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Spotlight
- 30/07/09 - SG: Companies leading way towards low-carbon economy will be twenty-first century’s market winners, Secretary-General tells junior chamber leadership summit
- 30/07/09 - SG: Secretary-General, in message for international youth day, hails young people for having proven key partners in sustainable development
- 30/07/09 - WFP: Budget shortfall threatens UN’s ability to feed millions worldwide
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> WFP to reduce programmes due to funding shortfall > Saudi Arabia to fund World Food Summit in November > UN trade body says migration could help in post-recession recovery > USA signs UN treaty on the Rights of the Disabled |
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Invitations to Contribute to NRF issues: Nov 2009 Viewpoints - by 30 July '09 Feb 2010 on Sustainable Consumption & Production - by 15 Aug '09 May 2010 on Chemicals Management - by 15 Nov '09 |
Events
- Calendar of Events
- 6-31 Jul 09: Substantive Session:
Geneva, Switzerland
"ECOSOC Substantive Session" - 4-7 Aug 09: Conference:
Belo Horizonte, Brazil
"Belo Horizonte Prep Conference" - 10-14 Aug 09: Informal meeting:
"Informal meeting of the AWG-LCA and AWG-KP "
Publications
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Invitations to Contribute to NRF issues: Nov 2009 Viewpoints - by 30 July '09 Feb 2010 on Sustainable Consumption & Production - by 15 Aug '09 May 2010 on Chemicals Management - by 15 Nov '09 |
- Jul 2009:
- Policy Brief #18: Climate Change and Technology Transfer: The Need for a Regional Perspective - Jun 2009:
- African Economic Outlook - May 2009:
Natural Resources Forum:
Volume 33 Issue 2
Innovation Briefs, issue 7:
Contribution of Sustainable Agriculture & Land Management to Sustainable Development - Mar 2009:
3rd UN World Water Development Report: Water in a Changing World
Gender-Disaggregated Data on Water and Sanitation
CSD News
Sustainable Development
DSD promotes sustainable development as the substantive secretariat to the CSD and through technical cooperation and capacity-building at the international, regional and national levels.
The achievement of sustainable development requires the integration of its economic, environmental and social components at all levels. This is facilitated by continuous dialogue and action in global partnership, focusing on key sustainable development issues
CSD-18/CSD-19 Focus (2010-2011):
- Transport, Chemicals, Waste Management (Hazardous Waste, Solid Waste), Mining, 10 Year Framework of Programmes on Sustainable Consumption & Production Patterns
- Comprehensive list of Sustainable Development Topics >>
DSD in Focus: -- milestones, core publications ( 
Agenda 21), calendar of events
Working Together...
- Inter-agency Coordination – DSD supports UN-OCEANS and hosts the Secretariat of UN-Energy and UN-Water, the interagency mechanisms to strengthen coordination and coherence among all UN bodies dealing with energy and water related issues.
- International Mobilization
- Water for Life Decade - to promote the fulfillment of international commitments made on water and water-related issues by 2015.
- International Year of Sanitation 2008 - to put the global community on track to halve the proportion of people without access to basic sanitation by 2015.
- Technical Cooperation – DSD targeted advisory services at the request of individual governments to support specific policy initiatives, institutional development and capacity-building.