Past Events
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UNHQ
At the first plenary meeting of the ECOSOC organizational session, the Council will elect to elect its new President and Bureau, adopt the working arrangements of the new session and decide on the seating order for the new session.
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UNHQ
The July Management Segment of ECOSOC will take place on 21 July 2026. The Council will take actions on economic, social, environmental, health, and related matters, including recommendations from its subsidiary and related bodies.Participants at...
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UNHQ
The High-level Segment of ECOSOC, including the three-day ministerial segment of the High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF), was convened on 13-16 July 2026 at United Nations Headquarters. The theme of the 2026 ECOSOC and HLPF...
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UNHQ
The High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF) will take place on 7-10 July 2026. This includes the three-day ministerial segment of the forum on 13-16 July 2026, as part of the High-level Segment of ECOSOC.The theme of the HLPF is...
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10:00 am - 01:00 pm America/New York
UNHQ, Trusteeship Council Chamber
The President of the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), H.E. Mr. Lok Bahadur Thapa, and the Chair of the Peacebuilding Commission (PBC), H.E. Mr. Omar Hilale, convened a joint meeting of ECOSOC and the PBC on 22 June 2026 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m....
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UNHQ
The 2026 Humanitarian Affairs Segment will be held in New York on 17-19 June 2026. For more details and regular updates, including the programme and instructions for participation, please visit the OCHA website. For more information, please visit...
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UNHQ
The 2026 Meeting on the Transition from Relief to Development will take place in New York on 16 June 2026. For more details and regular updates, including the programme and instructions for participation, please visit the OCHA website. For more...
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UNHQ
The Management Segment of ECOSOC will take place on 10-11 June 2026. The Council will take actions on economic, social, environmental, health, and related matters, including recommendations from its subsidiary and related bodies.Participants at the...
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Vienna
The Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice (CCPCJ) will organize its thirty-fifth session on 1-5 June 2026 in Vienna.The Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice (CCPCJ) is one of the functional commissions of ECOSOC. The...
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The ECOSOC Operational Activities for Development Segment (OAS) will be held 1-3 June 2026.The OAS meets annually to provide overall coordination and guidance to the governing bodies of the United Nations development system. The Segment reinforces...
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10:00 am - 06:00 pm America/New York
UNHQ
Live on UN Web TV (AM and PM)Disruptions in energy and supply flows are generating significant development, trade, energy, food security, financial and macroeconomic impacts around the world. The Economic and Social Council convened a special...
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UNHQ
The UN Forum on Forests (UNFF) organized its twenty-first session on 11-15 May 2026.The UN Forum on Forests is a functional commission of ECOSOC with universal membership. Since its establishment in 2000, the Forum set many milestones, including the...
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UNHQ
The Multi-Stakeholder Forum on Science, Technology and Innovation for the Sustainable Development Goals took place on 6-7 May 2026.The Forum is an annual gathering to discuss science, technology, and innovation cooperation around thematic areas for...
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10:00 am - 01:00 pm America/New York
ECOSOC Chamber, UNHQ
Watch Live: https://webtv.un.org/en/asset/k1i/k1i1to6cqeBackgroundRecent global policy frameworks underscore science, technology and innovation (STI) as critical enablers of progress toward the Sustainable Development Goals, while highlighting...
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Geneva
The Commission on Science and Technology for Development (CSTD) organized its twenty-ninth session on 20-24 April 2026.The Commission on Science and Technology for Development is a subsidiary body of the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) and the...
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UNHQ
The twenty-fifth session of the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues will take place from 20 April to 1 May 2026.The theme of the twenty-fifth session is: " Ensuring Indigenous Peoples’ health, including in the context of conflict".The United...
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UNHQ
The 2026 ECOSOC Forum on Financing for Development Follow-Up (FfD Forum) – a key mechanism of the Financing for Development process, took place on 20-24 April 2026, following up on the momentum from the landmark Fourth International Conference...
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UNHQ
The Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) Youth Forum took place on 14-16 April 2026.The Forum provides a platform for young people to engage in a dialogue with Member States and other actors to voice their views, concerns, and galvanize actions on...
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UNHQ
The Committee of Experts on Public Administration organized its twenty-fifth session on 13-17 April 2026.The Committee of Experts on Public Administration (CEPA) is a UN technical advisory body that studies and makes recommendations to improve...
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UNHQ
The Commission on Population and Development (CPD) organized its fifty-ninth session on 13-17 April 2026.The Commission on Population and Development (CPD) is a functional commission of ECOSOC overseeing the follow-up to the implementation of the...
