World Development Information Day 2013, 24 October

United Nations development efforts profoundly affect the lives and well-being of millions of people throughout the world. They are based on the conviction that lasting international peace and security are possible only if the economic prosperity and the well-being of people everywhere is assured.

The General Assembly in 1972 instituted World Development Information Day to draw the attention of world public opinion to development problems and the need to strengthen international cooperation to solve them (resolution 3038 (XXVII)).  The Assembly decided that the date for the Day should coincide in principle with United Nations Day, 24 October, which was also the date of the adoption, in 1970, of the International Development Strategy for the Second United Nations Development Decade.
 The Assembly felt that improving the dissemination of information and the mobilization of public opinion, particularly among young people, would lead to greater awareness of the problems of development, thus, promoting efforts in the sphere of international cooperation for development.

 Transformative solutions for 2015 and Beyond : A report of the Broadband commission Task force on Sustainable Development.

 Doubling Digital Opportunities : Enhancing the inclusion of women & girls in the Information Society.

 The State of Broadband 2013 : Universalizing Broadband.

 The Word in ICT (2013).

 Measuring the Information Society 2013.

General Assembly resolutions designating UN Development Decades

• Fourth UN Development Decade (1991-2000) (A/RES/45/199, 21 December 1990)
• Third UN Development Decade (1981-1990) (A/RES/35/56, 5 December 1980)
• Second UN Development Decade (1971-1980) (A/RES/2626 (XXV), 24 October 1970)
• First UN Development Decade (1960-1970) (A/RES/1710 (XVI), 19 December 1961)

• World Development Information Day, 24 October 
• Día Mundial de Información sobre el Desarrollo, 24 de octubre
•  世界发展宣传日, 10月24日
• Journée mondiale d’information sur le développement,  24 octobre
•  Всемирный день информации о развитии, 24 октября
• ورأت الجمعية العامة أن من شأن تحسين نشر المعلومات وتعبئة الرأي العام، ولا سيما بين الشباب، أن يؤدي إلى مزيد من الوعي بمشاكل التنمية، وبالتالي، تعزيز الجهود في مجال التعاون الدولي من أجل التنمية.

Join the discussions  : World Development Information Day - October 24

United Nations Day for South-South Cooperation 2013, September 12

The 10th United Nations Day for South-South Cooperation .

The tenth United Nations Day for South-South Cooperation will be celebrated on 12 September 2013 highlighting the scaling up of South-South flows of trade, investment, technology, and know-how as an increasingly important dimension of development co-operation.

A series of events throughout the day will include an opening ceremony and inaugural addresses, a featured event on the India, Brazil and South-Africa (IBSA) Fund and two panel discussions. All the events will take place at CB Conference Room 3 at United Nations Headquarters in New York.

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (TBC), and other UN and UNDP high-level representatives will participate in the opening ceremony at 10am. Following their remarks, the featured event “IBSA Fund: A Flagship Initiative in South-South Cooperation” will highlight the commitment of the IBSA Fund to poverty and hunger alleviation and how innovative South-South partnerships are positively impacting the development landscape” with remarks by the Permanent Representatives of IBSA Fund countries to the UN, and Permanent Representatives of IBSA Fund partner countries. IBSA Fund initiatives include efforts in Palestine, Laos, Viet Nam, Guinea Bissau, Haiti, Cape Verde, and Burundi. The panel will be followed by the launch of an exhibition and the IBSA Fund Project Portfolio Overview.

The afternoon sessions will discuss experiences of the World Bank and the Republic of Korea in South-South collaboration followed by a panel on South-South sharing of Social Protection Floors, highlighting experiences led by the International Labour Organization (ILO), and facilitated by the People’s Republic of China and the United Nations Office for South-South Cooperation (UNOSSC).

"South-South cooperation has the potential to balance growth and equity on a global scale. Even in the midst of severe economic, social and political instabilities, South-South cooperation has continued to drive buoyant trade and financial flows in recent years,” said Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon in a
 Message during the UN Day of South-South Cooperation in 2012.

“In these past ten years, we were able to develop policies that raised global awareness in support of South-South cooperation, enable Member States to set policies and principles, facilitate coordination and mainstreaming of South-South Cooperation within the UN system, enabled national governments to better manage their South-South Cooperation initiatives, and fostered intra regional networking”, said Yiping Zhou, Director of the United Nations Office for South-South Cooperation.

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LINKS:

• Overall Programme of Activities PDF
• UN Day for South-South Cooperation website

1,000 days to the deadline of achieving the MDGs

UN Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) page this week as we mark 1,000 days to the deadline of achieving the MDGs -- an unprecedented 15-year effort to meet the needs of the world’s poorest. 


SG: 1000 Days for MDGs from United Nations

Watch Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon's special "MDGs Momentum" video message

 

 Read the UN Chronicle Magazine special issue on the Global Partnership for Development, with articles by various contributors.

Goal 1: Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger
Goal 2: Achieve universal primary education
Goal 3: Promote gender equality and empower women
Goal 4: Reduce child mortality
Goal 5: Improve maternal health
Goal 6: Combat HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseases
Goal 7: Ensure environmental sustainability
Goal 8: Develop a Global Partnership for Development

  Photo: Ban Ki-moon discussing how to end poverty with young people in Spain this week.

"A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step, but starting this week we can march a thousand days forward into a new future."

Find out what else Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon says about UN Millennium Development Goals momentum.


UN Partners on MDGs

* UNDP - United Nations Development Programme Millennium Campaign
* UNDESA -UN Department of Economic & Social Affairs
* World Bank
* UNICEF-UN Children's Fund
* UNEP - UN Environment Programme
* UNFPA - UN Population Fund
* WHO -World Health Organization
* IMF -International Monetary Fund
* UN- HABITAT - UN Human Settlements Programme
* FAO -Food & Agriculture Organization
* IFAD -International Fund for Agricultural Development
* ILO- International Labour Organization
* ITU -International Telecommunications Union
* UNAIDS -Joint UN Programme on HIV/AIDS
* UNCTAD -UN Conference on Trade and Development
* UNDG -UN Development Group
* UNESCO -UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
* UNHCR -UN Refugee Agency
* UNIFEM -UN Development Fund for Women
* UNOHCHR - Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights
* UNRWA -UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East
* WFP -World Food Programme  Regional Commissions Regional Commissions