UN-Habitat launches New Campaign: I am a City Changer!
The United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat) recently launched the new campaign: “I am a City Changer.” The initiative aims to inform citizens and raise their awareness on urban issues; as well as share information on individual, corporate and public initiatives that improve urban living conditions and support sustainable (...)
[More...]First round of Rio+20 negotiations: Major Groups urge Member States to be more ambitious
The initial discussions on the “zero draft” outcome document for the UN Conference on Sustainable Development (UNCSD, or Rio+20) took place on 25-27 January at UN Headquarters in New York. Expectations were high at the start of the initial discussions, especially concerning the reactions on the draft outcome document. The latter was prepared by the Co-chairs of (...)
[More...]Conference on Disarmament opens in Geneva with an urgent appeal to stop it from sinking
On 24 January, the first session of the UN Conference on Disarmament in 2012 opened in Geneva with an urgent call from the UN Secretary-General to Member States to “support the immediate commencement of negotiations in the Conference on agreed disarmament issues” and to avoid the Conference from sinking any (...)
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Call for participation to the first African Local Summit
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Civil society calls for an overhaul of the rules guiding the relations between WHO and NGOs
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Revised Draft Guiding Principles on Foreign Debt and Human Rights: Call for Comments by 3 February 2012
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Joint NGO Briefing Series draws attention to the 56th session of CSW
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Call for entries: International Short Film Competition “1 of 7 billion”
