Category Archives: What we are doing?

The United Nations General Assembly proclaimed 22 April as International Mother Earth Day through a resolution adopted in 2009.  Mother Earth is urging a call to action – a need to shift to a more sustainable economy that works for both people and the planet. Protecting the planet is everyone’s responsibility. Earth Day had it origins back in the 60’sContinue reading “International Mother Earth Day”

“The Sustainability Week initiative is essentially designed to galvanize momentum around sustainability in a way that helps to supercharge implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development,” Mr. Francis told reporters at the UN Headquarters in New York. This will help  to focus our attention on the Summit of the Future in September 2024, sustainability isContinue reading “SUSTAINABILITY WEEK”

23rd Session of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, 15-26 April 2024 Click on the following links to view the guide in English, Spanish, Portuguese, and French (coming soon). A text-only version in English is available here. On April 15-26, 2024, the 23rd session of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII) will take place at the UNContinue reading “UNPFII23”

The outcome of the Commission on the Status of Women’s consideration of the priority theme during its 68th session (2024) took the form of agreed conclusions, negotiated by all Member States. The session was followed by the opening  of CSW69 which will be a review of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action on itsContinue reading “CSW68 – UN Women welcomes the adoption of robust blueprint to end women’s poverty.”

“This year, as World Water Day on 22 March focuses on the theme, ‘Water for Peace,’ we are compelled to reflect on the complex relationship between water, conflict, and cooperation. Water has the power to create peace or spark conflict. Over time, there have been many more incidences of cooperation than conflict over water. However,Continue reading “World Water Day March 22, 2024 urges us to explore the critical relationship between water and peace.”

You are invited and encouraged,  all of you who will be in New York  March 14th that you consider participating in the pilgrimage. Because the group will be in motion, on the sidewalk, and not obstructing the flow of regular pedestrian traffic. This pilgrimage is not being sponsored by any organization. It aims to bringContinue reading “Pilgrimage of Lament and Mourning”

On Tuesday, February 6th the NGO Committee for Social Development hosted a high-level event to review the implementation of the Copenhagen Declaration.   High-Level Event Reviewing Implementation of the Copenhagen – Summary can be read here. A new publication from the NGO Committee for Social Development Bridging Vision to Action: from the Copenhagen Declaration of 1995Continue reading “UN To Hold “Second World Summit For Social Development” In 2025″

The sixty-eighth session of the Commission on the Status of Women will take place from 11 to 22 March 2024. Representatives of Member States, UN entities, and ECOSOC-accredited non-governmental organizations (NGOs) from all regions of the world are invited to contribute to the session. Themes Priority theme: Accelerating the achievement of gender equality and theContinue reading “CSW68”

“The world looks to the UN for hope” World Day of Social Justice reminds us each year of the need to build fairer, more equitable societies. The ILO will mark the occasion this year with a series of seven events held in major cities around the globe. The events will bring together high-level speakers fromContinue reading “World Day 2024 of Social Justice :  “Global Coalition for Social Justice: Bridging Gaps, Building Alliances”.”

Here we are on the eve of CSocD, formerly known as Social Commission, it has been in existence from the very inception of the United Nations, it advises the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) and Governments on a wide range of social policy issues and on the social perspective of development. CSocD is a functionalContinue reading “CSocD 62”