8 February 08
46th Session of the Commission for Social Development.
- Panel discussion: "Review and appraisal of the Madrid International Plan of Action on Ageing: regional perspective".
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6 February 08
46th Session of the Commission for Social Development.
- Opening of the regular session
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10 February 05
The Commission for Social Development: a ten-year review of the World Summit for Social Development ( Copenhagen, 1995).
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10 February 05
Opening of the High-Level Segment of the Commission for Social Development.
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4 March 09
Side-Event at the 53rd session of the Commission on the Status of Women - UNIFEM "Caregiving in the Context of HIV/AIDS" [Programme].
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3 March 09
Side-Event at the 53rd session of the Commission on the Status of Women - "The Climate Change Negotiations - an Action Agenda"
Sponsored by the International Alliance of Women and the Global Gender and Climate Alliance (GGCA- members include the UNDP, UNEP, IUCN, Women's Environment and Development Organization and more than 20 UN agencies and civil society organizations), the Heinrich Boell Foundation, the Center for Asia-Pacific Women in Politics and the Permanent Mission of Denmark to the UN. [Programme]
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3 March 09
53rd session of the Commission on the Status of Women [Website] - Panel of experts: presentations and dialogue.
Follow-up to the Fourth World Conference on Women and to the twenty-third special session of the General Assembly entitled "Women 2000: gender equality, development and peace for the twenty-first century": implementation of strategic objectives and action in critical areas of concern and further actions and initiatives: the equal sharing of responsibilities between women and men, including caregiving in the context of HIV/AIDS. (E/CN.6/2009/2, E/CN.6/2009/3 and E/CN.6/2009/12)
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2 March 09
Opening of the 53rd session of the Commission on the Status of Women.[Website]
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27 February 08
Commission on the Status of Women - Launch by the Deputy Secretary-General, Dr. Asha-Rose Migiro, of the Inter-agency Appeal on Female Genital Mutilation.
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2 March 07
Panel Discussion: "Girls Speak Out: Finding Their Own Solutions", organized by the U.N. Commission on the Status of Women and moderated by Ms. Katie Couric, Anchor and Managing Editor of the CBS Evening News; and Ms. Jordana Alter Confino, Co-founder of Girls Learn International.
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27 February 07
The fifty-first session of the Commission on the Status of Women - Panel 2 "Capacity-building on mainstreaming a gender perspective in the development, implementation and evaluation of national policies and programmes for the elimination of all forms of discrimination and violence against the girl child".
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27 February 07
The fifty-first session of the Commission on the Status of Women - Panel 1 "Key policy initiatives to eliminate all forms of discrimination and violence against the girl child".
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26 February 07
The fifty-first session of the Commission on the Status of Women - High-level roundtable on "Elimination of all forms of discrimination and violence against the girl child".
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Commission on Sustainable Development

5-16 May 08
Commission on Sustainable Development (16th session)

30 April - 11 May 07
The Commission on Sustainable Development (15th session)

1 - 12 May 06
Commission on Sustainable Development (14th session)

4 April 08
"The role of civil society in promoting sustainable development and the new international aid architecture" (NGO Forum).
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21 April 08
The opening meeting of 7th Session of the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues on the theme of "Climate change, bio-cultural diversity and livelihoods: the stewardship role of indigenous peoples and new challenges".
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14 May 07
Opening of the Sixth session of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII).
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15 May 06
Opening of the Fifth session of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues.
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9 August 05
Indigenous Peoples Permanent Forum: Commemoration of the International Day of the World's Indigenous People (organized by the Secretariat of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, Division for Social Policy and Development, Department of Economic and Social Affairs and the NGO Committee on the International Decade of the World's Indigenous Peoples).
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16 May 05
Fourth session of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues.
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13 February 06
United Nations Forum on Forests
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25 May 05
United Nations Forum on Forests
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25 May 05
United Nations Forum on Forests: Topic: Forest Law and Governance for Sustainability
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17 May 05
United Nations Forum on Forests. Address by Ms. Wangari Maathai, 2004 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate
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16 May 05
United Nations Forum on Forests. The fifth session of the United Nations Forum on Forests The opening meeting
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Feeding School Children in Drought-Stricken Rwanda (UN in Action, 1021)
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UNESCO supported school brings opportunity to youngsters in Brazil (UN in Action, 975)
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Farming schools for AIDS orphans in Mozambique (UN in Action, 968)
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UNESCO assists Teachers' Training in Morocco (UN in Action, 962)
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UNESCO's project in Brazil helps to fight Rampant youth violence (UN in Action, 947)
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Female entrepreneurs in Zanzibar (UN in Action, 1120)
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Community Enterprise in India (UN in Action, 1069)
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UN Supports Women Entrepreneurs in Yemen (UN in Action, 1002)
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ILO global report on forced labor (UN in Action, 971)
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UNRWA Helps Palestinian Women Entrepeneurs (UN in Action, 940)
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Pygmies use GPS system to save trees (UN in Action, 1126)
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Niger drought (UN in Action, 1125)
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Saving Lake Chad (UN in Action, 1118)
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Rainwater harvest in Indonesia (UN in Action, 1114)
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Water shortage in Jordan (UN in Action, 1105)
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Syphilis in Haiti (UN in Action, 1116)
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Fistula in Chad (UN in Action, 1103)
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UN Works with NGO to Curb the Spread of AIDS (UN in Action, 1102)
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Haiti: Merchants Access HIV and AIDS Services (UN in Action, 1094)
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HIV and AIDS Prevention in Brazil (UN in Action, 1089)
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War and Hunger in Congo (UN in Action, 1050).
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Fighting Poverty with Roses in Rwanda (UN in Action, 1025)
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Niger's nutrition crisis (UN in Action, 982)
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World food program (UN in Action, 980)
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FAO honours small farmers in Jordan (UN in Action, 965)
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Eradicate poverty and hunger - MDG 1

Achieve universal primary education - MDG 2

Promote gender equality and empower women - MDG 3

Reduce child mortality - MDG 4

Improve maternal health - MDG 5

Combat HIV/AIDS, Malaria AND other diseases - MDG 6

Ensure environmental sustainability - MDG 7

Develop a global partnership for development - MDG 8

Nepal: Local custom discriminates against women (UN in Action, 1123)
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Women's water cooperative in Tanzania (UN in Action, 1109)
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Peace Dividend for Nepali Women (UN in Action, 1073)
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Bahraini Women: Making History (UN in Action, 1053)
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Tajik Women Struggle to Regain Lost Rights (UN in Action, 1047)
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