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- 6/11/09: UN official still hopeful for strong climate deal as latest talks end
- 6/11/09 - Kenya: UN seeks urgent funds to respond to flooding in overcrowded refugee camps
- 6/11/09 - Sri Lanka: Displaced Sri Lankans increasingly returning home from camps
- 6/11/09 - DR Congo: Tribal clashes uproot over 16,000 civilians in northern DR Congo
- 5/11/09 - SG: Working together, nations can tackle today’s major challenges
- 5/11/09 - Viet Nam: UN helps assess relief needs in wake of deadly typhoon in Viet Nam
- 5/11/09: Malnutrition on the rise among rural Tajik children
- 5/11/09 - Africa: Africa’s efforts to achieve anti-poverty goals in peril, warns Migiro
- USG Welcoming Remarks to the World E-Parliament Conference 2009
- 5/11/09: UNESCO unveils winners of three prizes for science
- 5/11/09 - UN report: War against hunger, global warming can be won on farmlands
- 5/11/09 - Sudan: UN lauds first ever rescue of abducted children in southern Sudan
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Events
- Calendar of Events
- 2 Nov: Climate Change Special Briefing:
"Copenhagen 2009: The Fierce Urgency of Now" by Professor Hans Joachim Schellnhuber
New York - 2-6 Nov: Resumed AWG-LCA 7 & AWG-KP 9:
Resumed Seventh session of the AWG-LCA and resumed Ninth session of the AWG-KP
Barcelona, Spain - 5 Nov: Film Screening:
"Home" by Yann Arthus-Bertrand
New York - 6 Nov: 2nd Committee, GA-64 Special Event: Panel Discussion:
Enhancing Governance on Water
New York - 6-8 Nov: Working Conference:
Asian Regional Working Conference of the Women and Water Partnership
Sri Lanka - 26-27 Nov: RIM:
CSD-18 Regional Implementation Meeting - Latin America and the Caribbean RIM
Antigua, Guatemala - 30 Nov-1 Dec: RIM:
CSD-18 Regional Implementation Meeting - Asia & the Pacific RIM
Bangkok, Thailand
Publications
- GA-64 Secretary-General Reports and Briefings on the reports
- Sep 2009:
World Economic and Social Survey 2009:
Promoting Development, Saving the Planet
- Aug 2009:
Natural Resources Forum:
Volume 33 Issue 3
- Policy Brief #24: Climate Change & the Energy Challenge
- Policy Brief #23: Stronger Industrial Policies Needed to Face the Climate & Development Challenges
- Policy Brief #22: Financing Mitigation & Adaptation by Developing Countries
- Policy Brief #21: Climate Justice: Sharing the Burden
- Policy Brief #20: Multidimensional Climate Threats Require New Approaches & More Resources for Adaptation Challenge
- Policy Brief #19: Technology Transfer & Climate Change: Beyond TRIPS - Jul 2009:
- Policy Brief #18: Climate Change and Technology Transfer: The Need for a Regional Perspective - Jun 2009:
- African Economic Outlook - May 2009:
Innovation Briefs, issue 7:
Contribution of Sustainable Agriculture & Land Management to Sustainable Development - Mar 2009:
3rd UN World Water Development Report: Water in a Changing World
Gender-Disaggregated Data on Water and Sanitation
CSD News
- CSD-18 Home Page
- Video Format Guidelines
- 30 Nov-1 Dec: Asia & the Pacific RIM:
CSD-18 Regional Implementation Meeting, Bangkok, Thailand - 26-27 Nov: Latin America & the Caribbean RIM:
CSD-18 Regional Implementation Meeting, Antigua, Guatemala - CSD-18 Bureau first meeting
- 27-30 Oct: Africa RIM:
CSD-18 Regional Implementation Meeting, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia - 04-06 Oct: Western Asia RIM:
CSD-18 Regional Implementation Meeting, Cairo, Egypt - Guidelines for Major Groups Participation
- Status as of July 09: National Information Reporting for CSD-18/19
- Major Groups are invited to submit their input to CSD-18 SG Reports by 17 August '09
- "A Much-needed Consensus on Agriculture & Rural Development for Food Security" by Nikhil Chandavarkar
- CSD-17 Press Releases
- CSD-17 Home Page
Sustainable Development
DSD promotes sustainable development as the substantive secretariat to the CSD and through technical cooperation and capacity-building at the international, regional and national levels.
The achievement of sustainable development requires the integration of its economic, environmental and social components at all levels. This is facilitated by continuous dialogue and action in global partnership, focusing on key sustainable development issues
Spotlight
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Introduction to the SG’s Reports by the DSD Director, Mr. Banuri (2nd Committee of the GA - Agenda Item "Sustainable Development").
See also: GA-64 Secretary-General Reports and Briefings on the reports
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 DSD Area of Work: Climate ChangeDSD Director's message on Climate Change based on the analysis made in the World Economic and Social SurveyPresentations - Panel Discussions, Special Event, 2nd Committee, GA-64:
Green Growth & Sustainable Development | Climate Change: Impacts & Threats | Climate Change Negotiations: Road to Copenhagen
High-level Conference on Climate Change: Technology Development & Transfer
Outcome Article & Final Statement & Chair's Summary
"Copenhagen 2009: The Fierce Urgency of Now" by Professor Hans Joachim Schellnhuber - Special Briefing archive webcast |
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"Home" by Yann Arthus-Bertrand Film Screening & discussion |
- First AfricaSan Awards competition -Nominations deadline passed (Oct 9)
- 2010 Zayed Future Energy Prize -Nominations deadline passed (Oct 16)
DSD in Focus
Milestones Core Publications (Agenda 21) Calendar of Events
Working Together
- Inter-agency Coordination – DSD supports UN-OCEANS and hosts the Secretariat of UN-Energy and UN-Water, the interagency mechanisms to strengthen coordination and coherence among all UN bodies dealing with energy and water related issues.
- International Mobilization
- Water for Life Decade - to promote the fulfillment of international commitments made on water and water-related issues by 2015.
- International Year of Sanitation 2008 - to put the global community on track to halve the proportion of people without access to basic sanitation by 2015.
- Technical Cooperation – DSD targeted advisory services at the request of individual governments to support specific policy initiatives, institutional development and capacity-building.