Women's Major Group High Level Political Forum - Position Paper (2017)

In this position paper, the Women’s Major Group highlights 5 essential areas for action for SDG implementation. Issues such as climate change, global warming, ocean acidification, and ecological damage render an unprecedented urgency to the entire 2030 Agenda, while multiple and intersecting forms of discrimination and systemic barriers exacerbate human rights violations, marginalisation and vulnerability of women and girls of all ages and div

Systemic Barriers, Sustainable Development And The Diversity Of Rural Women And Girls: Zero Draft Recommendations

This document reviews the challenges and opportunities in achieving gender equality, human rights and the empowerment of rural women and girls. The document also includes NGO CSW/NY’s recommendations and detailed best practices to fuel the strong political will necessary to accelerate implementation of systemic change and inform the allocation of required resources. 

Monthly Action Points (MAP) for the Security Council: January 2018

For January, in which Kazakhstan has the presidency of the UN Security Council, the MAP provides recommendations on Burundi, Central African Republic, Cyprus, Iraq, ISIL (Da’esh) & Al-Qaeda, and West Africa.

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Collective input by the Civil Society FfD Group, including the Women’s Working Group on FfD, in preparation for the 2018 IATF Report on FfD

The Civil Society Financing for Development (FfD) Group, a very broad platform of civil society organizations, networks and federations from around the world, collectively submitted the following input to the IATF on FfD in preparation for its upcoming 2018 Report.

Report of the Secretary-General on Small Arms and Light Weapons (S/2017/1025)

The UN Secretary-General’s 2018 Report on Small Arms and Light Weapons tracks developments relevant to the implementation of Resolutions 2220 (2015) and highlights good practices and arrangements that could be used by the UN peacekeeping operation and other UN-mandated entities.

REPORT HIGHLIGHTS

WILPF 2017 Africa Regional Meeting

 

Some of the participants of the December 2017 WILPF Africa Regional Conference in Ghana. (Photo Credit: Micheline Muzaneza)

WILPF’s 2017 African Regional Meeting

On 4-6 December 2017, the Democratic Republic of the Congo section of the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF DRC) held a high level event titled “10 Years of Building Peace By Women, For Women, and For All” in Kinshasa, the DRC. 

Report of the Secretary General on progres in the implementation of the political agreement of 31 December 2016 (S/2017/963)

The present report covers developments in the Democratic Republic of the Congo since 29 September 2017 and is submitted pursuant to Security Council resolution 2348 (2017), in which the Council requested the Secretary-General to update it in writing every 45 days on political and technical progress in and obstacles to the implementation of the Comprehensive and Inclusive Political Agreement signed on 31 December 2016.

Together 2030: Is The 2030 Agenda At The Center Of Global Discourse?

Together 20301 takes a critical look at the official statements delivered during the UNGA General Debate and analyzes how the 2030 Agenda, the Sustainable Development Goals and national implementation plans is captured in them. The main question guiding the analysis was: How are global leaders referring to the 2030 Agenda in their official statements at the main multilateral global gathering? 

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