International Day of Persons with Disabilities, 3 December 2009. The theme this year is “Making the MDGs Inclusive: Empowerment of persons with disabilities and their communities around the world”.

Expert Group Meeting (EGM) on Practical Strategies to Promote Social Integration: Lessons learned from existing policies and practices, 17 – 19 November 2009, in Accra, Ghana, as part of the preparations for the 48th session of the Commission for Social Development (CSocD), which is scheduled to take place in New York from 3 to 12 February 2010.

Expert Group Meeting (EGM) on Policies to Advance Social Integration, convened in preparation for the 48th session of the Commission for Social Development, 2-4 November 2009, United Nations Headquarters, New York 

Information Note on NGOs participation at the 48th Session of the Commission for Social Development, which will take place from 3 to 12 February 2010 in New York is now available online.

UNPFII Message Stick Quarterly Newsletter, August-October 2009 is now available online. It highlights the efforts and acitivities of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues.

UN International Day for the Eradication of Poverty, 19 October 2009. The International Day focused on the plight of children living in poverty and the need to fulfill their rights in partnership with them and in keeping with the Convention. Message of the Secretary General | STAND UP Stories | Photos of the Day

The Civil Society and Outreach Unit of the United Nations Secretariat's Division for Social Policy and Development invites your organization to take part in Survey on the Impact of the Global Crises on Civil Society Organizations and their Constituencies. The results of the study will be published for advocacy use of CSOs and also made available at the Forty-Eighth Session of the Commission for Social Development.

The Global Alliance for Information and Communication Technologies at the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UNDESA-GAID) recently published “A Digital Shift: Youth and ICT for Development – Best Practices”. The publication showcases the best practices of community transformations through ICT.

Meet the Youth Delegates to the 64th Session of the General Assembly 2009. Download a Brief Guide on how to become a youth delegate.

Social Watch Report 2009: Making finances work: People first. The report offers documentation from citizen organizations in 61 countries on the social impacts of the crisis and concrete policy proposals from civil society on how to counter it in a just and effective way.

The Second Committee (organization of work A/C.2/64/L.1) and Third Committee (organization of work A/C.3/64/L.1) will begin their general debates on Monday, 5 October 2009. The Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs, Mr. Sha Zukang, will address the Second Committee.

Overview of the 2009 issue of the Report on the World Social Situation is now available online | English | French | Spanish | Chinese | Arabic | Russian | Full Report is forthcoming.

UN International Day for the Eradication of Poverty, 19 October 2009. In recognition of the upcoming 20th anniversary of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, the International Day will focus on the plight of children living in poverty and the need to fulfill their rights in partnership with them and in keeping with the Convention.

UN International Day of Older Persons, 1 October 2009. The theme for this year is "Celebrating the 10th Anniversary of the International Year of Older Persons: Towards a Society for All Ages".

Sixty-fourth session of the General Assembly: Reports of the Secretary-General prepared by the Division for Social Policy and Development (DSPD).

A webpage on the Financial and Economic Crisis has been launched by DESA. The Department plays a major convening role to support intergovernmental dialogue and coordinated courses of action to address the challenge.

The Millennium Development Goals Report 2009 was launched in Geneva by the Secretary-General on 6 July. The report, which presents the yearly assessment of global progress towards the MDGs, is prepared by the Statistics Division of DESA on the basis of inputs provided by the members of the Inter-agency and Expert Group on MDG Indicators. MDG Progress Chart 2009.

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