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The event, to be opened by FAO Director-General, QU Dongyu, will focus on smallholder tea producers, who account for over 60 percent of global tea production. The day aims to raise awareness of the cultural, heritage and economic significance of tea around the globe.
Audio Languages: English, French, Spanish, Arabic, Chinese, Russian, Original
Agencies, Funds & Programmes
What are the main takeaways from parallel sessions and their policy implications?
This session will cover the main takeaways of the first day of the Symposium with discussions on the parallel sessions and their policy implications.
Audio Languages: English
Agencies, Funds & Programmes
How can employment policy development promote inclusive transitions, advance social justice and a better future of work?
The Welcome and Opening Session aims to set the scene for the two-day Symposium with discussions and presentations on research and innovations to feed employment policy development that can promote inclusive transitions, advance social justice and a better future of work. It will also lay the foundation for subsequent parallel sessions and panel discussions on a wide range of issues in the world of work. download Download recording
Audio Languages: English
Ahead of the Private Sector Forum portion of the LDC5 Conference, business leaders from LDC countries present their views on what is needed to advance economic development in their countries.
Audio Languages: English, French, Original
Meetings & Events
10th plenary meeting - 61st Session of the Commission for Social Development (CSocD61)
The 61st session of the Commission for Social Development (CSocD61) will take place from 6 to 15 February 2023 at the United Nations Headquarters in New York. The Commission is the advisory body responsible for the social development pillar of global development.
Audio Languages: Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian, Spanish, Original
The Civil Society Forum during the 61st session of the Commission for Social Development (CSocD61) is a time for NGOs worldwide to learn about each other's work, to prepare for the Commission, including by work on position papers and interventions.
Audio Languages: English, French, Spanish
Side Events
Enhancing Linkages between Universal Social Protection and Employment for Decent Work (CSocD61 Side Event)
The objective of the discussion during the side event is to showcase country experiences and discuss how to generate these mutually beneficial synergies through coherent policies and design of schemes that take into account linkages between social protection and employment policies for decent work.
Audio Languages: Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian, Spanish, Original
Biweekly Geneva Press Briefing Chaired by Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service at Geneva
Audio Languages: Original, English
Noon briefing by Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.
Audio Languages: English, Original
Today, the world faces challenges of unprecedented scale. In addition to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, which has disrupted life and caused an enormous loss of jobs and livelihoods, the escalating climate emergency and impacts of the conflict in Ukraine are putting negative pressure on food, energy and finance, adding to immediate and long-term risks to our prosperity.
Audio Languages: Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian, Spanish, Original