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Ad Hoc Open-Ended Expert Group on Marine Litter and Microplastics
"The Ad Hoc Open Ended Expert Group was established under UNEP/EA.3/Res.7 Marine Litter and Microplastics. The first meeting is scheduled to take place in UNON, Nairobi, Kenya from 29 to 31 May 20 [...]
AHOEEG on Marine Litter and Micro-plastics 2018: Griffins Ochieng’s intervention at Item 4 Barriers to combating marine litter and microplastics, including challenges related to resources in developing countries
..."the rise in investment in false solutions (e.g. plastic-to-fuel, chemical recycling) represents a major financial barrier undermining safe and sustainable full life cycle management of plastics [...]
AHOEEG on Marine Litter and Micro-plastics 2018: Chelsea Rochman’s intervention at Item 4 Barriers to combating marine litter and microplastics, including challenges related to resources in developing countries
"We want to stress that the way we make plastic products can form barriers to building a circular economy". Chelsea Rochman (Ocean Conservancy, Canada) presented her combined statement on behalf of [...]
Learn more about participating in HLPF with the Women’s Major Group!
The 2018 High Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF) will be held at UNHQ in New York from 9 to 18 July 2018 under the auspices of the Economic and Social Council. The theme for [...]
Nos quieren dejar atrás. Y no lo vamos a aceptar!
Read the combined Latein America and Caribbean Civil Society Declaration on the Second Latein America Forum 2030 in Spanish. Condenamos que los gobiernos firmantes de la Declaración Intergubernament [...]
Civil Society FfD Group’s Statement to the 2018 ECOSOC FfD Follow-up Forum
Time for analysis is over. The time for action is now. Read the civil Society FfD group’s statement to the 2018 ECOSOC FfD Follow-up Forum, held in New York City, at the UNHQ, from 23 to 26 April [...]
Civil Society FfD Group’s Statement – General Dialogue of the 2018 ECOSOC FfD Follow-up Forum
"There is an urgent need to improve the FfD follow-up modalities, also to provide adequate normative responses to the pressing need for global policy convergence. But we also need a new heads of st [...]
UNECA Regional Forum for Sustainable Development 2018
"The 2018 meeting of the UN Economic Commission for Africa's (UNECA) Regional Forum for Sustainable Development will serve as a preparatory event for the UN High-level Political Forum on Sustainabl [...]
4th African Regional Forum on Sustainable Development: Africa Women’s Major Group Position Paper
Gender inequality remains one of the most pervasive inequalities, evidenced by numbers of women and girls living in poverty and insecurity in many African countries. Laws and policies do not uphold [...]
4th Africa Regional Forum on Sustainable Development: Statement of Major Groups and Other Stakeholders
We speak one voice of the African Major Groups and other stakeholders drawn from diverse organizations. We are committed to upholding the rights of all African peoples in the building and developin [...]