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SUMMARY:The 2025 Coordination Segment
DESCRIPTION:The 2025 Coordination Segment\, chaired by H.E. Mr. Anatolio Ndong Mba (Equatorial Guinea)\, Vice-President of the Economic and Social Council\, will take place on 6 – 7 February 2025 in the ECOSOC Chamber at the UN Headquarters in New York. \n\nThe Coordination Segment serves as a key platform for the Council to deliver on its Charter mandate of coordinating the work of its subsidiary bodies\, specialized agencies and other UN system entities in the economic\, social\, environmental areas. It will focus on the main theme of the 2025 session of the ECOSOC and the 2025 High-level political forum on sustainable development (HLPF)\, “Advancing sustainable\, inclusive\, science- and evidence-based solutions for the 2030 Agenda and its SDGs for leaving no one behind.” \n\nThe Segment will follow-up on the implementation of the 2024 Ministerial Declaration of the Council and seek to contribute to the in-depth reviews of SDG 3 (good health and well-being)\, SDG 5 (gender equality)\, SDG 8 (decent work and economic growth)\, SDG 14 (life below water)\, and SDG 17 (partnerships for the Goals) at the 2025 HLPF.  The Segment will further aim to leverage the contributions of the Council’s subsidiary bodies and UN system entities to the preparations of major upcoming intergovernmental processes in 2025. \n\nThe Coordination Segment will bring together Member States\, ECOSOC functional commissions and expert bodies\, United Nations regional commissions and UN system entities to provide guidance to the ECOSOC system for coordinated action to address pressing global issues and advance the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. \n\nRepresentatives of Non-governmental organizations in consultative status with ECOSOC in possession of annual grounds passes are welcome to attend.  Seating for those representatives will be on the third floor of the ECOSOC Chamber on a first come first served basis. Representatives of Non-governmental organizations in consultative status with ECOSOC may request the floor during the interactive discussions\, time permitting. The Segment will be broadcast live on UN Web TV. \n\nFor more information\, please visit: \n2025 Coordination Segment | Economic and Social Council \nQuestions may be directed to: \ndesa-iisb@un.org
URL:https://ngocongo.org/event/the-2025-coordination-segment/
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SUMMARY:Third Committee Informal Meeting with Civil Society
DESCRIPTION:The Chair of the Third Committee at the 79th session of the UN General Assembly\, H.E. . Zéphyrin Maniratanga\, will be convening an informal meeting of the Third Committee of the United Nations General Assembly in order to provide an opportunity for Member States and representatives of Non-Governmental Organizations in consultative status with the Economic and Social Council to share thoughts on the outcomes of the 79th session of the Third Committee as well as insights into this year’s thematic focus for the meeting\, namely “Youth and the Third Committee”. Participants are invited to share comments and pose questions on any \narea of importance to the work of the Committee and/or on the thematic focus. \nThe meeting will be held on Thursday\, 6 February 2025\, from 10am to 1pm. The meeting will be in-person only and will take place in Conference Room 4\, UN headquarters in New York. The meeting can also be followed via UN Web TV (webcast). The meeting will feature a keynote statement by a Vice-President of the United Nations General Assembly\, on behalf of the President\, H.E. Mr. Philemon Yang\, comments by panelists\, and an interactive discussion with Member States and representatives from Non-Governmental Organizations in consultative status with the Economic and Social Council. The Chair of the Committee will also provide an overview of the Committee’s work as well as moderate the discussions. \nPlease find below the concept note for the meeting: \nInformal meeting of the Third Committee of the General Assembly with civil society \n(6 February 2025) – concept note \n1. Background and objective \nThis year’s informal meeting convened by the Chair of the Third Committee with representatives from civil society will provide an opportunity for representatives of Member States and civil society in consultative status with the Economic and Social Council to share views on the outcomes of the main part of the 79th session of the Committee. In addition\, this year’s thematic focus aims to offer insights into “Youth and the Third Committee”. Participants are invited to share comments and pose questions on any area of importance to the work of the Committee and/or on the thematic focus. \n2. Format \nThe meeting modalities will follow the practice from similar informal meetings held in recent sessions. \nThe meeting will be opened by the Chair of the Third Committee\, H.E. Mr. Zéphyrin Maniratanga\, and will first hear (TBC) a keynote statement by a Vice-President of the General Assembly on behalf of the President\, H.E. Mr. Philemon Yang\, who will present views and reflections on the outcomes of the 79th session of the Third Committee as well as on Youth and the Third Committee. \nThereafter a panel discussion will be organized as follows: \n\nThe Chair of the Third Committee\, H.E. Mr. Zéphyrin Maniratanga\, introduces and moderates the discussion and presents a brief summary of the work of the Third Committee at its 79th session.\nA civil society representative\, Mr. Peter Micek\, Access Now\, provides comments on the outcomes of the 79th session of the Third Committee.\nA civil society and youth representative\, Ms. Bahia Gatti\, United Network of Young Peacebuilders (on behalf of MGCY)\, provides comments on “Youth and the Third Committee”.\nThe Chair of the Third Committee opens the floor for interventions. In order to promote an interactive discussion\, interventions by Member States and civil society speakers in consultative status with ECOSOC will be interspersed. Interventions from the floor should be brief and not exceed 3 minutes.\n\n3. Participants \nParticipants in the informal meeting will be representatives from Member States\, Observers\, representatives of UN entities\, as well as civil society representatives in consultative status with ECOSOC\, with particular encouragement to those who engage actively with the Third Committee. \n4. Time and venue \nThe informal meeting will be held on 6 February 2025 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.in in Conference Room\, UN headquarters in New York.
URL:https://ngocongo.org/event/third-committee-informal-meeting-with-civil-society/
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