2011 News Archive
December
- New website on “Forests for People” highlights celebrations worldwide
- Migration policies should protect rather than infringe human rights – Ban
- Preparing for the future we want
- Cybersecurity: A global issue demanding a global approach
- Developing nations risk falling behind due to global economic crisis – UN officials
- UN meeting hears call for greater Asia-Pacific cooperation on development goals
- Dialogue on financing for development
- Towards inclusive development for all
- Risks for another global downturn have heightened
- DESA’s monthly newsletter
November
- Briefing covers Europe’s response to debt crisis
- Empowering indigenous voices
- Small States have key role to play at sustainable development summit – Assembly chief
- UN launches campaign for Rio+20 featuring global conversation on the future we want
- Meeting addresses mortality crises
- Strengthening public services in Africa
- Ensuring donor accountability
- Forestry Week celebrates International Year of Forests
- Outreach to Member States on UN Public Service Awards
- New revision of the UN Model Double Taxation Convention adopted
- DESA’s monthly newsletter
October
- Building a better world with cooperatives
- World to welcome seven billionth citizen
- UN official calls for inclusive economic growth strategies to tackle global jobs crisis
- Twenty-one new members join UN Economic and Social Council
- Debt crisis in affluent States threatens developing economies, UN officials warn
- UN-backed meeting considers better use of geospatial technology
- UN DESA joins online conversation
- New UN facility on sustainable development opens in Republic of Korea
- As aid levels lag, development cooperation more vital than ever – UN officials
- Investing in people the smartest way to eradicate poverty, UN says
- New UN stamps highlight vital role of forests
- Seeking a remedy to unemployment
- Calls for nominations to reward public service excellence
- Promoting the role of forests in green economies
- Social inequalities concern us all
- Discussing green economy and inclusive growth
- Addressing many of the world’s challenges
- DESA’s monthly newsletter
September
- Delegates debate challenges of worldwide Internet governance at UN-backed forum
- Forests’ Director Honoured with Prestigious Award
- Reading the numbers for development
- World’s best forest policies crowned
- Minding the Gap
- General Assembly opens new session with plea for unity to tackle global crises
- Secretary-General joins global conversation
- Setting the sights on implementation
- Contributions of one billion people must be recognized
- “Life knew that I had a mission”
- From Island to Island
- DESA’s monthly newsletter
August
- Education for All: Keeping the promises
- En route to Rio+20
- Regional Voices champions forests worldwide
- Inspiring youth to lasting change
- Youth unite to mark year of youth finale
- Celebrating the world’s indigenous peoples
- Creating awareness for the rights of older persons
- Toolkit for working with youth
- ECOSOC: A success in Geneva
- DESA’s monthly newsletter
July
- UN Economic and Social Council sets up committee on global geospatial information
- UN high-level forum spotlights young people’s potential as agents of change
- Positioning young people in the world
- Balancing the pillars for sustainable development
- Good governance necessary for sustainable development
- Ways to strengthen global economic governance
- Raising education to top of development agenda
- Report states progress but calls for increased support
- Building good practices for disabled persons
- Call for new technologies to avoid ecological destruction
- Education a priority during ECOSOC high-level meeting
- DESA’s monthly newsletter
June
- Sports as a tool for changing perceptions
- Listening to youth in armed conflict
- Call to integrate social and economic policies
- UN Awards celebrate excellence in public service
- Accessibility does not have to be about luck
- Counting down to Rio+20
- Striving to make a difference by 2015 and beyond
- Getting it right as a new nation is born
- Facing higher risk of HIV infection
- UNFF Forest Film Festival wins prize
- Path towards green economy
- Linking globalization and families through family policies
- DESA’s monthly newsletter
May
- 2011 Global Peace Index reveals a world less peaceful
- World economic recovery remains a challenge
- Understanding the need of citizens
- Global importance of migration for development
- Disability convention gets 100th ratification
- Advancing the rights of indigenous peoples
- Plan to lift countries out of poverty
- Tackling family poverty
- Taking responsibility
- Empowering girls and young women
- World population to exceed 10 billion
- Path towards sustainable consumption
- DESA’s monthly newsletter
April
- Education: reaching all children
- Scoring on development
- Inclusive approach on tax matters
- Enhancing the voice of older persons
- Advancing the rights of persons with disabilities
- International Year of Cooperatives logo released
- Actively engaging for the future of youth
- Fertility and reproductive health at core of development
- Improving policies with better geospatial information
- From knowing to doing in public administration
- DESA’s monthly newsletter
March
- Global efforts for family planning
- Educating youth on HIV/AIDS
- Responding to the urban water challenge
- Linking education to human capital development
- High-level panel presents route to sustainability
- Themes for the future
- Refining financing for least developed countries
- Development towards a green economy
- Understanding youth through media
- Lasting impact of sustainable development
- DESA’s monthly newsletter
February
- Partnering with philanthropy to promote education
- Statistics shaping social and economic development
- Accessibility, the key to reducing poverty
- Growing importance of men in families
- Social protection, the solution to poverty
- Winning the battle against poverty requires the active participation of civil society
- Sustainable forest management essential for the success of Rio 2012
- Celebrating people’s actions to preserve forests
- Improving education through a multi-stakeholder e-discussion
- DESA’s monthly newsletter
January
- Record number of NGOs seeking participation in the UN
- Finding strategies to help the world’s forests
- New UN Economic and Social Council president outlines priorities
- World Economic Situation and Prospects 2011
- Indigenous peoples participation vital to forest preservation
- International community discusses the future of sustainable consumption and production
- UN highlights challenge of balancing poverty eradication with sustainable development
- Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon visits DESA
- DESA’s monthly newsletter
