Thursday, April 16, 2020 at 6:23AM When WHO is working full time to lead the world’s efforts against COVID-19, Donald Trump decides to halt funding for the organization, saying that it has “failed in its basic duty.”
COVID-19 Tuesday, April 7, 2020 at 1:37PM Currently UN DESA is continuing as if HLPF 2020 will take place as normal this summer and has launched the side event application.
Tuesday, April 7, 2020 at 1:34PM As the situation surrounding COVID-19 evolves, the number of people around the world affected by this disease continues to increase. This global public health crisis has direct implications for the Generation Equality Forum and for gender equality and women’s human rights.
COVID-19 Monday, April 6, 2020 at 2:46PM BACKGROUND
The COVID-19 pandemic is ravaging across the globe, causing serious illness, death and disrupting life as we know it.
Friday, March 27, 2020 at 9:22AM Statement by UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem
With each passing day, the scale of the COVID-19 crisis and its consequences are becoming ever more apparent and alarming.
COVID-19 Saturday, March 21, 2020 at 11:37AM As reported by the IISD Knowledge Hub there are numerous postponements and cancellations of UN meetings around the world that will affect, among others, the preparations for the High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF), the Climate Change Conference in Glasgow and the fifth UN conference on the least developed countries (LDCs).
COVID-19 Wednesday, March 18, 2020 at 5:27AM Please see attached the letter from the Chair of the CPD postponing the CPD53 until June at the latest. No clear plans are currently in place, but additional updates will be sent as plans are made for negotiations (potentially online to start and finalized in person).
COVID-19 Tuesday, March 17, 2020 at 4:55PM It's time to register for our virtual civil society forum, find links below! We will send a more detailed agenda of the virtual forum later today.
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Tuesday, March 17, 2020 at 7:05AM In light of the current global outbreak of the COVID-19 coronavirus disease, the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) has decided to cancel the 2020 ECOSOC Partnership Forum, scheduled to be held on 3 April 2020 in New York.
Saturday, March 14, 2020 at 5:59AM We have received the following email relating to the letter from the President of ECOSOC and the revised ECOSOC meeting schedule. Among the meetings that have been deferred are the ECOSOC Partnership Forum and the ECOSOC Multi-Stakeholder Forum on STI for the SDGs.