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International Day of Persons with Disabilities, 3 December 2009. The theme this year is “Making the MDGs Inclusive: Empowerment of persons with disabilities and their communities around the world".
Expert Group Meeting (EGM) on Practical Strategies to Promote Social Integration: Lessons learned from existing policies and practices, 17-19 November 2009, in Accra, Ghana, as part of the preparations for the 48th session of the Commission for Social Development (CSocD), which is scheduled to take place in New York from 3 to 12 February 2010.
Expert Group Meeting (EGM) on Policies to Advance Social Integration, convened in preparation for the 48th session of the Commission for Social Development, 2-4 November 2009, United Nations Headquarters, New York.
Information Note on NGOs participation at the 48th Session of the Commission for Social Development, which will take place from 3 to 12 February 2010 in New York is now available online.
The Second Committee (organization of work A/C.2/64/L.1) and Third Committee (organization of work A/C.3/64/L.1) began their general debates on Monday, 5 October 2009.
The Civil Society and Outreach Unit of the United Nations Secretariat's Division for Social Policy and Development invites your organization to take part in a Survey on the Impact of the Global Crises on Civil Society Organizations and their Constituencies. The results of the study will be published for advocacy use of CSOs and also made available at the Forty-Eighth Session of the Commission for Social Development.
Young people speak out at the United Nations General Assembly, New York: Over twenty UN Member States from all regions included youth delegates in their official delegations to the 64th Session of the UN General Assembly. Photo of the Youth Delegates with Ban Ki-Moon, Secretary-General of the United Nations.
Overview of the 2009 issue of the Report on the World Social Situation is now available online | English | French | Spanish | Chinese | Arabic | Russian | Full Report is forthcoming.
Sixty-fourth session of the General Assembly: Reports of the Secretary-General prepared by DSPD.
DSPD developed a webpage where you can find all the Reports of the Secretary- General and the Resolutions adopted by the General Assembly on Social Development. UN Reports UN Resolutions For more UN Reports and Resolutions, please visit the United Nations Dag Hammarskjöld Library website.
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"Stand Up Against Poverty" event at the United Nations International School (UNIS), 16 October 2009. Statement by H.E. Mr. Ban Ki-moon, Secretary-General of the United Nations [Video 12 minutes]. RealPlayer required to view this video. Click here for free download.
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Commission for Social Development Forty-Eighth Session, 3-12 February 2010 UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
September - December 64th session of the General Assembly
5 October - December 2nd Committee and 3rd Committee of the General Assembly
15-18 November Internet Governance Forum
16-18 November World Summit on Food Security
18-19 November 4th UN Inter-Agency Support Group for the CRPD
3 December International Day of Persons with Disabilities
7-18 December United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP15)
