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25-09-2018

UN General Assembly and UN Global Compact Summit call for a new social contract

The UN General Assembly (UNGA) opened in New York this week with Assembly President María Fernanda Espinosa Garcés saying, “The world needs a social contract based on shared responsibility, and the only forum that we have to achieve this global compact is the United Nations.”

20-07-2018

HLPF 2018

On 9-18 July 2018, trade unions were at the UN High Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF) 2018. The theme for this year’s annual follow-up and review mechanism of the 2030 Agenda and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) was ‘Transformation towards sustainable and resilient societies’. It took place at the UN headquarters in New York.

20-07-2018

HLPF 2018 – Ministerial Segment

The second week (16-18 July 2018) of the High Level Political Forum (HLPF) hosts the Ministerial Segment. The Ministerial Segment has two parts: a General Debate among Member States, as well, as the presentation of a series of Voluntary National Reviews (VNRs).

14-07-2018

HLPF 2018 – Day 5

Trade unions were at the UN headquarters in New York on 13 July 2018 for Day 5 of the High Level Political Forum (HLPF). The final day of the thematic review segment, it saw the review of Goal 15 (life on land) and of Goal 17 (means of implementation/partnerships).