General Assembly of the United Nations
Economic and Financial - Second Committee

9 October 2013
Wednesday, 3 PM

Keynote address by Professor Raj Chetty on "Equality of opportunity and education policy: new evidence from big data"  [flyer]

Joint meeting of the Second Committee, the Economic and Social Council and the LINK Project, on the topic of “Inequality, Growth and the Global Economic Outlook” [programme]

About the Expert Group Meeting on the World Economy (Project LINK):
Project LINK holds a global meeting every year where participants discuss model-generated forecasts of the world economy, emerging world economic issues and trends, as well as current methods of global economic analysis. The Report on the Project LINK Meeting summarizes the presentations and discussions that take place every year.

Briefing on progress in the implementation of the objectives of the Convention on Biological Diversity, as part of the UN Decade of Biodiversity, and to further efforts to improve coherence [updated concept note]  [summary of the proceedings]

• Keynote address by Mr. Wu Hongbo, Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs
• Presentation by Mr. Braulio Dias, Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity
• Presentation by Mr. Elliott Harris, Director, United Nations Environment Programme, New York Office
• Presentation by Ms. Vibeke Jensen, Director, United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, New York Office
• Presentation by Mr. Santiago Carrizosa, Technical Adviser on Biodiversity and Ecosystems, United Nations Development Programme
• Presentation by Mr. Shakeel Bhatti, Secretary, International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture
• Presentation by Mr. Bonapas Onguglo, Officer-in-Charge, Trade, Environment, Climate Change and Sustainable Branch, Division on International Trade in Goods and Services, and Commodities, United Nations Conference on Trade and Development

Event on the topic of “Strengthening the resilience of Small Island Developing States within the context of sustainable development” [updated concept note]  [programme]

Joint meeting of the Economic and Social Council and the Second Committee on finding solutions for addressing sustainable development challenges and accelerating the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals [updated concept note]  [flyer]  [information note]

• Presentation by Mr. Paul Macmillan, Global Industry Leader, Deloitte
• Presentation by Mr. Luther Ragin, Chief Executive Officer, Global Impact Investing Network
• Presentation by Mr. Jos Verbeek, Lead Economist, Development Prospects Group, World Bank

8 November 2013
Friday, 10 AM

Joint meeting of the Economic and Social Council and the Second Committee on the topic, “The future of employment: The world of work in 2013” [updated concept note]  [programme]  [summary]