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Catalysts for change: breaking down gender stereotypes in media and advertising (CSW68 Side Event).

Media, including advertising, are part of our everyday life. With the rapid development of new technologies and the extensive use of communication tools and social media, new forms of media are increasingly present in the daily lives of children and young persons.

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biodiversityday · 2 days

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(11th meeting) PLENARY- Fourth Meeting of the Subsidiary body on implementation : Consideration of conference room paper.

The Subsidiary Body was established under Article 25 of the Convention on Biological Diversity.

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Third Plenary Meeting - SIDS4 (27-30 May 2024 - Antigua and Barbuda).

The fourth International Conference on Small Island Developing States (SIDS4) is held from 27 to 30 May 2024 in St John's, Antigua and Barbuda. Under the overarching theme of "Charting the course toward resilient prosperity", the Conference aims at assessing the ability of SIDS to achieve sustainable development, including the 2030 Agenda and its Sustainable Development Goals.

Pursuant to the modalities decided in General Assembly resolution 77/328 and the decision by the Preparatory Committee of 1 April 2024, Member States and the European Union may speak in the general debate. Following their statements, representatives of the following may, time permitting, make a statement in the general debate, in the order that they are listed below: (a) intergovernmental organizations and other entities that have received a standing invitation from the General Assembly to participate in the capacity of observer in the sessions and work of the General Assembly and other relevant intergovernmental organizations and international bodies that were accredited pursuant to paragraph 9 (b) above; (b) associate members of regional commissions; (c) specialized agencies and related organizations; (d) interested United Nations organs; and (e) non-governmental organizations, major groups and other relevant stakeholders.

Related Sites and Documents

Official Programme

Organization of work, including the establishment of subsidiary bodies, and other organizational matters

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olderpersonsday · 6 days

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(8th meeting) 14th Open-ended Working Group on Ageing - General Assembly, 78th session.

Other matters (continued) - Discussion on the way forward

Adoption of the report

Closing of the session (Closing remarks)

The Open-Ended Working Group on Ageing was established by the General Assembly by resolution 65/182 on 21 December 2010. The working group will consider the existing international framework of the human rights of older persons and identify possible gaps and how best to address them, including by considering, as appropriate, the feasibility of further instruments and measures.

Provisional agenda for the 14th Open-Ended Working Group on Ageing:

1. Election of officers. 2. Adoption of the agenda and other organizational matters. 3. Participation of national human rights institutions in the work of the Open ended Working Group on Ageing. 4. Participation of non-governmental organizations in the work of the Open ended Working Group on Ageing. 5. Measures to enhance the promotion and protection of the human rights and dignity of older persons. 6. Follow-up to resolution 78/177: measures to enhance the promotion and protection of the human rights and dignity of older persons: best practices, lessons learned, possible content for a multilateral legal instrument and identification of areas and issues where further protection and action are needed. 7. Other matters. 8. Adoption of the report.

14th Open-Ended Working Group on Ageing for the purpose of strengthening the protection of the human rights of older persons (20, 21, 22 and 24 May 2024).

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worldpopulationday · 27 days

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(1st plenary meeting) 58th session of the Commission on Population and Development, CPD58.

Election of the chair and members of the bureau of the 58th session of the Commission on Population and Development.

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7th Meeting, 15th Session of the Expert Group on Resource Management.

The UNECE Resource Management Week 2024, including the 15th session of the Expert Group on Resource Management (EGRM-15), will be held at the Palais des Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, 22-26 April 2024. Leaders, experts, and stakeholders in resource management will gather to discuss sustainable development challenges and opportunities. Our theme, "Assuring sustainability in resource management", will focus on the United Nations Framework Classification for Resources (UNFC) and the United Nations Resource Management System (UNRMS) and their pivotal role in resource management worldwide.

Agenda highlights:

Seminars, Workshops, and Short Courses: Focusing on the UNFC and UNRMS as catalysts for transforming raw materials management.

Minerals for the Energy Transition: Highlighting the work of the UN Working Group on Transforming Extractive Industries for Sustainable Development.

Responsible Resource Management: The development and deployment of UNRMS.

Navigating the Future: Exploring various applications of UNFC.

Building capacity: International Centres of Excellence on Sustainable Resource Management.

Empowering Sustainability: Discussing global initiatives and case studies.

