Past events
July 2015
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Delivering on Sustained and Sustainable Growth: PAGE and National Initiatives for Inclusive Green Economy
7 July 2015
June 2015
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High-level event the Demographic Dividend and Youth Employment
1 June 2015
The event will provide an opportunity for Member States and stakeholders to evaluate investments needed to reap the demographic dividend, including through employment opportunities for young people.
May 2015
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Intersessional consultations for the outcome document of the Third International Conference on Financing for Development
11 - 15 May 2015
This meeting will focus on the draft of the Outcome Document to provide a holistic and forward-looking framework and concrete actions for the financing of sustainable development in order to deliver the means of implementation for the ambitious and transformative development agenda.
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High -level Thematic Debate of the General Assembly on "Strengthening Cooperation between the United Nations and Regional and sub-regional organizations"
4 May 2015
The United Nations and regional organizations in many ways have unique and complimentary capacities that when properly coordinated, can produce good results. This cooperation now plays a critical role in virtually every area of the Organization's mandate.
April 2015
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Strengthening access of indigenous peoples to development and justice: tools for community based monitoring of indigenous peoples’ rights
24 April 2015
The event provides an opportunity for reporting on the initial results of and engaging in a dialogue with stakeholders on the Indigenous Navigator: a knowledge platform that provides a framework and a set of tools for indigenous peoples to monitor the level of recognition and implementation of their rights. The event is co-organized by Asia Indigenous Peoples Pact, Forest Peoples Programme, the International Work Group for Indigenous Affairs, Tebtebba Foundation, the International Labour Organization and the European Commission.
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Indigenous People with Disabilities: Access to Training and Employment
23 April 2015
The side event, supported by the findings of a newly commissioned paper, to generate dialogue and provide feedback on common approaches for promoting the rights of indigenous peoples with disabilities in general and their greater access to training, decent work and employment as well as livelihoods.
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Expert Meeting: The post-2015 era: Implications for the global research agenda on population and development
10 April 2015
The meeting will identify and discuss research priorities on population and development that merit global attention in the next 15 years. The meeting will bring together researchers and academics, experts from Governments and international organizations, as well as representatives from donors and civil society.
March 2015
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Ministerial Breakfast: Realizing Decent Work for Sustainable Development: Country Strategies
31 March 2015
This gathering of Ministers will discuss the implementation of the decent work targets, including main challenges and opportunities, possible policies, programmes and tools, financing instruments, monitoring and follow mechanisms.
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2015 Economic and Social Council - Integration Segment
30 March - 1 April 2015
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Investing in Youth: what can the society gain from a well-educated and trained workforce?
30 March 2015
Global youth unemployment continues to soar and informal employment leaves young people vulnerable in many developing and developed countries, preventing them from realizing their full economic potential and personal fulfilment.
February 2015
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Event
Full and productive employment and decent work for all is an internationally agreed goal. It is closely linked to the achievement of several of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), and to the ongoing discussion on post-2015 sustainable development goals. The Joint Inspection Unit of the United Nations System (JIU) and the ILO separately but in coordination undertook two evaluations on the subject of mainstreaming decent work and how it is reflected in the objectives and outcomes of the UN system.
24 - 17 February 2015
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Columbia Journalism School
Panel on Labor Rights and Human Trafficking at Columbia Journalism School
19 February 2015
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World Day of Social Justice
Human exploitation: ending human trafficking and forced labour
19 February 2015
On the occasion of the World Day of Social Justice, the ILO held a panel discussion on the modern forms of forced labour, human trafficking, the vulnerability of workers to exploitation and the impact on national and global social and economic development.
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High-Level Thematic Debate on Means of Implementation for Post-2015 Development Agenda
2 February 2015
The President of the 69th UN General Assembly will convene this thematic debate which will focus on how to mobilize resources to turn aspirations for the post-2015 development agenda into realities. It is expected to discuss financing, technology development and transfer and capacity building. The debate will also consider investments in climate financing, rural development, infrastructure, protection of the global commons and social sectors.
December 2014
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Panel discussion "Creating enabling work environments"
2 December 2014
November 2014
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High-level meeting of the General Assembly on the twenty-fifth anniversary of the adoption of the Convention of the Rights of the Child
20 November 2014
This year marks the 25th anniversary of the adoption of the Convention on the Rights of the Child. On this occasion, the General Assembly passed a resolution to organize a high-level meeting, taking place in New York on 20 November 2014.
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Annual Parliamentary Hearing: "Ensuring a people-centred approach to the new SDGs: a shared responsibility"
19 - 20 November 2014
The Hearing, jointly organized by the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) and the President of the General Assembly, will examine the responsibilities that governments and parliaments share and provide an opportunity for Members of Parliament to share their views on the SDGs before the start of the intergovernmental negotiations on the post-201S development agenda.
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Panel discussion on "The Power of Entrepreneurship"
3 November 2014
October 2014
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Special event on “People-Centred Urbanization. Managing Ethnic Inclusion in Today’s Cities”
31 October 2014
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Realizing post-2015 aspirations for migrants and migration
16 - 17 October 2014