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48th Sessions of the UNFCCC Subsidiary Bodies
The 48th sessions of the subsidiary bodies to the UNFCCC are expected to take place from 30 April – 10 May 2018, at the World Conference Center Bonn, located in Bonn, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany. [...]
Position Paper, 2018 High Level Political Forum: Transformation towards sustainable and resilient societies
"The complexity of women's lives and realities is reflected in the intersectional nature of the sustainable development goals. While 8 of the 17 goals explicitly integrate commitments to women and [...]
ESCWA Regional Forum on Sustainable Development 2018
"The UN Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) Regional Forum on Sustainable Development will take place from 24-26 April 2018, in Lebano". For the SDG Knowledge Hub summary of the [...]
ECOSOC Forum on Financing for Development follow-up (FfD Forum)
"The 2018 ECOSOC Forum on Financing for Development follow-up (FfD Forum) will be held in New York from 23 to 26 April 2018. The four-day event will feature a Special High-level Meeting with the Br [...]
Peoples’ Forum Statement for Asia Pacific Forum on Sustainable Development 2018
"We are more than 200 CSOs representing various groups, constituencies and concerns bound together by the commitment to strengthen the inter-linkages among rights, development and sustainability and [...]
Report of the Fifth Asia-Pacific Forum on Sustainable Development
The Fifth Asia-Pacific Forum on Sustainable Development, organized by the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP), was held in Bangkok from 28 to 30 March 2018. Download the [...]
AD HOC Open-ended Expert Group on Marine Litter and Microplastics
Read the combined position Statement on the 1st meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-Ended Expert Group on Marine Litter and Microplastics delivered by the Women's Major group and NGO Major group, and unders [...]
Forum of the Countries of Latin America and the Caribbean on Sustainable Development 2018
"The second meeting of the Forum of the Countries of Latin America and the Caribbean on Sustainable Development will take place in Santiago, from 18 to 20 April 2018. Prior to the meeting of the Fo [...]
51st Session of the Commission on Population and Development (CPD 51)
"The 51st session of the Commission on Population and Development (CPD 51) will convene under the theme, ‘Sustainable cities, human mobility and international migration’." Read more here. Local: Ne [...]
ECERFSD 2018: WMG’s comments on the outcome document
Read the Women's Major Group comments on the Regional Forum on Sustainable Development for the ECE Region outcome document. The comments are highlighted in red. Download here. [...]