• Global Sustainable Transport Conference

    Chamber of Commerce and Industry Building Ashgabat, Turkmenistan

    Further to General Assembly resolution 70/197 of 22 December 2015, the Secretary-General will convene a Global Sustainable Transport Conference from 26 – 27 November 2016 in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan. The Conference will be held at the highest level and will bring together key stakeholders from Governments, United Nations system and other international organizations, the private sector, […]

  • Budapest Water Summit

    Budapest, Hungary

    Budapest Water Summit 2016 – „Water connects” The Budapest Water Summit 2016 is organised by the Hungarian Government in cooperation with the World Water Council, under the patronage of János Áder, President of Hungary.  The mission of the Summit aims that instead of conflicts and global risks water shall be the source of cooperation, peace […]

  • ESCAP SDG Week

    Bangkok, Thailand

    United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) resolution 72/6 ‘Committing to the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development in Asia and the Pacific’ requests the Executive Secretary to “strengthen support to member States in their efforts to implement the 2030 Agenda in an integrated approach, inter alia, with analytical […]

  • World Innovation Summit for Health

    Qatar National Convention Center Doha, Qatar

    WISH 2016 This year's Summit will take place 29th to 30th November at the Qatar National Convention Center, in Doha. The event will bring together more than 1,000 global leaders, including government officials and healthcare experts to tackle the world's most pressing healthcare challenges.

  • PGA briefing on cholera

    United Nations Headquarters New York City, NY, United States

    Briefing by the President of the ĢƵ General Assembly to Member States on recent cholera outbreak.

  • Convention on Biological Diversity, COP13

    Cancun, Mexico

    The Conference of the Parties is the governing body of the Convention, and advances implementation of the Convention through the decisions it takes at its periodic meetings.To date the Conference of the Parties has held 12 ordinary meetings, and one extraordinary meeting (the latter, to adopt the Biosafety Protocol, was held in two parts). From […]