Thursday, May 23, 2019 at 10:53AM UNFPA has launched the Nairobi Summit Newsletter. (See below)
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Wednesday, May 22, 2019 at 6:04PM The Zero Draft for the Political Declaration of the SDG Summit is being discussed today, 22 May. Negotiations are also scheduled for Friday 7 June and Wednesday 12 June.
Sunday, May 19, 2019 at 9:18PM The final version of the NGO Guidelines for Parallel Reports for Beijing +25 is now available. Please share widely and provide any comments to the authors.
It includes the following timetable for planned events leading up to the High-level meeting of the General Assembly in September 2020:
Beijing+25 Saturday, May 18, 2019 at 4:14PM The UN Deputy-Secretary-General will hold an informal briefing on the Global Sustainable Development Report and the Special Edition of the Secretary-General’s SDG Progress report. It will take place on Monday, 20 May 2019 in ECOSOC Chamber from 12:00 – 13:30. There will, however, be no webcast of the meeting.
Wednesday, May 15, 2019 at 12:02PM We have received the following updates in relation to the HLPF from Gwilym Roberts-Harry, Office of Intergovernmental Support and Coordination for Sustainable Development, Department of Economic and Social Affairs on Registration; the ;Political Declaration; SDG Summit & HLPF Political Declaration – Share your input; Paragraph 89 Reports – A/RES/70/1; and Side Events
HLPF 2019 Tuesday, May 14, 2019 at 7:24AM
Please note that the first discussion of the Political Declaration for the two meetings of the UN High-level Political Forum, with Ambassadors Sheila Gweneth Carey of the Bahamas and Olof Skoog of Sweden will be taking place on 15 May, 10 AM, in the ECOSOC chamber.
See: President of the General Assembly appoints co-facilitators for political declaration from HLPF for further information.
HLPF 2019 Monday, May 13, 2019 at 11:37AM 6 Review of progress on methodological development of Tier III indicators
The UN Statistical Division (UNSD) requested agencies to provide updated Tier III workplans, focusing particularly on:
Monday, May 13, 2019 at 11:17AM The United Nations Economic and Social Council is pleased to invite you to the Inaugural ECOSOC Presidential Lecture on 20 May 2019.
ECOSOC Saturday, May 11, 2019 at 9:42PM The United Nations Alliance of Civilizations (UNAOC) and the BMW Group launched the call for applications of the sixth edition of the Intercultural Innovation Award. Grassroots initiatives that encourage intercultural understanding through innovative methods, with the aim of alleviating identity-based conflicts around the world, are encouraged to apply online at interculturalinnovation.org. This year, the deadline for applications is 31 May, at 5:00 PM EDT.
Saturday, May 4, 2019 at 4:25AM Please Save the Date for the event Informal Interactive Dialogue on Commodity Markets, co-hosted by the President of the General Assembly, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), together with the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), that will take place on 15 May 2019, from 10.00 to 17.30 in the Trusteeship Council Chamber, United Nations Headquarters, New York.