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UNHQ
The management meetings took place on 8 April 2026, to conduct elections to fill vacancies in subsidiary bodies of ECOSOC and related bodies. More...
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UNHQ
The ECOSOC Special Meeting on Credit Ratings took place on 30 March 2026 at UN Headquarters in New York City. (More...)
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UNHQ
The 2026 ECOSOC Special Meeting on International Cooperation in Tax Matters took place on 27 March 2026 at UN Headquarters. More
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UNHQ
The Committee of Experts on International Cooperation in Tax Matters organized its 32nd session on 23-26 March 2026.The Committee of Experts on International Cooperation in Tax Matters is a subsidiary body of the UN Economic and Social Council,...
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UNHQ
The seventieth session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) took place at United Nations Headquarters in New York on 9-19 March 2026. The Commission on the Status of Women is a functional commission of ECOSOC and the principal global...
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UNHQ
The Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND) will organize its sixty-ninth session on 9-13 March 2026 in Vienna.The Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND) was established to assist ECOSOC in supervising the application of the international drug control...
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UNHQ
The Statistical Commission is a functional commission of ECOSOC with a membership of 24 countries. It is the highest decision-making body for international statistical activities, responsible for setting of statistical standards and the development...
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UNHQ
The Committee for Development Policy (CDP) organized its twenty-eight session on 24-27 February 2026.The Committee for Development Policy (CDP), a subsidiary body of ECOSOC, advises the Council on a wide range of issues that are relevant for the...
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UNHQ
Photo by EqualStock on UnsplashBACKGROUNDThe Economic and Social Council convened a special meeting on "Agrifood systems transformation for leaving no one behind" on 16 February 2026 in the ECOSOC Chamber at the United Nations Headquarters. The...
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UNHQ
The ECOSOC Special Meeting on Financial Integrity took place on 4 February 2026 at UN Headquarters in New York City. (More...)
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UNHQ
The 64th session of the Commission for Social Development (CSocD) took place from 2 to 11 February 2026 at the United Nations Headquarters in New York.The CSocD is one of the functional commissions of ECOSOC and provides advice to the UN on social...
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UNHQ
The Coordination Segment of ECOSOC took place on 28-29 January 2026. The Coordination Segment enables the Council to better fulfill its Charter role of coordinating its subsidiary bodies and the UN system in the economic, social, health,...
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UNHQ
The ECOSOC Partnership Forum took place on 27 January 2026.The annual ECOSOC Partnership Forum served as a key platform for engaging a wide range of actors in the work of ECOSOC and the High-Level Political Forum (HLPF). Participants included...
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UNHQ
The United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) commemorated its 80th anniversary on 23 January 2026.ECOSOC was the central organ established under the Charter of the United Nations to promote international cooperation in economic, social,...
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UNHQ
This course is an annual collaboration between UNITAR and DESA organized for the benefit of Member States. It aims to familiarize participants with the role and functions of the Economic and Social Council and its methods of work; identify and...
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Vienna
The Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice (CCPCJ) reconvened its 34th session on 4-5 December 2025. The Commission was established by the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) resolution 1992/1, upon request of General Assembly (GA...
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Vienna
The Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND) reconvened its 68th session on 4-5 December 2025. The Commission was established by the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) resolution 9(I) in 1946, to assist the ECOSOC in supervising the application of the...
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Geneva
The Intergovernmental Working Group of Experts on International Standards of Accounting and Reporting organized its 42nd session on 12-14 November 2025.The substantive agenda items for the forty-second session were as follows:Review of developments...
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Geneva
The Committee of Experts on International Cooperation in Tax Matters organized its 31st session on 21-24 October 2025. The Committee of Experts on International Cooperation in Tax Matters is a subsidiary body of the UN Economic and Social...
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10:00 am - 01:00 pm America/New York
UNHQ, Conference Room 2
Reimagining Public–Investor Partnerships: Systems Finance for Inclusive Sustainability TransformationsDespite unprecedented levels of global wealth, estimated at over US460ドル trillion, our collective ability to address today’s most urgent challenges...
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Geneva
The 78th session of the Committee on Economic and Social Cultural Rights took place on 8–26 September 2025 in Geneva.The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR) is the body of 18 independent experts that monitors implementation of...
During the organizational session, which is the first meeting of each cycle of the ECOSOC, the Council elected the new President and Bureau, adopted the working arrangements of the new session and decided on the seating order for the new session...
