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Latest UNSD Brochure:
Advancing the Global
Statistical System- UNSD's major
work areas
and accomplishments
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The Statistics Division is committed
to the advancement of the global statistical system. We compile
and disseminate global statistical information, develop standards
and norms for statistical activities, and support countries’ efforts
to strengthen their national statistical systems. We facilitate
the coordination of international statistical activities and
support the functioning of the as the apex
entity of the global statistical system. For more, see .
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19th United Nations Regional Cartographic Conference for Asia and the Pacific, Bangkok,
29 October - 1 November 2012
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The 19th United Nations Regional Cartographic Conference for Asia and the Pacific (UNRCC-AP) will be held in Bangkok from 29 October to 1 November 2012. A formal 'Note Verbale' inviting governments to designate their experts was sent out on 26 June 2012. more... |
Second Session of the United Nations Committee of Experts on Global Geospatial Information Management
New York,
13-15 August 2012
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The Second Session of the United Nations Committee of Experts on Global Geospatial Information Management (GGIM) was held at United Nations Headquarters in New York from 13-15 August 2012. The report on the Session has now been loaded. more... |
20th session of the Committee for the Coordination of Statistical Activities (CCSA), Frankfurt,
17-19 September 2012
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The fall meeting of the CCSA will be hosted by the European Central Bank in Frankfurt/Germany. The Committee was created in its current form in 2002 and brings together regularly the Chief Statisticians of all international agencies to discuss issues of coordination. A recent accomplishment of the Committee is the creation of a "Global Inventory of Statistical Standards". more... |
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Acting upon a mandate given by the UNSC and supported by a Friends of the Chair expert group, UNSD has sent a self-assessment questionnaire to all NSOs. more... |
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The Millennium Development Goals Report 2012 was launched in New York by the Secretary-General on 2 July 2012. The report presents the yearly assessment of global progress towards the MDGs, highlighting several milestones – three important MDG targets have been met well ahead of the target date of 2015. The report says that meeting the remaining targets, while challenging, remain possible - but only if Governments do not waiver from their commitments made over a decade ago. |
The report is based on a master set of data compiled by the Inter-Agency and Expert Group on MDG indicators led by the Statistics Division of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs.
The report is available in all UN languages. Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish. more... |
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Three years to the deadline, broad progress has been achieved on the Millennium Development Goals. The MDGs break down into 21 quantifiable targets that are measured by 60 indicators. The
MDG Progress Chart 2012 presents an assessment of progress as of June 2012 towards selected key targets relating to each Goal.
The chart is available in all UN languages. Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish. more... |
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WARNING - CONFIDENCE SCHEMES AND SCAMS |
The United Nations Statistics Division is aware of various schemes, being circulated via e-mails, from the Internet web sites, and via regular mail or fax, falsely stating that they are issued by or associated with the United Nations or its officials.
These schemes may seek to extract money and in some cases personal details from the recipients of such correspondence.
Such schemes are fraudulent, for further information please read the position of the UN on this page http://www.un.org/fraud/. |
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