Wednesday, August 24, 2016 at 9:43PM You are remided that the deadline to submit proposals for inclusion in the Solutions Summit is fast approaching.
See 2016 Solutions Summit at UNHQ: Submit a project or apply for Selection Committee! for information.
UNGA Wednesday, August 17, 2016 at 7:33AM We have received the following from UN-NGLS:
WHAT IS THE SOLUTIONS SUMMIT?
The second annual Solutions Summit is a catalytic gathering that will take place at UN Headquarters in New York on the evening of 21 September 2016 during UN General Assembly week. The purpose of the Solutions Summit is two-fold: 1) to lift up exceptional innovators -- technologists, engineers, scientists, and others -- who are developing solutions that address one or more of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs); and 2) to catalyze a grassroots effort, where communities scout and convene resources around solution-makers...
UNGA Monday, August 15, 2016 at 9:00AM Today is the deadline for applying to attend the UN General Assembly High-level Meeting on Antimicrobial Resistance for organizations NOT in consultative status. (See:Urgent deadlines for registration for UN GA High-level Meeting on Antimicrobial Resistance, 15 and 28 August)
The President of the General Assembly has circulated a letter, on behalf of HE Peter Thomson, his successor, inviting Member States to participate at the highest possible level in the High-level Meeting and to consider “as appropriate, to include in [their]...
Thursday, August 11, 2016 at 7:01AM We have received the following information for organizations wishing to apply to attend the UN General Assembly High-level Meeting on Antimicrobial Resistance.
Please note that the deadline for registering for Entities not in consultative status with UN ECOSOC to apply for special accreditation is 15 August and for Entities that are in consultative status with UN ECOSOC to apply to attend the meeting is 28 August.
To apply please complete the form here: https://fs22.formsite.com/unngls/form29/index.html
Monday, August 8, 2016 at 11:46AM 
As reported by IISD, the next phase of MY World, called MY World 2030, has been launched by the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Action campaign, the UN Development Programme (UNDP), the Overseas Development Institute (ODI) and UN Global Pulse. It will support efforts to report on progress on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and mobilize and build dialogue among decision-makers.
MY World 2030 will collect globally comparable data on how people feel their lives are changing, using the MY World Community to report on progress. The UN SDG Action campaign will lead efforts to produce three comparable questions,...
Tuesday, August 2, 2016 at 1:03PM The President-elect for the 71st Session of the UN General Assembly, Ambassador Peter Thompson, has announced the theme for the 71st General Debate, which will take place in September as The Sustainable Development Goals: a universal push to transform our world.
2030 Agenda, UNGA Tuesday, August 2, 2016 at 9:58AM The General Assembly adopted the resolution on Friday 29 July on follow-up and review which decides that the High-Level Political Forum (HLPF) will spend the next three years focusing on a range of specific themes and targets, ranging from eradicating poverty to building resilience to empowering communities...
The provisions of the resolution
While the Assembly adopted the draft resolution titled “Follow-up and review of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development at the global level” by consensus,...
2030 Agenda, HLPF Friday, July 29, 2016 at 10:52AM H E Frederick Musiiwa Makamure Shava was elected as the seventy-second President of the Economic and Social Council on 28 July 2016. Ambassador Shava is currently the Ambassador and Permanent Representative of the Republic of Zimbabwe to the United Nations in New York.
Until his appointment in 2014, he served as Ambassador to China since 2007. From 2003 to 2004, Ambassador Shava was a consultant on Zimbabwe’s Parliamentary reform. As an elected official, he was Minister of State for Political Affairs in 1987 and Minister of Labour, Manpower Planning and Development from 1981 to 1986.
ECOSOC Thursday, July 28, 2016 at 3:01PM The President of the General Assembly has circulated a further letter in which he says that he has been informed that “consensus has been reached on the draft text” for the resolution on follow up and review. It will now go to the General Assembly on Friday 29 July 2016.
According to the draft resolution...
2030 Agenda, HLPF, PGA Thursday, July 28, 2016 at 6:58AM The President of the UN General Assembly, Mogens Lykketoft has written to inform UN Member States that, at the request of Group of 77 and China, the informal consultations on the follow-up and review of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development "effectively have to be concluded" by 2 September 2016, and that facilitation must be done by Member States. In their letter, sent by the Chair of the Group of 77 and China, which is attached to his letter, he had been requested to renew his facilitation and good...
2030 Agenda, HLPF, PGA