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The Management Segment took place on Tuesday, 29 July, and Wednesday, 30 July 2025.At the Management Segment, the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) reviewed and approved the latest reports from ECOSOC subsidiary and expert bodies in economic,...
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01:15 pm - 02:45 pm America/New York
ECOSOC Chamber, UN Headquarters, New York
The President of the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) and UN-Habitat co-hosted a "High-Level Dialogue on Adequate Housing for All" during the Ministerial Segment of the 2025 High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF) on 22...
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The High-level Segment of ECOSOC, including the three-day ministerial segment of the HLPF, was convened from Monday, 21 July, through Thursday, 24 July 2025. The theme of the 2025 ECOSOC and HLPF is "Advancing sustainable, inclusive, science- and...
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UNHQ
The High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF) was convened from Monday, 14 July, to Wednesday, 23 July 2025, under the auspices of the Economic and Social Council. This includes the three-day ministerial segment of the forum from...
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Geneva
The 2025 Humanitarian Affairs Segment will be held in Geneva from Wednesday, 18 June, to Friday, 20 June 2025. For more details and regular updates, including the programme and instructions for participation, please visit the OCHA website for the...
Geneva
The 2025 Meeting on the Transition from Relief to Development will be held in Geneva on Tuesday, 17 June 2025. For more details and regular updates, including the programme and instructions for participation, please visit the OCHA website for the...
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03:00 pm - 06:00 pm America/New York
ECOSOC Chamber, UNHQ
The President of the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), H.E. Mr. Bob Rae, and the Chair of the Peacebuilding Commission (PBC), H.E. Ms. Antje Leendertse, convened a joint meeting of ECOSOC and the PBC on 11 June 2025 from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. in the...
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The Management Segment was held on Tuesday, 10 June, and Wednesday, 11 June 2025.During the Management Segment, the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) reviewed and approved the latest reports from ECOSOC subsidiary and expert bodies in economic,...
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The ECOSOC Operational Activities for Development Segment (OAS) was held from Tuesday, 20 May to Thursday, 22 May 2025.The OAS met annually to provide overall coordination and guidance to the governing bodies of the United Nations development...
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Vienna
The Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice (CCPCJ) held its thirty-fourth session from Monday, 19 May, to Friday, 23 May 2025 in Vienna.The Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice (CCPCJ) was one of the functional...
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The Multi-Stakeholder Forum on Science, Technology and Innovation for the Sustainable Development Goals was held on Wednesday, 7 May, and Thursday, 8 May 2025.The Forum was an annual gathering to discuss science, technology, and innovation...
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LIVE at 3 pm EDT: https://webtv.un.org/en/asset/k15/k15yy7mllxThe Special Meeting of the Economic and Social Council on Artificial Intelligence (AI) took place on Tuesday, 6 May 2025 from 3:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. in the ECOSOC Chamber at the United...
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UNHQ
The UN Forum on Forests (UNFF) held its twentieth session from Monday, 5 May, to Friday, 9 May 2025.The UN Forum on Forests was a functional commission of ECOSOC with universal membership. Since its establishment in 2000, the Forum set many...
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UNHQ
The United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names (UNGEGN) met from Monday, 28 April, to Friday, 2 May 2025.In 1959, the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) paved the way for a small group of experts to meet and provide technical...
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The ECOSOC Forum on Financing for Development Follow-Up (FfD Forum) was held on 28-29 April 2025.The FfD Forum is an intergovernmental process with universal participation mandated to review the Addis Agenda and other financing for development...
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03:00 pm - 05:30 pm America/New York
Trusteeship Council Chamber, UNHQ
The Special Meeting of the Economic and Social Council on Forced Displacement and Refugee Protection took place on Thursday, 24 April 2025 from 3:00 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. in the Trusteeship Council Chamber, United Nations Headquarters in New York....
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UNHQ
The twenty-fourth session of the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues took place from Monday, 21 April, to Friday, 2 May 2025.The theme of the twenty-fourth session is: "Implementing the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous...
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UNHQ
The ECOSOC Youth Forum was held on 15-17 April 2025. The Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) Youth Forum is an annual initiative where young people can contribute to policy discussions at the United Nations through their collective ideas, solutions...
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UNHQ
The Commission on Population and Development (CPD) held its fifty-eight session from Monday, 7 April, to Friday, 11 April 2025.The Commission on Population and Development (CPD) is a functional commission of ECOSOC overseeing the follow-up to the...
