The world has the means, money, skills and vaccines to strike a monumental post‑pandemic shift towards an inclusive, connected and healthy planet for all, and the time for hesitation is over, world leaders declared at the opening of the ministerial segment of the 2021 high-level political forum on sustainable development today.
Recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic and its devastating socioeconomic consequences must not leave anyone behind, speakers told the high-level political forum on sustainable development as it opened its 2021 session today.
The Economic and Social Council concluded its 2021 Management Segment today, adopting a series of texts forwarded by its subsidiary bodies which covered topics from the rights of indigenous peoples and support for Haiti, to the learning portfolios of venerated United Nations training and training institutions, while also reviewing reports on food security and financing for development.
Beginning its 2021 Management Segment today, the Economic and Social Council adopted eight resolutions and eight decisions while considering several reports on various topics, many of which were sensitive to COVID-19’s unprecedented impact on the United Nations work around the world.
The Committee on Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) concluded its 2021 regular session today, adopting a report that contains the results of its recent substantive work, including its decision to recommend 432 groups for special consultative status with the Economic and Social Council.
The Committee on Non-Governmental Organizations, suspending the substantive part of its 2021 regular session today, postponed taking action on 6 entities’ request for special consultative status with the Economic and Social Council, and took note of more than 600 new quadrennial reports, postponing consideration of another 14 reports.
Continuing its 2021 regular session, the Committee on Non-Governmental Organizations today recommended 7 organizations for special consultative status with the Economic and Social Council and deferred action on the status of 96 others.
The Committee on Non-Governmental Organizations continued its 2021 regular session today, recommending 30 organizations for special consultative status with the Economic and Social Council and postponing action on the status of 79 others.
Continuing its 2021 regular session, the Committee on Non-Governmental Organizations today recommended 12 organizations for special consultative status with the Economic and Social Council and deferred action on the status of 35 others.
Continuing its 2021 regular session, the Committee on Non-Governmental Organizations today recommended 52 organizations for special consultative status with the Economic and Social Council, deferred action on the status of 68 others and recommended the reclassification of two groups.
