[RED DEMOCRATICA] NGLS Update: 51st Session of the Commission for Social Development underway in New York

 

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In this issue 51st Session of the Commission for Social Development: A focus on empowerment Experts at ILO discuss measures to strengthen standard-setting for combating forced labour Reminder CSW57: Important deadlines approaching FAO organizes a Special Ceremony on 20 February to mark the launch of the International Year of Quinoa UNDP and UNV establish trust fund to support youth volunteerism UN-HABITAT invites young people in cities and towns to apply for its Urban Youth Fund The Microfinance Illusion: the post-2015 development agenda should rethink its development approach for local financing Upcoming Events 18-21 February 2013 Open-ended Intergovernmental Working Group on the Draft United Nations Declaration on the Right to Peace  In line with Human Rights Council (HRC) resolution 20/15, the first session of the Open-ended Intergovernmental Working Group on the Draft United Nations Declaration on the Right to Peace will be held in Geneva from 18-21 February. The Working Group will progressively negotiate a draft United Nations Declaration on the Right to Peace, on the basis of the draft submitted by the Human Rights Council Advisory Committee without prejudging relevant past, present or future views and proposals. As the Working Group is open-ended, all United Nations Member and Observer States, intergovernmental organizations, non-governmental organizations with ECOSOC consultative status, and other relevant stakeholders may attend its public meetings. For more information on accreditation, click here. 25 February-22 March 2013 22nd session of the Human Rights Council With a focus on the promotion and protection of all human rights (civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights, including the right to development), including those of specific groups and individuals and those in specific human rights situations, the Human Rights Council will hold its 22nd session in Geneva from 25 February to 22 March. It will also feature various high-level panel discussions, such as on the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action; human rights mainstreaming; human rights and persons with disabilities; the rights of the child; the impact of corruption on human rights; and technical cooperation". UN Reports TUNZA Acting for a Better World: GEO-5 for Youth The opening of the 2013 TUNZA International Youth Conference on 11 February was marked with the launch of the publication TUNZA Acting for a Better World: GEO-5 for Youth. The report, based on the United Nations Environment Programme\'s flagship environmental assessment, Global Environment Outlook: Environment for the Future We Want (GEO-5), is written by youth for youth. It examines a variety of trends related to the Earth’s system; equips youth with cutting edge knowledge on environmental challenges; and explores whether internationally agreed environmental goals are being achieved. Contact Us UN-NGLS Office in Geneva Palais des Nations 1211 Geneva 10 Switzerland Tel: +41 22 917 2076 Fax: +41 22 917 0432 Email: ngls@unctad.org   UN-NGLS Office in New York Room DC1-1106 United Nations New York, NY 10017 United States Tel: +1 212 963 3125 Fax: +1 212 963 8712 Email: ngls@un.org   UN-NGLS on Twitter @unngls   51st Session of the Commission for Social Development: A focus on empowerment The 51st session of the United Nations Commission for Social Development is being held at UN Headquarters in New York from 6-15 February. The priority theme this year is "Promoting empowerment of people in achieving poverty eradication, social integration and full employment and decent work for all." Particular attention is also given to the empowerment of vulnerable groups, such as people with disabilities, youth, the elderly, and others. Ahead of the session, a Civil Society Forum was convened on 5 February under the theme "Civil society: Promoting empowerment of people to achieve the goals of social development." The Forum was organized by the NGO Committee for Social Development in joint sponsorship with the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs\' Division for Social Policy and Development (DESA/DSPD) and the New York Office of the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung. More information is available online. Experts at ILO discuss measures to strengthen standard-setting for combating forced labour From 11-15 February, at the Tripartite Meeting of Experts on Forced Labour in Geneva, experts from the International Labour Organization\'s (ILO) tripartite constituency - comprised of representatives from governments, workers and employers organizations - are discussing the possible adoption of an ILO instrument to supplement ILO\'s Forced Labour Convention and the Abolition of Forced Labour Convention. More information is available online. Reminder CSW57: Important deadlines approaching The 57th session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW57) will take place at UN Headquarters in New York from 4-15 March 2013. The session will feature, amongst other agenda items, a General Discussion and five Expert Interactive Panels. For NGOs in consultative status with ECOSOC that would like to deliver a statement during the General Discussion or participate from the floor during the Expert Panels, the online sign-up deadline is approaching (19 February). More information is available online. FAO organizes a Special Ceremony on 20 February to mark the launch of the International Year of Quinoa On 20 February, the International Year of Quinoa will officially be launched by the United Nations General Assembly. On this occasion, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) will organize a Special Ceremony to designate the President of Bolivia, Evo Morales Ayma and the First Lady of Peru, Nadine Heredia, as Special Ambassadors to FAO for the International Year of Quinoa (IYQ).   More information is available online. UNDP and UNV establish trust fund to support youth volunteerism Volunteers play key roles in contributing to peace and development in some 130 countries, helping to organize and run local and national elections and supporting a large number of peacekeeping and humanitarian projects. With this in mind, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and United Nations Volunteers (UNV) have launched a new youth trust fund, to encourage youth volunteerism and promote the contributions of young volunteers to achieving development goals. More information is available online. UN-HABITAT invites young people in cities and towns to apply for its Urban Youth Fund For the fifth year in a row, the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-HABITAT) invites young people based in cities or towns from the developing world - engaged in innovative projects to employment, good urban governance, shelter and secure tenure - to apply for the UN-HABITAT Urban Youth Fund, consisting of grants of up to US$25,000. The application process is open from 15 February to 15 April 2013. More information is available online. The Microfinance Illusion: The post-2015 development agenda should rethink its development approach for local financing On 8 January, an ad hoc seminar on the challenges underlying microfinance was organized in Geneva by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD). The guest speaker at the event was Dr. Milford Bateman, Professor of Economics at the University of Juraj Dobrila Pula in Croatia and author of the book "Why Doesn\'t Microfinance Work? The Destructive Rise of Local Neoliberalism," published in 2010. According to Dr. Bateman, over-indebtedness and abusive interest rates set by unscrupulous microfinance institutions (MFIs) are nowadays compromising the promises that microfinance could bring to development. More information is available online. United Nations Non-governmental Liaison Service

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