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Working together to solve youth unemployment
22 February 2012, New York
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
Examining disability issues and the MDGs
17 February 2012, New York
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
Coordinating international migration issues
15 February 2012, New York
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
UN official outlines priorities ahead of sustainable development summit
10 February 2012, New York
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
Forest heroes honoured at closing ceremony
9 February 2012, New York
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
DESA’s monthly newsletter
1 February 2012, New York
Featured in this issue:
- Facing the challenge of measuring the unmeasurable
- Making strides towards extreme poverty eradication
- New ECOSOC President outlines focus for 2012
More news stories on topics including: Global dialogue on development; Trends and analysis; Capacity Development