Lunchtime lectures: Professor Peter Hopkinson, Co-Director, Exeter Centre for the Circular Economy, Exeter University, and Professor Markus Zils, Circular Economy and Management Science, University of Exeter Business School, UK, on Circular Data (23 April) and Sarah Gordon, CEO, Satarla on The beauty of interconnected natural resource ecosystems, with a focus on ESG issues (25 April).

Session 3: Responsible resource governance

Chair: Karen Hanghøj

Agenda item 8: Building Capacity: International Centres of Excellence on Sustainable Resource Management

ICE-SRM Russia – Igor Shpurov and Vera Bratkova, Chief Executive Officer

ICE-SRM UK – Nick MacInnes, Circular Economy Lead, Office of the Chief Scientific Adviser, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra), UK and Lynsay Blake, Head of Science in Resources and Waste, Defra, UK

ICE-SRM Mexico – Ulises Neri, Executive Director & Ministries of Energy and Economy of Subnational Governments of Mexico:

José Ramón Silva - Secretary of Energy Development of the State of Tamaulipas

Carlos Adrian García Basto - Director General of the State Energy Agency of the State of Campeche

Esaú Garza - Secretary of Economy, Science and Technology of the State of Aguascalientes

ICE-SRM Criteria for Recognition and Terms of Reference (ECE/ENERGY/GE.3/2024/4)

ICE-SRM EU – Meta Dobnikar, Head of Mineral Resources and Geochemistry Department, Geological Survey of Slovenia

ICE-SRM Central Asia – Farkhat Abytov, Executive Director

ICE-SRM Africa – Tunde Arisekola, Senior Advisor, Geological and Minerals Information, African Minerals Development Centre

Dario Liguti, Director, UNECE Sustainable Energy Division

Discussion

Agenda item 7.2: Development and deployment of UNFC - Technical Advisory Group Annual Report - Updated Injection Projects Specifications (ECE/ENERGY/GE.3/2024/9)

Aleksandr Shpilman, Co-Chair, Technical Advisory Group

Serge Van Gessel, Chair, Injection Projects Working Group and TNO

Agenda item 7.2: Competency in resource management

Vitor Correia, Chair, Competency Working Group, EGRM

Michael Neumann, Global Geoscience Professionalism Group

Gbenga Olugbenga Okunlola, President, Geological Society of Africa and Member, AMREC Working Group

Craig Waldie, Ontario Securities Commission, Canada - presentation to be delivered by Hendrik Falck, Chair, EGRM Minerals Working Group

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indigenouspeopleday · 1 month

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(10th meeting) UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, 23rd session.

Item 6: Future work of the Permanent Forum, including issues considered by the Economic and Social Council, the outcome document of the World Conference on Indigenous Peoples and emerging issues

The twenty-third session of the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII) will take place in-person at UN Headquarters in New York from 15-26 April 2024. Theme: "Enhancing Indigenous Peoples' right to self-determination in the context of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples: emphasizing the voices of Indigenous youth".

The United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII) is a high- level advisory body to the Economic and Social Council. The Forum was established on 28 July 2000 by resolution 2000/22, with the mandate to deal with indigenous issues related to economic and social development, culture, the environment, education, health and human rights.

More specifically, the Permanent Forum:

provides expert advice and recommendations on indigenous issues to the Council, as well as to programmes, funds and agencies of the United Nations, through ECOSOC;

raises awareness and promotes the integration and coordination of activities related to indigenous issues within the UN system;

prepares and disseminates information on indigenous issues;

promotes respect for and full application of the provisions of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and follow up the effectiveness of this Declaration (Art. 42 UNDRIP).

Related Sites and Documents

UNPFII Twenty-Third Session website

Provisional Agenda

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unpublicserviceday · 1 month

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(9th meeting) 23rd session of the Committee of Experts on Public Administration - Economic and Social Council.

Institution building in fragile and conflict-affected areas

- Expert panel moderated by the Vice-Chair

- Interactive dialogue with CEPA members, Member States, United Nations system and civil society organizations

Adoption of the report on the 23rd session

- Moderated by the Chair

- Informal report of the working group on the United Nations Public Service Awards

- Presentation of draft report by the Rapporteur

- Review of recommendations and matters to be brought to the attention of the Economic and Social Council Adoption of the draft report on the 23rd session

Closing of the session

The Committee of Experts on Public Administration (CEPA) is a UN technical advisory body that studies and makes recommendations to improve governance and public administration structures and processes for development. It assists ECOSOC by reviewing trends, issues and priorities in public administration, notably in relation to the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and in support of the implementation and progress reviews of the SDGs.

