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NGLS releases e-Roundup on the “2011 High-Level Meeting on AIDS: Transforming Vision into Reality”
Ten years after the landmark 2001 UNGASS on HIV/AIDS, the UN General
Assembly High‐Level Meeting (HLM) on AIDS, held in New York from 8‐10
June 2011, brought together more than 3,000 participants, including 30
Heads of State and Government, to review progress, reaffirm current
commitment and chart future action in the global fight against AIDS as
it continues to destroy lives and opportunities for many. This NGLS
e-Roundup
highlights the main discussions at the 2011 HLM, examines its outcome,
and features various interviews with different stakeholders involved in
the fight against HIV/AIDS. To download the
e-Roundup, click
here
Guidelines for contributions to the compilation document for Rio+20 outcome
A guidance note
has been released to facilitate the preparation of inputs from Member
States, Major Groups and UN system organizations to the compilation
document that will provide the basis for the zero draft of the Rio+20
outcome document. The deadline for focused inputs is 1 November 2011.
More information is available online.
UN General Assembly discusses the Responsibility to Protect (R2P)
On
12 July, the UN General Assembly held an Informal Interactive Dialogue
on the Role of Regional and Sub-regional Arrangements in Implementing
the Responsibility to Protect (R2P). At the Informal Interactive
Dialogue, many participants confirmed that preventative action that
targets the root causes of insecurity should be favoured over military
interventions, particularly because the latter might be applied in a
biased or politicized way. However, they also agreed that there had been
situations in the past where the international community should have
responded in a timelier manner, such as the genocide of Rwanda. The main
difficulty with the R2P principle is that it allows for different
interpretations.
More information is available online.
Commemorating the 25th anniversary of the Right to Development
To
commemorate the 25th anniversary of the “Declaration on the Right to
Development,” which confirms that the right to development is “an
inalienable human right,” OHCHR launched a dedicated website to the
right to development (RTD), and organized a special event on 12 July.
Following this event, NGLS interviewed Felix Kirchmeier, Senior
Programme Officer for Human Rights and Development at the Friedrich
Ebert Stiftung (FES).
More information is available online.
UPCOMING EVENTS!
8 August – 2 September 2011 79th session – Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
The
seventy-ninth session of the Committee on the Elimination of Racial
Discrimination will be held at the United Nations Office at Geneva from 8
August to 2 September 2011, and will examine the reports of the
following nine States Parties: Albania, Czech Republic, Georgia, Kenya,
Maldives, Malta, Paraguay, Ukraine and the United Kingdom.
9 August 2011 International Day of the World\'s Indigenous People
Since
1995, 9 August is marked as the International Day of the World’s
Indigenous People. To celebrate the Day, the Secretariat of the
Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues DSDP/DESA, the United Nations
Department of Public Information, and the NGO Committee on the Decade of
the World’s Indigenous Peoples are organizing a panel discussion
entitled “Indigenous designs: celebrating stories and cultures, crafting
our own future,” and a screening of a film entitled “Harmony of culture
and nature.” Those who wish to attend the panel discussion but do not
hold UN grounds passes must confirm their participation by sending an
email to: aragonm@un.org by noon of 2 August indicating their name, affiliation and contact information.
PUBLICATIONS!
World Economic and Social Survey 2011: The Great Green Technological Transformation
Each year, the United
Nations Department for Economic and Social Affairs (UN-DESA) releases
its flagship report “the World Economic and Social Survey (WESS),” which
analyses pressing long-term social and economic development issues, and
discusses the positive and negative impact of corresponding policies.
This year’s report focuses on the great green technological
transformation that is needed to continue economic progress in an
environmentally responsible way.
On
26 July, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development
(UNCTAD) will launch its annual World Investment Report (WIR), which
this year focuses on the strategic use of non-equity modes by
transnational corporations in their management of global value chains
and international operations. Moreover it will highlight the interplay
between FDI and industrial policy, as well as assess the origin, rise
and global map of State-owned transnational corporations.