The Division for Social Policy and Development (DSPD) organized a Panel Discussion on "How NGOs can use social media to create impact and eradicate poverty", which took place on Friday 20 January 2012 from 1:15pm to 2:45pm in conference room 6 at the United Nations North Lawn Building (NLB). Two ...

Information Note on ECOSOC accredited NGOs participation at the Fiftieth Session of the Commission for Social Development, which will take place from 1 to 10 February 2012 in Conference Room 4 at the United Nations North Lawn Building (NLB) in New York. The Priority Theme of the session is “Poverty Eradication”. ...

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks to non-governmental organizations, in New York, 26 October: It is a great pleasure to meet you today.  Thank you very much for taking time and I appreciate your strong commitment and leadership and willingness to work together with the United Nations in addressing many ...

The annual joint conference of the United Nations and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) concluded in Bonn, Germany, on 5 September 2011, with calls for civil society to encourage people to realize that their local concerns were connected to the larger global issues.   Delegates to the three-day 64th annual conference of the ...

Interactive Panel Discussion on the Promotion and Protection of the Rights of Children with Disabilities, 17 June, 1.15 to 2.30 p.m., Conference Room 7, UN Headquarters, New York http://www.un.org/disabilities/default.asp?id=1573 Sports for Inclusive Development: Sports, Disability and Development: Key to empowerment of persons with disabilities and their communities, 27 June, 1.15 to 2.30 ...

UN Secretary-General, Ban Ki-moon, reminiscing on his recent trip to Egypt, said that the "most impressive and most moving experience of engaging people was with young people who are really the initiators of driving change." The Department of Public Information has found a great deal of truth in this statement in ...

The Second Session of the Open-ended Working Group on strengthening the protection of the human rights of older persons will be convened from 1 to 5 August 2011 in Conference Room 2 at the United Nations North Lawn Building (NLB) in New York. The working group will consider the existing ...

Online pre-registration is now open. Those who wish to attend the tenth session of the Permanent Forum must pre-register online by 1 May 2011. NGOs with ECOSOC status, indigenous peoples' organizations and academics that are already registered and have participated in past sessions of the Permanent Forum: Log in (all NGOs, ...

The Civil Society and Outreach Unit of DSPD Launched a New Online Directory of Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) having established steady working relationships with DSPD-UNDESA. These CSOs, referred to as non-governmental organizations (NGOs), work in various fields of social development: poverty eradication, social integration, employment, youth, aging, family, disability, indigenous ...