February 2012
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UNESCO's Commitment to Sustainable Development
“Achieving genuine sustainable development calls for more than green investment and low carbon technologies. Besides its economic and ecological dimensions, the social and human dimensions are central factors for success. Ultimately, we must focus our efforts on building green societies.” Irina Bokova, Director-General, UNESCO.
UNESCO’s Road-map to Rio+20
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UNFPA:Capacity Development Matters:A practical...
UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, has released a report titled, Capacity Development Matters:A practical guide. This Guide describes what capacity development is and how UNFPA is applying it in specific countries. The first chapter provides an overview of capacity development and some basic definitions; the second highlights examples of practice in action from the field; and the...
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56th session of the Commission on the Status of...
Update on CSW 56: The UN System and Rural Women.
The fifty-sixth session of the Commission on the Status of Women will take place at United Nations Headquarters in New York from Monday, 27 February to Friday, 9 March 2012.
Commission on the Status of Women 56
Follow the meeting as it happens through the live webcast.
UN Resources:
The 56th Session(Current)
Documentation
Organisation
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Guidance for partnerships with civil society,...
This document provides guidance on how The Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS), its Cosponsors and Secretariat (working at national, regional and global levels) should strengthen and operationalize meaningful and respectful partnership work with civil society. It should enable the UN to deliver the targets and elimination commitments agreed in the 2011 Political ...
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AIDS Dependency Crisis: Sourcing African Solutions
The past decade has seen a remarkable transformation across the African Continent—an expression of hardearned progress and promise even in the midst of a global financial crisis. This is an era of unprecedented economic growth, socially sustainable gains and strong African leadership. And today almost every country in Africa has a success story to tell, a story of lives saved through ...
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Women and Peace and Security
The Security Council will meet this morning to discuss the Report of the Secretary-General on conflict related sexual violence (S/2012/33).
UN Resources
Previous Reports of the Secretary General on Women Peace and Security
A detailed list of Resolutions, meetings and presidential statements on women, peace and security.
Programme of Action for the Second Half of the UN Decade for Women
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Global survey of the implementation by Member...
The Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate has submitted to the Security Council global survey(S/2012/16), of the implementation by Member States of Security Council resolution 1624 (2005). The global survey was a directed by Security Council resolution 1963 (2010).
Report of the Economic and Social Council for 2011
The Council’s annual report of the Economic and Social Council to the General Assembly on its activities for the year 2011 is now available, A/66/3/Rev.1.The annexes include membership lists for the Council and its subsidiary bodies and a listing of intergovernmental organizations participating in ECOSOC deliberations.
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2500th volume of the UN Treaty Series
On the occasion of the publication of the 2500th volume of the United Nations Treaty Series, the Secretary-General met with the staff involved in the preparation, publication and dissemination of the Series on 10 February 2012.
The Secretary-General noted that “this milestone provides an excellent opportunity to highlight the critical role this publication has played over the past 66...
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Security Council Meeting on the situation in...
Today, February 23rd, at its 6720th meeting, the Security Council will hold a meeting on the situation in Timor-Leste to discuss the Report of the Secretary-General on the United Nations Integrated Mission in Timor-Leste (S/2012/43)
UN Resources:
United Nations Integrated Mission in Timor-Lest (UNMIT) Website
Reports of the Secretary-General
Security Council meeting records
Resolutions on...
United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission...
The Report of the Secretary on the Budget performance of the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo for the period from 1 July 2010 to 30 June 2011 is now available, A/66/652.
UN Resources:
Previous Reports
Peace and security in Africa
Today, the Security Council will hold a high-level debate on the impact of transnational organised crime on peace and security in West Africa and the wider Sahel region. The President of Togo, Faure Gnassingbé, will preside over the debate with the Secretary-General briefing.
UN Resources:
Letter dated 17 January 2012 from the Secretary-General addressed to the President of the Security...
IFAD Publications
Deepening IFAD’s engagement with the private sector: Strategy
This strategy was prepared in response to the recommendations made in the Report of the Consultation on the Eighth Replenishment of IFAD’s Resources. This new IFAD strategy responds to these global developments and calls for IFAD to be more systematic and proactive in engaging with the private sector.
Another publication by IFAD:
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Mobilising Men in Practice
UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund has released a report titled Mobilising Men in Practice: Challenging sexual and gender-based violence in institutional setting.This report documents the work of one such effort, the Mobilising Men initiative, led by the Institute of Development Studies (University of Sussex in Britain) with support from UNFPA. Through partnerships with civil society...
Syrian Arab Republic: Thematic study on...
International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) has released a publication titled Syrian Arab Republic: Thematic study on participatory rangeland management in the Badia. This publication was a parternership project between IFAD supported by Badia Rangeland Development Project (BRDP), which ran from 1998 to 2010 and was cofinanced by the Arab Fund for Economic and Social Development....
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Conclusions of the High-level Working Group on ...
The General Assembly, in its resolution 65/259, requested the SecretaryGeneral to report the conclusions of the High-level Working Group on Programme Criticality to the Assembly at its sixty-sixth session for consideration.
The present report, A/66/680 provides information on the evolution of the Working Group and the work undertaken to date to develop a programme criticality framework....
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UNEP Yearbook 2012
The UNEP Year Book 2012 shows that the we are facing a number of environmental challenges. However, scientists and policy makers made headway on addressing some of the most pressing environmental issues through new discoveries and investments. The 2012 Year Book presents the most important events and developments from the year, gives a picture of the status of key environmental indicators,...
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World Youth Report 2011
Youth Employment: Youth Perspectives on the Pursuit of Decent Work in Changing Times
The World Youth Report 2011 explores the transition of young people from schools and training institutions into the labour market, a phase marking a critical period in the life cycle. The current employment scenario for young people, worsened by the global economic crisis, poses an urgent challenge with...
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Africa Renewal: Special Edition on Women
The print versions of Africa Renewal’s Special Edition on Women are now available The electronic versions are available online: http://www.un.org/AfricaRenewal . Previous issues of the magazine maybe accessed through the online archives.
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UNTV - UN in Action
UN in ACTION, an award-winning television series, reports on the work of the UN and its Agencies around the world. These 3- to 5-minute features illustrate UN peacekeeping efforts as well as projects aimed at reducing poverty and human suffering, fighting disease, providing humanitarian assistance and stimulating economic growth. The series consists of fifty seven pieces a year and is available...
