United Nations – Secretary General, Security Council, General Assembly
Selected Meetings, Press Releases [to 14 February 2015]
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13 February 2015
SOC/4830
Concluding Fifty-third Session, Commission for Social Development Recommends Four Draft Resolutions for Adoption by Economic and Social Council
Concluding its fifty-third session today, the Commission for Social Development approved by consensus four draft resolutions for adoption by the Economic and Social Council that addressed issues of African development, ageing, youth and the rights of persons with disabilities.

10 February 2015
GA/11620
Participants Stress Crucial Role of Public Entities in Implementing Sustainable Development Goals, as General Assembly Concludes Debate on Post-2015 Agenda
Parliaments, cities and local authorities could provide a “rich tapestry of opportunities” in the context of sustainable development, said ministers and other senior officials as the General Assembly concluded its High-level Thematic Debate on Means of Implementation for a Transformative Post-2015 Development Agenda today.

10 February 2015
SOC/4829
Decrying Unfulfilled Goals of 1995 World Summit, Delegates in Commission for Social Development Call for New, Transformative Public Policies
Twenty years after the landmark “Copenhagen Summit”, speakers in the Commission for Social Development today called for transformative public policies that supported a rights-based vision of a world which uplifted living standards for society’s most neglected while recognizing the vast differences among countries’ abilities to bring about that worthy goal.

9 February 2015
GA/11618
Turning Sustainable Development Vision into Reality for Millions Worldwide Focus of General Assembly Debate on Implementing Post-2015 Agenda
As the General Assembly opened its two-day high-level meeting aimed at finding ways to turn the new sustainable development vision into reality for millions worldwide, ministers and other senior officials crafted and shared approaches to “connect the dots” of financing the ambitious global agenda.

9 February 2015
SOC/4828
Inclusiveness, Equal Access Critical to Keeping Persons with Disabilities at Heart of Post-2015 Efforts, Special Rapporteur Tells Commission for Social Development
Social protections, inclusive employment and equal access to education were essential for ensuring that people with disabilities remained at the heart of development efforts in the post-2015 era, the Special Rapporteur on Persons with Disabilities told the Commission on Social Development today, outlining priorities for her three-year tenure since the establishment of her mandate by the Human Rights Council last December.

10 February 2015
GA/11620
Participants Stress Crucial Role of Public Entities in Implementing Sustainable Development Goals, as General Assembly Concludes Debate on Post-2015 Agenda
Parliaments, cities and local authorities could provide a “rich tapestry of opportunities” in the context of sustainable development, said ministers and other senior officials as the General Assembly concluded its High-level Thematic Debate on Means of Implementation for a Transformative Post-2015 Development Agenda today.

9 February 2015
SOC/4828
Inclusiveness, Equal Access Critical to Keeping Persons with Disabilities at Heart of Post-2015 Efforts, Special Rapporteur Tells Commission for Social Development
Social protections, inclusive employment and equal access to education were essential for ensuring that people with disabilities remained at the heart of development efforts in the post-2015 era, the Special Rapporteur on Persons with Disabilities told the Commission on Social Development today, outlining priorities for her three-year tenure since the establishment of her mandate by the Human Rights Council last December.

12 February 2015
DSG/SM/845-DEV/3165
Migration Challenges Cannot Be Addressed in Isolation, Deputy Secretary-General Tells Annual Meeting, Urging New Ways to Protect Migrants
Following are UN Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson’s remarks, as delivered, to the thirteenth annual coordination meeting on international migration, in New York today.

9 February 2015
DSG/SM/841-GA/11619-DEV/3164
Deputy Secretary-General Says Achieving Sustainable Development Goals Requires ‘Coherent and Holistic’ Financial, Non-Financial Implementation Means
Following are UN Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson’s remarks at the High-Level Thematic Debate on Means of Implementation for a Transformative Post-2015 Development Agenda, in New York, today.