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UNHQ
The Committee of Experts on Public Administration held its twenty-fourth session from Monday, 7 April, to Friday, 11 April 2025.The Committee of Experts on Public Administration (CEPA) is a UN technical advisory body that studies and makes...
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Geneva, Switzerland
The Commission on Science and Technology for Development (CSTD) held its twenty-eight session from Monday, 7 April, to Friday, 11 April 2025.The Commission on Science and Technology for Development (CSTD) is a subsidiary body of the Economic and...
Dedicated management meetings was held on Friday, 4 April 2025, to conduct elections to fill vacancies in subsidiary bodies of ECOSOC and related bodies.
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Santiago, Chile
The eighth meeting of the Forum of the Countries of Latin America and the Caribbean on Sustainable Development will be held in Santiago, from 31 March to 4 April 2025. The Forum will focus both on preparing for the 2025 High-Level Political Forum...
The Special Meeting of ECOSOC on International Cooperation in Tax Matters will be held on Friday, 28 March 2025.The Special Meeting of the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) on International Cooperation in Tax Matters will address global...
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Trusteeship Chamber, UNHQ
The joint meeting of the General Assembly and the Economic and Social Council, in cooperation with the Office for Disarmament Affairs, aims to raise awareness of the importance of addressing small arms and light weapons in a holistic manner. It...
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The Development Cooperation Forum (DCF) will be held on Wednesday, 12 March, and Thursday, 13 March 2025. The Development Cooperation Forum (DCF) is a multi-stakeholder platform within the United Nations established to address trends and...
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UNHQ
The sixty-ninth session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) will take place at United Nations Headquarters in New York from 10 to 21 March 2025.In 2025, the global community will mark the thirtieth anniversary of the Fourth World...
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UNHQ
The Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND) will hold its sixty-seventh session from Monday, 10 March, to Friday, 14 March, 2025 in Vienna.The Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND) was established to assist ECOSOC in supervising the application of the...
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UNHQ
The Statistical Commission will hold its fifty-sixth session from Tuesday, 4 March, to Friday, 7 March, 2025.The Statistical Commission is a functional commission of ECOSOC with a membership of 24 countries. It is the highest decision-making body...
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Bangkok, Thailand
The Asia-Pacific Forum on Sustainable Development (APFSD) took place from 25 to 28 February 2025 under the theme: "Advancing sustainable, inclusive, science- and evidence-based solutions for the 2030 Agenda and its SDGs for leaving no one behind in...
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UNHQ
The Committee for Development Policy (CDP) held its twenty-seventh session from Monday, 24 February, to Friday, 28 February 2025.The Committee for Development Policy (CDP), a subsidiary body of ECOSOC, advises the Council on a wide range of issues...
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UNHQ
The 63rd session of the Commission for Social Development (CSocD) took place from 10 to 14 February 2025 at the United Nations Headquarters in New York.The CSocD is one of the functional commissions of ECOSOC and provides advice to the UN on social...
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UNHQ
The 77th Session of the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR) took place on 10-28 February 2025. The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights is the body of 18 independent experts that monitors implementation of the...
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UNHQ
The Coordination Segment of ECOSOC was held on Thursday, 6 February, and Friday, 7 February 2025. Through the Coordination Segment, the Council can more effectively fulfill its Charter role of coordinating its subsidiary bodies and the broader...
UNHQ
The ECOSOC Partnership Forum was held on Wednesday, 5 February 2025. The annual ECOSOC Partnership Forum, held early in the year, serves as a key platform for engaging a wide range of actors in the work of ECOSOC and the High-Level Political...
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UNHQ
The 2025 regular session of the Committee on Non-Governmental Organizations was held on 20-24, 30-31 January, 3 and 11 February 2025. The Committee on Non-Governmental Organizations, a standing committee of the Economic and Social Council (...
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UNHQ Conference Room 5
This course is an annual collaboration of UNITAR and DESA for the benefit of Member States to familiarize themselves with the role and functions of the Economic and Social Council and its methods of work; Identify and assess the main...
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Vienna
The Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice (CCPCJ) reconvened its 33rd session on 5-6 December 2024. The Commission was established by the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) resolution 1992/1, upon request of ...
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Vienna
The Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND) reconvened its 67th session on 5-6 December 2024. The Commission was established by the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) resolution 9(I) in 1946, to assist the ECOSOC in supervising the...
