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Posts Tagged: development
October 1, 2015
Matt Cowell, our YAV attended his first UN General Assembly this week. The Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) is accredited to the United Nations and through the Presbyterian Ministry at the United Nations advocates and engages the United Nations. Read his blog below: Greetings from the United Nations! The General Debate of the seventieth session of… Read more »
March 17, 2015
The Reverend Dr. Bebb Stone reflects on her time as a Presbyterian participant in the Beijing Conference and as a Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) delegate to this year’s Commission on the Status of Women: As a Presbyterian woman who went with our church to Beijing in 1995, I have been deeply touched to be with the… Read more »
July 18, 2013
Today, on Nelson Mandela Day, I joined our interns Grace, Marissa, Anna and Brendan at a consultation on The World We Want Platform. “The World We Want is a platform created by the United Nations and Civil Society to amplify people’s voices in the process of building a global agenda for sustainable development.” The dialogue… Read more »
July 9, 2013
By Brendan Welsh The Post-2015 Global Thematic Consultation on Addressing Inequalities hosted a side event yesterday to brief various ambassadors and representatives of NGOs on the Consultation and High-level Meeting that took place in Copenhagen in February 2013. At the event, several panelists offered their answers to the question; how might inequalities be addressed in… Read more »
June 20, 2013
by Brendan Welsh Today, Onaje and I attended the DPI/NGO forum moderated by Maher Nasser, Director of the Outreach Division of the Department of Public Information. Mr. Maged Abdelaziz, featured speaker at the event, and the UN Secretary General’s Special Adviser on Africa, said, “there is no peace without development, and there is no… Read more »
May 31, 2013
by Brendan Welsh Today, the High-level Panel on the Post-2015 Development Agenda met to discuss their report, and answer questions from representatives of various countries, NGOs, and various government agencies. Michael Anderson, Prime Minister’s Special Envoy on the UN Development Goals began by introducing the five Transformative Shifts laid out in the report: 1. Leave… Read more »
March 7, 2013
Dr. Rashila Ramali made a presentation at the Asian Pacific Women’s Watch parallel event on the situation of women in Acheh. She analyzed the use of international instruments by the government of Acheh after the independence from Indonesia in 1945 to the armed conflict from 1889-1998 and to the Tsunami of 2004. One of the… Read more »
February 1, 2013
My World 2015 is an opportunity to provide input on the priorities to be addressed in the next global development agenda. The United Nations and partners want to hear from YOU! MY World is a global survey asking you to choose your priorities for a better world. Results will be shared with world leaders in… Read more »
February 27, 2012
Ecumenical Women’s worship this morning was led by the Lutheran World Federation and the Evangelical Lutheran Church. Here’s a clip from the closing song.
February 26, 2012
H.E. Marjon Kamara, Permanent Representative of Liberia to the United Nations and Chair of the fifty-sixth session of the Commission on the Status of Women welcomes everyone to this year’s session. Note that the volume appears to be low.
