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Working together to solve youth unemployment

The UN Economic and Social Council will hold an exclusive event, “Breaking new ground: Partnerships for more and better jobs for young people” on 27 February from 3:00 to 6:00 pm at UN Headquarters in New York to explore issues affecting policy setting and innovations for promoting youth employment. FULL ARTICLE

Posted in: ECOSOC

 

Examining disability issues and the MDGs

Examining disability issues and the MDGs (UN Photo/Albert Gonzales Farran)

Over one billion people around the world live with a disability. However, disability issues are not included in any of the Millennium Development Goals, targets or indicators, thereby representing a lost opportunity to address pressing social, educational, health and economic concerns of this large segment of the global population. This was one of the main points of a recent UN DESA report. FULL ARTICLE

Posted in: Social

 

Coordinating international migration issues

Coordinating international migration issues (UN Photo/Phil Behan)

UN DESA’s Population Division organized the Tenth Coordination Meeting on International Migration at the UN from 9 to 10 February. The coordination meeting brought together representatives from UN entities, other relevant intergovernmental and regional organizations, Member States, civil society and the research community. In total, some 120 participants attended the two-day event. FULL ARTICLE

Posted in: Population

 

UN official outlines priorities ahead of sustainable development summit

Sha Zukang USG of UN DESA and Rio+20 Secretary-General (UN Photo/Mark Garten)

Mr. Sha Zukang, UN DESA’s Under-Secretary-General, yesterday outlined a set of priorities that Member States should tackle ahead of the Sustainable Development Conference (Rio+20) in June so that there is a clear framework of action during the event. FULL ARTICLE

Posted in: Sustainable

 

Forest heroes honoured at closing ceremony

International Year of Forests closing ceremony (©UNICEF/Pirozzi)

People who have made special contributions towards protecting forests and forest communities will receive the Forest Heroes Award at a special ceremony hosted by the United Nations Forum on Forests (UNFF) Secretariat to mark the conclusion of the International Year of Forests today at United Nations Headquarters in New York. FULL ARTICLE

Posted in: Forest

 

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