[PDFlist] FW: UN DESA Voice June 2019: Promoting the rights of persons with disabilities, Celebrating the world's public servants, Action for the SDGs

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Subject: UN DESA Voice June 2019: Promoting the rights of persons with disabilities, Celebrating the world's public servants, Action for the SDGs

Newsletter of the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs

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Volume 23, No.6 - June 2019

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For persons with disabilities, the sky is not the limit<https://esamail.un.org/t/8468606/6272078/12003/1003/>

At the age of two Edward (Eddie) Ndopu's life seemed over before it had even begun. That year, he had been diagnosed with Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA), a genetic disease that affects the nerve cells that help us walk, eat or breathe. According to doctors, Eddie would not live beyond his fifth birthday. Driven by a relentless pursuit of a full life, Eddie not only survived, he was able to get an education and go on to become the first African with a disability to graduate from Oxford University and become the UN Secretary-General's SDG Advocate<https://esamail.un.org/t/8468606/6272078/12004/1004/>. Today, he is making plans to become the first wheelchair user to go into space.

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HIGHLIGHTS<https://esamail.un.org/t/8468606/6272078/12005/1006/>

Celebrating the world's public servants<https://esamail.un.org/t/8468606/6272078/12006/1007/>

As countries ramp up their efforts to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), UN DESA highlights the central role of public institutions in delivering the promise of the 2030 Agenda. The annual United Nations Public Service Forum and Awards, held on the UN Public Service Day, 23 June, celebrate the men and women who act as the backbone of institutions and the brainpower that enables the day-to-day delivery of public services.

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More than 400 submissions listed in new SDG good practices database to inspire action for the goals<https://esamail.un.org/t/8468606/6272078/12007/1011/>

What are the inspiring breakthroughs and success stories that illustrate SDG implementation? What are the good practices that can be replicated and scaled up? What are the gaps and constraints and how should we address them? Looking ahead, what steps should we take to accelerate progress? To help answer these and other questions, UN DESA circulated a call for submissions of SDG-related good practices or success stories from Member States, the UN system and stakeholders - and received more than 600 suggestions!

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EXPERT VOICES<https://esamail.un.org/t/8468606/6272078/12009/1017/>

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT<https://esamail.un.org/t/8468606/6272078/12010/1018/>

It's time to #SaveOurOcean - take #OceanAction now!<https://esamail.un.org/t/8468606/6272078/12008/1019/>
Never before has it been so easy to follow the world's progress toward protecting our ocean and sustainably managing its vital resources. Ahead of World Oceans Day on 8 June, UN DESA has re-launched its oceanconference.un.org<https://esamail.un.org/t/8468606/6272078/12011/1020/> website for all news and information related to Sustainable Development Goal 14: Life Below Water. On this site, you can also register your commitment or join the communities of ocean action. The time is now to #SaveOurOcean!

The people behind the numbers - latest population trends to be revealed<https://esamail.un.org/t/8468606/6272078/12009/1021/>
For nearly seven decades, the UN has been collecting and analysing population data from countries or areas around the world to estimate the number of humans inhabiting planet Earth today and in the future. What do these numbers tell us? And why is it so important to be counted? As UN DESA prepares to launch the 2019 revision of World Population Prospects on 18 June 2019, we ask Thomas Spoorenberg, Population Affairs Officer at UN DESA's Population Division.

Global economic growth projections revised downward to 2.7% in 2019 and 2.9% in 2020<https://esamail.un.org/t/8468606/6272078/12010/1022/>
The global economy is experiencing a broad-based growth slowdown amid unresolved trade tensions, high international policy uncertainty, and softening business confidence, according to UN DESA's World Economic Situation and Prospects (WESP) as of mid-2019 report, released in New York on 21 May 2019.

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UPCOMING EVENTS<https://esamail.un.org/t/8468606/6272078/1019/1035/>

6-7 June

ECOSOC Management Segment<https://esamail.un.org/t/8468606/6272078/12017/1036/>, New York

11-13 June

Conference of States Parties to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, 12th Session,<https://esamail.un.org/t/8468606/6272078/12018/1037/> New York

11-13 June

2nd Meeting of the United Nations Committee of Experts on Business and Trade Statistics,<https://esamail.un.org/t/8468606/6272078/12019/2001/> New York

24-26 June

United Nations Public Service Forum and Awards Ceremony 2019, Baku<https://esamail.un.org/t/8468606/6272078/12020/2002/>

24-26 June

ECOSOC Humanitarian Affairs Segment, Geneva<https://esamail.un.org/t/8468606/6272078/12022/2003/>

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