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Press Conference by Security Council President on Work Programme for February

Press Conference by Security Council President on Work Programme for February

With the situation in eastern Ukraine escalating and the humanitarian situation there deteriorating further, the Security Council would focus on peace and security issues pertaining to Europe, including his own country, in the coming month, Volodymyr Yelchenko (Ukraine), its President for February, said at a Headquarters press conference today.

Social Development Commission Integral to Helping World’s 786 Million Poor Reach Their Human Potential, Speakers Stress at Opening of Fifty-Fifth Session

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Social Development Commission Integral to Helping World’s 786 Million Poor Reach Their Human Potential, Speakers Stress at Opening of Fifty-Fifth Session

The Commission on Social Development — whose past work had been critical to the evolution of many principles underpinning the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development — now had a critical role to play in that framework’s implementation, stressed delegates as they opened the Commission’s fifty-fifth annual session today.

Inequality Worsening Even as Unprecedented Scientific, Technological Advances Drive Progress, Secretary-General Tells Commission for Social Development

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Inequality Worsening Even as Unprecedented Scientific, Technological Advances Drive Progress, Secretary-General Tells Commission for Social Development

Following is UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ message, delivered by Lenni Montiel, Assistant Secretary-General for Economic Development, to the Commission for Social Development, in New York today:

Young People Need Skills Training, Jobs to Help Create Better World for All, Speakers Tell Economic and Social Council as Youth Forum Concludes

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Young People Need Skills Training, Jobs to Help Create Better World for All, Speakers Tell Economic and Social Council as Youth Forum Concludes

The sixth Economic and Social Council Youth Forum concluded today with participants calling for young people to champion their own interests, rather than merely handing over power to their elders, as they took their place at the forefront of implementing the Sustainable Development Goals.

Continuing Session, Non-governmental Organizations Committee Recommends Consultative Status for 100 Entities, Defers Action on 54

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Continuing Session, Non-governmental Organizations Committee Recommends Consultative Status for 100 Entities, Defers Action on 54

Continuing its regular session for 2017, the Committee on Non-Governmental Organizations today recommended 100 organizations for special consultative status with the Economic and Social Council and deferred action on the status of 54 others.

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