The United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) will hold an exclusive event, “Breaking new ground: Partnerships for more and better jobs for young people” on 27 February from 3:00 to 6:00 pm at UN Headquarters in New York to explore issues affecting policy setting and innovations for promoting youth ...

The World Day of Social Justice was declared by UN resolution A/RES/62/10 in November 2007 and is celebrated annually on 20 February. The resolution invites all Member States to devote this special day to the promotion of concrete activities in accordance with the objectives and goals of the World Summit ...

Over one billion people around the world live with a disability. However, disability issues are not included in any of the Millennium Development Goals, targets or indicators, thereby representing a lost opportunity to address pressing social, educational, health and economic concerns of this large segment of the global population. ...

Concluding its fiftieth session today, the Commission for Social Development recommended seven draft resolutions for adoption by the Economic and Social Council, covering topics that ranged from the mainstreaming of disability into the international development agenda, to the priority theme for the next session. The Commission’s approval of the drafts capped ...

Mr. Sha Zukang, UN DESA’s Under-Secretary-General, yesterday outlined a set of priorities that Member States should tackle ahead of the Sustainable Development Conference (Rio+20) in June so that there is a clear framework of action during the event.  “Rio+20 should lead to better coherence, integration and implementation in our development efforts,” ...