The Committee of Experts on Public Administration will hold its twenty-third session (CEPA23) at UN Headquarters in New York from 15 to 19 April 2024. The theme is "New governance insights to advance the SDGs and eradicate poverty".

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internationalyouthday · 1 month

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(Part 3-B) ECOSOC Youth Forum 2024 - Youth perspectives on regional development (Arab States Region, The Caribbean).

Breakout sessions with Government officials and youth leaders The regional breakout sessions will help identify the development needs for youth at the regional level and consider how best to articulate and mainstream them in the context of achieving the SDGs. These sessions may build on the outcomes of youth consultations, fora, and other forms of youth engagement as part of the regional SDG review processes hosted by the various UN Regional Commissions.

Arab States Region

The Caribbean

The Forum provides a global platform for dialogue among Member States and young leaders from around the world on solutions to challenges affecting youth wellbeing. It also serves as a unique space for young people to share their vision and actions as well as provide an opportunity to advance youth solutions to accelerate the implementation of the 2030 Agenda and the SDGs.

The three-day event will feature plenary sessions, interactive thematic and regionally-based discussions, and provide an opportunity for a rich exchange of views and ideas on innovative solutions to issues of relevance to young people on the implementation of the 2030 Agenda.

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multilateralismforpeaceday · 2 months

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Change the World Model UN NYC Special Sessions (Part 1).

Tales from the Future: Climate, Youth, Energy, and Peace. The way of Multilateralism for a better World.

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internationalwomenday · 2 months

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17th plenary meeting (resumed) - Commission on the Status of Women, Sixty-eighth session (CSW68) Action and closing.

The sixty-eighth session of the Commission on the Status of Women will take place from 11 to 22 March 2024 under the theme "Accelerating the achievement of gender equality and the empowerment of all women and girls by addressing poverty and strengthening institutions and financing with a gender perspective". Review theme: Social protection systems, access to public services and sustainable infrastructure for gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls.

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#women empowerment #plenary sessions #csw68 #gender equality #women #status of women #gender stereotypes #women's rights #plenary meetings #un women #strengthening institutions #maximize financing #women and poverty #csw69

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biodiversityday · 6 days

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(7th Session) PLENARY: Fourth Meeting of the Subsidiary body on Implementation - Agenda items 7 (Continued), 8, 9, 10, 11, 13 and 13.

The Subsidiary Body was established under Article 25 of the Convention on Biological Diversity. In addition, in its Article 27, the Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits Arising from their Utilization provides that any subsidiary body established by or under the Convention may serve the Nagoya Protocol.

(7th Session) PLENARY: Agenda items 7 (continued), 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 and 13

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High level meeting on mobilization of resources for SIDS - SIDS4 (27-30 May 2024 - Antigua and Barbuda).

The fourth International Conference on Small Island Developing States (SIDS4) is held from 27 to 30 May 2024 in St John's, Antigua and Barbuda. Under the overarching theme of "Charting the course toward resilient prosperity", the Conference aims at assessing the ability of SIDS to achieve sustainable development, including the 2030 Agenda and its Sustainable Development Goals.

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olderpersonsday · 14 days

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14th Open-Ended Working Group on Ageing - General Assembly, 78th session.

14th Open-Ended Working Group on Ageing for the purpose of strengthening the protection of the human rights of older persons (20, 21, 22 and 24 May 2024).

Opening session

General discussion

The Open-Ended Working Group on Ageing was established by the General Assembly by resolution 65/182 on 21 December 2010. The working group will consider the existing international framework of the human rights of older persons and identify possible gaps and how best to address them, including by considering, as appropriate, the feasibility of further instruments and measures.

- Provisional agenda for the 14th Open-Ended Working Group on Ageing:

1. Election of officers. 2. Adoption of the agenda and other organizational matters. 3. Participation of national human rights institutions in the work of the Open ended Working Group on Ageing. 4. Participation of non-governmental organizations in the work of the Open ended Working Group on Ageing. 5. Measures to enhance the promotion and protection of the human rights and dignity of older persons. 6. Follow-up to resolution 78/177: measures to enhance the promotion and protection of the human rights and dignity of older persons: best practices, lessons learned, possible content for a multilateral legal instrument and identification of areas and issues where further protection and action are needed.

7. Other matters. 8. Adoption of the report.