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Geneva
The Committee of Experts on the Transport of Dangerous Goods and on the Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals met on 4–6 December 2024. The Committee of Experts is a subsidiary body of the Economic and Social...
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ECOSOC Chamber, UNHQ
Watch Live on: UN Web TV, Monday, 2 December – 10 amThe Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) organized a special meeting on "Haiti’s Children Cannot Wait: Supporting Stability, Resilience, and Prosperity in Haiti" on 2 December 2024 at the UN...
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Geneva
The substantive agenda items for the forty-first session of the Intergovernmental Working Group of Experts, which was held on 6–8 November 2024, were as follows:Review of progress in harmonization and practical implementation of sustainability...
Objective As the Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development and the Second World Summit on Social Development in 2025 approached, the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) and the Second Committee of the 79th General Assembly...
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The Economic and Social Council held its 2nd plenary meeting on 4 September at 3 pm in the ECOSOC Chamber.On the Agenda:Election of the BureauEconomic and social repercussions of the Israeli occupation on the living conditions of the Palestinian...
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UNHQ
The Management Segment of ECOSOC took place on 23-24 July 2024. The programme of the Management Segment meetings was structured around actions that ECOSOC was expected to take on economic, social, environmental, health, and related matters,...
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10:00 am - 01:00 pm America/New York
UNHQ
BackgroundThe Care agenda has built important momentum over the last year, as the General Assembly adopted resolution A/RES/77/317 titled "The International Day of Care and Support", and the Human Rights Council adopted resolution "Centrality of...
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Watch the last day of the High-level Segment on 18 JulyOpening and morning Session on "Multilateral solutions for a better tomorrow: the role of ECOSOC towards a sustainable and resilient path by 2030" – 10 am to 1 pm Afternoon session on "...
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UNHQ
The High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF) was held from Monday, 8 July, to Wednesday, 17 July 2024, under the auspices of the Economic and Social Council. The theme was "Reinforcing the 2030 Agenda and eradicating poverty in...
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03:00 pm - 06:00 pm America/New York
ECOSOC Chamber, United Nations Headquarters, New York
The President of the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), H.E. Ms. Paula Narváez Ojeda, and the Chair of the Peacebuilding Commission (PBC), H.E. Mr. Sérgio França Danese, convened a joint meeting of ECOSOC and the PBC on 1 July 2024. The joint...
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Geneva
The ECOSOC Humanitarian Affairs Segment (HAS) and ECOSOC Meeting on the Transition from Relief to Development took place on 24-27 June 2024 in New York. The HAS (25-27 June) took place under the theme "Putting humanity first in the face of conflicts...
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UNHQ
The Management Segment of ECOSOC took place on 5-6 June 2024. The programme of the Management Segment meetings was structured around actions that ECOSOC took on economic, social, environmental, health, and related matters, including recommendations...
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UNHQ
The implementation of the QCPR is reviewed annually through the ECOSOC operational activities for development segment (OAS).This year, the 2024 ECOSOC OAS was held from 14 to 16 May 2024. The Economic and Social Council’s (ECOSOC) operational...
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UNHQ
The ninth annual Multi-Stakeholder Forum on Science, Technology and Innovation for the Sustainable Development Goals (STI Forum) was held from Thursday, 9 May, to Friday, 10 May 2024. The theme for the STI Forum 2024 was: "Science, technology and...
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03:00 pm - 06:00 pm America/New York
UNHQ
</body>The Economic and Social Council held a Special Meeting on "Harnessing Artificial Intelligence for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)" on 7 May...
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UNHQ
The 2024 Financing for Development Forum (22-25 April 2024) took place at a critical time, as preparations were underway for the 4th International Conference on Financing for Development.The ECOSOC Forum on Financing for Development follow-up (FfD...
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UNHQ
The Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) Youth Forum took place from 16 to 18 April 2024 at the United Nations headquarters in New York. The Forum provided a global platform for dialogue among Member States and young leaders...
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10:00 am - 06:00 pm America/New York
UNHQ
The 2024 ECOSOC Special Meeting on International Cooperation in Tax Matters took place on Monday, 18 March, from 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. (New York time). The event was held in-person at the United Nations Headquarters in New York and was live-...
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UNHQ
The Coordination Segment, chaired by H.E. Mr. Akan Rakhmetullin (Kazakhstan), Vice-President of the Economic and Social Council, took place on 31 January – 1 February 2024 at the UN Headquarters in New York. The Segment featured Chairs of ECOSOC...