Beyond the WASH Agenda; Strengthening Capacity for Water Resource Management in the Post-2015 Develo

The United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (UNCSD/Rio+20) in 2012, recognized “that water is at the core of sustainable development as it is closely linked to a number of key global chal

Interactive Multistakeholder Dialogue: Second meeting of the Intergovernmental committee of experts

The Intergovernmental Committee of Experts on Sustainable Development Financing (ICESDF) held its Second Session from 2-6 December 2013 at UN Headquarters (New York). While this was a closed session

Europe and Central Asia Regional Consultations in Istanbul help shape the Post 2015 Development Agen

The Post 2015 Europe and Central Asia Regional Consultations concluded today in İstanbul with a call to end the increasing inequalities in the region. During the last three days more than 350 go

Special Event on Strengthening the Resilience of Small Island Developing States within the context o

The discussion of resilience of Small Island Developing States has occurred since the consideration of the sustainable development challenges of SIDS first began. In recent years however, the sentimen

Third Meeting of the Signatory Countries of the Declaration on the application of Principle 10 and R

The third Meeting of Designated Focal Points by the Governments of the signatory countries of the Declaration on the implementation of Principle 10 of the Rio Declaration on Environment and Developmen

Regional Workshop on the Implementation of Principle 10 in the Caribbean

Second Meeting of the Signatory Countries of the Declaration on the application of Principle 10 and

The second meeting of designated Focal Points by the Governments of the signatory countries of the Declaration on the implementation of Principle 10 of the Rio Declaration on Environment and Developme

First Meeting of the Focal Points Appointed by the Governments of the signatory countries of the Dec

The first meeting of the focal points designated by the governments of the countries that signed the declaration on the application of principle 10 was held at the headquarters of the Economic Commiss

Open Working Group Informal meeting on measuring progress

The OWG will hold an informal meeting on "Measuring progress" on 17 December 2013, at United Nations Headquarters. In the context of framing goals and targets, the aim is to share with the members of

United Nations Symposium: Mainstreaming Sector Policies into Integrated National Sustainable Develo

Iranian Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism Organization (ICHTO) and co-organized by United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA) in collaboration with Ministry of Foreign Af

Regional Consultation on Accountability for the Post-2015 Development Agenda

Sixty-fifth session of the Economic Commission for Europe

Habitat III

Habitat III is the United Nations Conference on Housing and Sustainable Urban Development to take place in 2016. In resolution 66/207 and in line with the bi-decennial cycle (1976, 1996 and 2016), the

Volunteering post-2015: telling the story of people’s engagement

UNV side event at the DPI/NGO Conference Speakers • Austin Diaz, ‘Y Teen’ Volunteer, YMCA Global Teens • Denise Lama Feliù, Researcher, FLACSO Chile • Nita Kapoor, Director, International Forum for V

Sustainable Urban Mobility in Developing Countries

The rapid and often unplanned and uncoordinated growth of cities has compromised existing transportation systems and significantly increased the challenge of creating new transportation systems, espec

Launch of the Prototype Global Sustainable Development Report (GSDR)

The prototype Prototype Global Sustainable Development Report (GSDR) was launched during the 2nd meeting of the High-level Political Forum on sustainable development in New York in July this year. Th

Regional Ministerial Consultation

Monitoring and Accountability for the Post-2015 Development Agenda - The Regional Dimension The deliberations on the post-2015 development agenda have emphasized the need for strong monitoring and ac

Meeting on the challenges of monitoring and accountability for the post-2015 development agenda in L

The Meeting on the challenges of monitoring and accountability for the post-2015 development agenda in Latin America and the Caribbean was held at the headquarters of the Economic Commission for Latin

Co-facilitators on Modalities (Papua New Guinea, Denmark) convene informal consultations on dates fo

2nd briefing by co-facilitators (Kenya, Ireland) on organizational and substantive tasks for 2015 Su

Substantive Informal Session: Preparatory process for FfD Conference

Symposium on Science and the Sustainable Development Goals

Second International Conference on Nutrition

Malnutrition is one of the world's most serious but least addressed health problems and a significant contributor to child mortality. Nearly one-third of children in developing countries are either un

Coordination and Management meeting

UNFCCC COP 20

3rd briefing by co-facilitators (Kenya, Ireland) on organizational and substantive tasks for 2015 Su

Meeting of the Council on access to credit-rating information

ECOSOC Special Meeting on Partnerships in the post-2015 era

Multi-stakeholder partnerships will play a key role in the implementation of the new development agenda beyond 2015. The engagement of civil society, business, philanthropy, academia and others will b

Post-2015 intergovernmental negotiations (Declaration session)

Summary of Side Events Business Action on Sustainable Development Goals

Operational Activities Segment