Conferences & Summits

As the United Nations Secretariat entity responsible for economic, social and environmental issues, UN DESA is mandated by Member States to serve as the Secretariat of several Conferences, Summits, and a range of intergovernmental and expert groups.

UN DESA works together with Member States to provide substantive support to these intergovernmental meetings and processes and performs its functions in close cooperation with civil society, academia and UN agencies, funds and programmes.

2017

The Ocean Conference
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2016

Summit for Refugees and Migrants
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Global Sustainable Transport Conference
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2015

Third International Conference on Financing for Development
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United Nations Sustainable Development Summit
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General Assembly High-Level Meeting on the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS+10)
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2014

World Conference on Indigenous Peoples
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Third International Conference on Small Island Developing States
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2013

United Nations Forum on Forests 10
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2012

United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20)rio+20

2011

United Nations Conference on Least Developed Countries
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2010

United Nations Summit on the Millennium Development Goals
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2009

United Nations Conference on the World Financial and Economic Crisis and Its Impact on Development
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2008

Follow-up International Conference on Financing for Development
to Review the Implementation of the Monterrey Consensus.
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High Level Event on the Millennium Development Goals
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2006

High-level Dialogue on International Migration and Development

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2005

2005 World Summit
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10 Year Review of the Copenhagen Declaration and Programme for Action
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10 Year Review of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action.
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Phase Two of the World Summit on the Information Society.
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2004

  • 10 Year Review of the Barbados Programme of Action.

2003

International Ministerial Conference of Landlocked and Transit Developing Countries.
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Phase One of World Summit on the Information Society.

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2002

International Conference on Financing for Development

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World Summit on Sustainable Development.
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Second World Assembly on Ageing
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Special Session of the General Assembly on Children.
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World Food Summit: Five Years Later.
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2001

Third UN Conference on the Least Developed Countries.
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Special Session of the General Assembly for and Overall Review and Appraisal of the Implementation of the Habitat Agenda.
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Special Session of the General Assembly on HIV/AIDS.
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2000

Millennium Summit
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World Education Forum
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Social Summit +5
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Special Session of the General Assembly for the 5 Year Review of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action
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1999

1996

  • Second UN Conference on Human Settlement (HABITAT II).
  • World Food Summit.

1995

1994

  • International Conference on Population and Development.
  • Global Conference on the Sustainable Development of Small Island Development States.

1993

  • World Conference on Human Rights.

1992

  • United Nations Conference on Environment and Development.
  • International Conference on Nutrition.

1990

  • World Summit for Children.
  • World Conference on Education for all.
  • Second UN Conference on the Least Developed Countries.

 

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