DESA News for September 2012
Feature Articles
Keeping the momentum beyond 2015
With less than three years to the deadline, significant progress has been made towards achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). Meanwhile, the UN is now working closely with different international stakeholders to ensure a sustainable development path beyond 2015. The international community is ramping up activities as the 2015 target date approaches for achieving the development goals, set out in the Millennium Declaration, on poverty alleviation, education, gender equality, child and maternal health, environmental sustainability, HIV/AIDS reduction and a ‘Global Partnership for Development’. These include discussions among governments, civil society, academia and research institutions, and the private sector on how …
Read moreUN helps create a positive future for persons with disabilities
What do Jiří Ježek and Chantal Benoit have in common? They both live with disabilities. In the upcoming Paralympics Jiří will cycle with a prosthetic leg and Chantal will shoot hoops from a wheelchair. This is just one example of how people living with disabilities can flourish when they are empowered and when barriers for their inclusion in society are removed. On 12-14 September, just two weeks after the Paralympics, the UN will host the Fifth Session of the Conference of States Parties to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) to review good practices and challenges …
Read moreEmpowering people to advance development
“Empowerment has many meanings. I think ultimately it is about people and the human potential that is within us all,” says Daniela Bas, Director of DESA’s Division for Social Policy and Development (DSPD), as her team prepares for an expert group meeting on this topic. Ahead of the September meeting, they seek people’s input and questions on empowerment. On 10-12 September 2012, DSPD is gathering experts in New York to focus on the theme “Promoting people’s empowerment in achieving poverty eradication, social integration and full employment and decent work for all”. The meeting is part of the preparations for the …
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Calendar
- Fifth session of the Conference of States Parties to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, New York, 12-14 September, New York, 12-14 September, New York, 12-14 September, New York, 12-14 September
- General Assembly, 67th session, New York, 18 September - 31 December, New York, 18 September - 31 December, New York, 18 September - 31 December, New York, 18 September - 31 December
- ECOSOC Special Ministerial Meeting, 24 September, New York, 24 September, New York, 24 September, New York, 24 September, New York