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FEATURE: The UN General Assembly’s Second Committee – economic and financial issues

28 December 2012 – Established in 1945, at the end stages of World War II, the United Nations General Assembly serves as the world body's principal policy-making and deliberative organ, providing a forum for multilateral discussion of the full spectrum of international issues covered by the UN Charter.

FEATURE: What does the UN General Assembly do when the General Debate ends?

16 October 2012 – The United Nations General Assembly.

Some have called it the world’s largest talking shop; others have called it a parliament of mankind. Often, there are a range of views inbetween and around those two perpectives.

Rio+20 Feature: Seven Issues, Seven Experts – Jobs

21 June 2012 – Jobs – Peter Poschen, Director of the Job Creation and Enterprise Development Department, ILO

Rio+20 Feature: Seven Issues, Seven Experts – Water and Sanitation

20 June 2012 – Water and Sanitation – Sanjay Wijesekera, Chief of Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene - UNICEF

Rio+20 Feature: Seven Issues, Seven Experts – Cities

19 June 2012 – Cities – Executive Director of UN-Habitat, Joan Clos

Rio+20 Feature: Seven Issues, Seven Experts – Food

18 June 2012 – Food – Chief Development Strategist at the International Fund for Agricultural Development

Rio+20 Feature: Seven Issues, Seven Experts – Disasters

15 June 2012 – Disasters – Envoy for Disaster Risk Reduction, Margareta Wahlström

Rio+20 Feature: Seven Issues, Seven Experts – Energy

14 June 2012 – Energy – Timothy Wirth, member of the High-Level Group on Sustainable Energy for All

Rio+20 Feature: Seven Issues, Seven Experts – Oceans

13 June 2012 – Oceans – Andrew Hudson, Head of UNDP's Water and Ocean Governance Programme