United Nations – Selected Meetings Coverage and Press Releases [to 12 July 2014]
http://www.un.org/en/unpress/
Meetings
:: Speakers Call for New Development Cooperation Strategies in Post-2015 Agenda, as Economic and Social Council Commences Forum (10 July 2014)
ECOSOC/6640
:: Concluding First Political Forum, Economic and Social Council Adopts Declaration Placing Sustainability at Core of Post-2015 Agenda (9 July 2014)
ECOSOC/6639
:: Accounting Methods that Capture Value of Nature Can Lead to Smarter Decisions on Sustainable Development, Speaker Tells Economic and Social Council (2 July 2014)
ECOSOC/6634
:: Ensuring Better Lives for Future Generations among Key Sustainable Development Challenges, Delegates in High-Level Political Forum Told (1 July 2014)
ECOSOC/6633
:: Significant Gaps in Implementing Sustainable Development Exist at All Levels, Under-Secretary-General Tells Economic and Social Council (30 June 2014)
ECOSOC/6632
Press Releases
:: Remembering Legacy of Nelson Mandela, Secretary-General Says Leader Showed ‘Human Rights and Equality are Stronger than Discrimination and Hate’ (11 July 2014)
SG/SM/16017-OBV/1354
:: Secretary-General Calls on All with Influence to Prioritize Nearly 2 Billion Young People in Development Plans, Easing Critical Transition to Adulthood (8 July 2014)
SG/SM/16005-OBV/1353-POP/1033
:: Achieving Millennium Goals Will Require Addressing Imbalances through Bolder Interventions, Secretary-General Tells Economic and Social Council Forum (7 July 2014)
SG/SM/16003-ECOSOC/6637-DEV/3104
:: World’s Toughest Challenges Demand Solutions Involving Business, Secretary-General Says at Global Compact Event (2 July 2014)
SG/SM/16001-ECO/242
:: Proposed Partnership Facility Aims to Build Capacity for Private-Sector Engagement, Secretary-General Tells Global Compact Board Meeting (2 July 2014)
SG/SM/15998-ECO/241