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20 February 2023

Promoting Youth Participation in Decision-Making and Public Service Delivery through Harnessing Digital Technologies

13 February 2023

CDP Plenary 2023

Date and location 20 - 24 February 2023 United Nations Headquarters, New York, USA Documents Agenda Report of the Committee for Development Policy (E/2023/33, Supplement No. 13)
عربي, 中文, English, Français, Русский, Español Opening statement Statement by Mr. Li Jinhua, Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs Open session - The just transition debate: ambition meets reality Link to the event page The recording of the event can be watched at: UN Web TV Interactive session with ECOSOC Opening remarks by HE. Ambassador Lachezara Stoeva, President of the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC)

10 February 2023

Why Indigenous languages matter: The International Decade on Indigenous Languages 2022–2032

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10 February 2023

UN DESA Policy Brief No. 151: Why Indigenous languages matter: The International Decade on Indigenous Languages 2022?2032

Languages are one of the most significant emblems of human diversity, revealing how we can perceive, relate to, and understand the world differently. Languages are vehicles of our cultures, collective memory and values. They are an essential component of our identities. Out of the 6,700 languages spoken worldwide, forty percent are in danger of disappearing. Indigenous Peoples make up less than 6 percent of the global population, yet they speak more than 4,000 of the world?s languages. Most of the languages that are under threat are Indigenous languages. This dilemma is human-made and is exacerbated by ongoing assimilationist policies, social pressure, demographic change and the emphasis on… UN DESA Policy Brief No. 151: Why Indigenous languages matter: The International Decade on Indigenous Languages 2022?2032

06 February 2023

Social dimensions of the New Partnership for Africa’s Development

06 February 2023

Creating full and productive employment and decent work for all as a way of overcoming inequalities to accelerate the recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic and the full implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development

06 February 2023

Addressing the social impacts of multifaceted crises to accelerate recovery from the lingering effects of the pandemic through the full implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development

06 February 2023

Promoting Youth Participation in Decision-Making and Public Service Delivery through Harnessing Digital Technologies

CDP Plenary 2023

Why Indigenous languages matter: The International Decade on Indigenous Languages 2022–2032

UN DESA Policy Brief No. 151: Why Indigenous languages matter: The International Decade on Indigenous Languages 2022?2032

Social dimensions of the New Partnership for Africa’s Development

Creating full and productive employment and decent work for all as a way of overcoming inequalities to accelerate the recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic and the full implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development

Addressing the social impacts of multifaceted crises to accelerate recovery from the lingering effects of the pandemic through the full implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development

Policies and programmes involving youth

Preparations for and observance of the thirtieth anniversary of the International Year of the Family

Nomination of members of the Board of the United Nations Research Institute for Social Development