Recent Events
Dialogue of the Executive Secretaries of the Regional Commissions with the UN General Assembly Second Committee UNGA 73rd session
“Regional Integration and Cooperation in support of the implementation of the 2030 Agenda”
Friday, 26 October 2018
10 am – 1 pm
CR- 2
UN Headquarters New York
- Flyer
- Concept Note
- ECA Presentation
- ESCAP Presentation
- ECLAC Presentation
- ESCWA Presentation
- UNECE Presentation
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“ Towards Global Recognition of the Right to a Healthy Environment”
Moderated by:
Arnold Kreilhuber, UN Environment
Speakers:
Alicia Bárcena, Executive Secretary, ECLAC (video message)
Astrid Puentes, Inter-American Association for Environmental Defense (AIDA)
David R. Boyd, UN Special Rapporteur on human rights and the environment
John H. Knox, Former UN Special Rapporteur on human rights and the environment
Kristin Casper, Greenpeace International
Rodrigo Alberto Carazo Zeledon, Ambassador, Permanent Mission of Costa Rica
Time 3:00 p.m. –4:30 p.m.
Date: 24 October 2018
Venue: Conference Room 11, UNHQ
Flyer
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“Accelerating the shift to more sustainable patterns of natural resource use: a nexus approach” Briefing organized by the UN Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) on the margins of the UNGA Second Committee
Monday 8 October 2018
1:15 pm – 2:45 pm,
CR-12, Main Building
United Nations Headquarters
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High-level side event at the 2018 General Assembly
Innovative financing to catalyse women’s
entrepreneurship in Asia and the Pacific
Friday, 28 September 2018,
1:15 pm – 2:30 pm,
CR-B, Main Building
United Nations Headquarters
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High-level Summit during the UNGA hosted by ECA
“Africa: Open for Business Summit”
Wednesday, 26 September 2018,
6:30 pm –8:00 pm
Conference Room 1
United Nations Headquarters
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High-level event in the framework of the United Nations General Assembly 2018 hosted by ECLAC
“Emerging challenges and shifting paradigms New perspectives on international cooperation for development”
Monday, 24 September 2018,
1:00 pm –2.30 pm
Conference Room 1
United Nations Headquarters
