Tuesday, April 2, 2019 at 9:55PM Researchers at the University of Ottawa are conducting a survey to understand better how stakeholders perceive the relationship between family planning, population growth, and environmental sustainability
Tuesday, April 2, 2019 at 7:00PM Civil society organisations attending the UN Commission on Population and Development (CPD) welcome the unanimously agreed historic political declaration at the beginning of its meeting at the United Nations in New York, 1-5 April 2019.
Wednesday, March 27, 2019 at 12:57PM In the email below, the Chair has confirmed that the silence has not been broken and that the text of the draft declaration will be adopted on 1 April 1 in the opening session of the CPD:
Tuesday, March 26, 2019 at 2:56PM The chair conducted the revised text for the political declaration, (See: Next version of Political Declaration for CPD now available) with the changes to operative paras (OP) 1, 3 and 5, in the second and final day of consultations on 25 March. OP 1 included a change in the verb “provide” to “offr” related to review conferences, which was a concern for the Russian Federation.
Tuesday, March 26, 2019 at 8:29AM The United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs invites you to attend the third webinar for Major Groups and other Stakeholders (MGoS) in a series in preparation for the 2019 High-Level Political Forum: Inputs and Outcomes of the HLPF
Monday, March 25, 2019 at 6:12PM For your information, the official website of the SDG Summit 2019 has been launched. The link is: https://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/sdgsummit
Thursday, March 21, 2019 at 5:49AM Please, find attached the information about a briefing that the President of ECOSOC is organizing on the preparations for the ECOSOC multi-stakeholder forum on science, technology and innovation for the Sustainable Development Goals. The briefing will be held on 4 April 2019, from 1:15PM – 2:30PM in the ECOSOC Chamber.
STI/TFM Tuesday, March 19, 2019 at 10:11AM H E Mr Courtenay Rattray of Jamaica, the Chairperson designate, has circulated a revised draft of the Political Declaration. The next consultations, at which it will be discussed, will be held on Monday 25 March.
Tuesday, March 19, 2019 at 8:03AM The Department of Economic and Social Affairs is pleased to announce that the applications for Side Events and Exhibitions to be held at the margins of the 2019 High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development under the auspices of ECOSOC are open as of today, Monday, 18 March 2019. The application can be found at: https://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/hlpf/2019/#other. Please ensure that you review the side event guidelines and exhibition guidelines before applying.
HLPF 2019 Saturday, March 16, 2019 at 3:05PM Co-organized by the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Division for Sustainable Development Goals (DESA/DSDG) and the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) during the 2019 High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development under the auspices of ECOSOC
HLPF 2019