Content tagged UN
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- Get Into… Guides
A key part of IFLA’s advocacy work is our engagement with international organisations and processes. These provide an opportunity to underline the role of libraries and call for laws,...
Publication - 21 October 2020
Tags: Advocacy, Blue Shield, GAPMIL, IGF, Internet Governance Forum, UN, WIPO, Briefings
- IFLA submission for upcoming UN report: 10th anniversary of the mandate in cultural rights
Next year, 2019, will mark as the 10th anniversary of the Special Rapporteur in the field of cultural rights. To celebrate, the current Special Rapporteur – Karima Bennoune – has...
Publication - 12 November 2018
Tags: copy right, Cultural heritage, cultural rights, Human rights, UN, Publications
- IFLA submission for upcoming UN report: 10th anniversary of the mandate in cultural rights
Next year, 2019, will mark as the 10th anniversary of the Special Rapporteur in the field of cultural rights. To celebrate, the current Special Rapporteur – Karima Bennoune – has...
News - 7 November 2018
Tags: Advocacy, copy right, Cultural heritage, cultural rights, Human rights, PERSIST, UN
- Libraries safeguarding cultural heritage
Documentary works in all formats, including digital, are a key part of our cultural heritage. Working with, preserving, and safeguarding them in order to provide access to future generations is at...
News - 10 May 2017
Tags: 11.4, Conservation, Cultural heritage, Digital preservation, Disaster management, Disaster relief, Policy, Preservation, Risk Register, SDGs, UN, UNESCO, PAC (Preservation and Conservation)
- UN Civil Society Forum
The Civil Society Forum is organised by the NGO Committee for Social Development in join sponsorship with UN-DESA Division for Social Policy and Development. Its aim is to prepare civil...
Event - 30 January 2017
Tags: Development, Forum, UN, UN 2030 Agenda
- United Nations to hold Summit for the adoption of the 2030 Agenda
Over the last three years, the United Nations (UN) held extensive negotiations in which governments, civil society and the public contributed to the creation of the 2030 Agenda. This revolutionary...
News - 23 September 2015
Tags: 2030Agenda, Access to information, Access to knowledge, Advocacy, Cultural heritage, Development, post-2015, UN, United States of America
- IFLA emphasizes the role of access to information in intervention at the UN
IFLA President-elect Donna Scheeder speaking at the Intergovernmental negotiations on the UN post-2015 development agenda, 6th meeting - General Assembly, (24 June 2015) IFLA...
News - 26 June 2015
Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Advocacy, post2015, SDGs, UN, United States of America
- What has happened with the UN post-2015 Development Agenda and how is access to information progressing?
With the negotiations over the UN post-2015 development agenda reaching their final phases in New York, it is an appropriate moment to share an overview of what is happening at the United Nations...
News - 15 June 2015
Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Advocacy, Development, post2015, UN
- Targeting your UN post-2015 National Development Plans – action is needed now!
Call to action IFLA has drafted a document helping everyone understand the importance of national development plans, the role libraries can play in them and how important it is to...
News - 15 June 2015
Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Advocacy, Development, post2015, UN
- United Nations to focus on the role of technology in sustainable development at next SDG negotiations in New York
From 21-24 April 2015 the United Nations will host a joint session of negotiations on technology facilitation mechanisms, science, and other technological innovation issues, as part of the inter-...
News - 17 April 2015
Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Advocacy, Development, post2015, UN
- IFLA signs Letter on Financing for Development in the Post-2015 UN Sustainable Development Goals
IFLA is pleased to announce that it has co-signed a letter on the importance of transparency, accountability and participation in the Financing for Development (FfD) process in the United Nations...
News - 17 April 2015
Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Advocacy, Development, post2015, UN
- IFLA takes Lyon Declaration to the UN
IFLA President-elect Donna Scheeder speaking at the 5th meeting, Post-2015 Intergovernmental Negotiations (Declaration Session) - General Assembly, Informal meeting (19 February 2015...
News - 23 February 2015
Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Advocacy, Development, post2015, UN
- Libraries and access to information in the UN post-2015 Development Agenda - What's new?
Revised Toolkit — New Talking Points IFLA has updated our Toolkit on libraries and the United Nations (UN) post-2015 Development Agenda. The updates give a better idea of the...
News - 3 February 2015
Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Advocacy, Development, post2015, UN
- Governance, Access to Information on the Agenda at Open Working Group 8
Español IFLA is actively involved at the UN in sessions dedicated to the creation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) which will follow the conclusion of the Millennium...
News - 12 February 2014
Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, MDGs, post-2015, SDGs, UN, UNDP, United States of America
- Post-2015 FAQs
What is the Post-2015 Development Framework? The United Nations is presently reviewing the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) so that it can prepare a new development framework for the...
Informational Page - 7 November 2013
Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Advocacy, MDG, Post 2015, UN