SDL Newsletter July 2012

Welcome to the United Nations. It's your world.

Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA) - Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC)

You are here > > >

Home
DSPD
About DSPD
International Days
Newsletters
Our Work
Publications
UN Opportunities
Technical Cooperation
Our Projects
Social Development Issues
Ageing
Civil Society
Cooperatives
Disability
Employment
Family
Indigenous Peoples
Poverty
Social Integration
Social Protection
Youth
Secretariat For
Commission for Social Development
Convention on Rights of Persons with Disabilities
UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues
Reports
Report on the World Social Situation
World Youth Report
Meetings and Events
Calendar of Events
Expert Group Meetings & Panel Discussions
International Years
UN Global Decades
UN Conferences
UN Journal
UN Meetings
UN News Centre
Contact
Contact Us
Site Map

The old model is broken. We need to create a new one

UN Economic and Social Council high-level meeting opens with focus on jobs crisis

The United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) today opened its high-level meeting in New York with a focus on the global jobs crisis and the search for ways to stimulate the creation of decent and sustainable employment.

“For today’s 205 million unemployed, work is worryingly difficult to find – and finding decent, meaningful work, harder still,” the Council’s President, Ambassador Milos Koterec of Slovakia, said at the opening of ECOSOC’s high-level segment.

UN development cooperation forum to address poverty reduction and sustainability

A United Nations development cooperation forum kicked off today with a focus on making advances in poverty reduction and sustainable development through partnerships among countries, civil society organizations and the private sector.

“Only through collaboration, coherence and partnership will we achieve our development goals,” Secretary-GeneralBan Ki-moon said in his remarks to the forum in New York this morning.

UN development cooperation forum ends with call for strong collaboration among states

A United Nations forum on development cooperation ended on 6 July 2012 for a call for increased collaboration and accountability among countries, and incorporation of sustainability objectives.

“The international community must accelerate its efforts to promote mutual accountability among all actors,” said the President of the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), Milos Koterec. “Strong global and regional-level frameworks are needed to accelerate country-level progress. Political will and leadership from programme countries and providers, strong institutions and legal frameworks are crucial to change behaviour and increase results.”

New Deputy Secretary-General underscores strong commitment to development

On 6 July, the newly appointed Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson, visited the staff of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA). He was greeted by Under-Secretary-General Sha Zukang and some 100 DESA staff members. “I want to convey to you my deep commitment to development”, said Mr. Eliasson, as he visited the department only four days into his new assignment.

UN Economic and Social Council high-level segment ends with call for partnerships

The United Nations Economic and Social Council’s (ECOSOC) high-level segment ended today with the adoption of a ministerial declaration calling for strengthened partnerships amongst Governments, the private sector and civil society to address issues that are crucial for providing full employment and decent work.

“It has been a very successful week,” said the President of ECOSOC, Miloš Koterec in his closing statement to the high-level segment, adding that Member States need to build on this success to keep reforms going and facilitate information-sharing and partnership building.

International Day of Cooperatives 2012

In resolution 47/90 of 16 December 1992, the General Assembly proclaims "the first Saturday of July 1995 to be International Day of Cooperatives, marking the centenary of the establishment of the International Cooperative Alliance, and decides to consider the possibility of observing an international day of cooperatives in future years".