied to participate in the Special Session.
As stated in his letter, “In the absence of any objection by 25 November 2020 at 3 pm” the list will be approved.
There is no further information at this time about the registration process for NGOs in consultative status with ECOSOC.
Wednesday, November 18, 2020 at 5:26PM We have been informed that there will be a separate portal for the registration of NGOs in consultative status, as soon as the Office of the President of the General Assembly has confirmed the format of the session. Information will be made available, as well as being posted on the relevant UN website at: http://csonet.org/index.php?menu=73.
Wednesday, November 18, 2020 at 5:24PM Below is the updated list of organizations that have supported the letter to the President of the UN General Assembly:
Women’s Major Group
NGOs in consultative status with ECOSOC
General consultative status
Tuesday, November 17, 2020 at 12:22PM In his letter, dated 11 November 2020, the President of the UN General Assembly provided further information on its Special Session in response to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, which will be held on 3 and 4 December 2020, from 09.00 to 21.00 New York time at United Nations Headquarters in New York, pursuant to General Assembly resolution 75/4. It will be at the level of Heads of State and Government and webcast live.
Tuesday, November 17, 2020 at 12:17PM The following letter, signed by 60 organizations, has been sent to the President of the UN General Assembly, concerning participation of CSOs and other Stakeholders:
Tuesday, November 17, 2020 at 9:31AM As a part of the Decade of Action for the SDGs, the United Nations Secretary-General is convening a Food Systems Summit in September 2021 aimed at empowering people to leverage food systems as accelerators of progress to realize the vision of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
Tuesday, November 17, 2020 at 9:20AM The Secretary-General will convene a High-Level Dialogue on Energy in 2021
Pursuant to General Assembly resolution 74/225, the United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres will convene a High-level Dialogue on Energy at the summit level during the 76th session of the UN General Assembly in September 2021, in New York. The goal of the Dialogue is to raise ambition and accelerate action towards the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goal 7 on energy by catalyzing innovative solutions, investments, and multi-stakeholder partnerships, in support of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the Paris Agreement on climate change. Visit the website for the High-level Dialogue on Energy 2021 for further information.
Tuesday, November 17, 2020 at 7:31AM We would like to inform you that submission of written statements to the fifty-fourth session of the Commission on Population and Development (19-23 April 2021) is now open. The special theme of the session is: “Population, food security, nutrition and sustainable development”.
Saturday, November 14, 2020 at 12:10PM Please note that we have received the following information on the above event.
The portal for applications for the special-accreditation of ECOSOC non-accredited CSOs for the UNGASS in response to the COVID-19 pandemic (03-04 December 2020) has been opened yesterday 12 November.