Launch of report: Financing the UN Development System
“Financing the UN Development System: Getting it Right for a Post-2015 World”, jointly prepared by the Dag Hammarskjöld Foundation and the UN Multi-Partner Trust Fund Office, underlines that the new development agenda will require not only additional resources but also the use of a wider range of financing instruments and mechanisms to meet the challenges of an ambitious set of universal sustainable development goals (SDGs).
Civil Society input to peacebuilding and UN Peace Operations
During March 11-13 the DHF co-hosted a series of events in New York that facilitated civil society representatives from Africa, Asia and Latin America to provide input to the UN Peace Operations Review and the UN Peacebuilding Architecture Review. These events were organised by members of the NGO Peacebuilding Group in New York together with the Norwegian Institute of International Affairs (NUPI).
Financing the UN Development System: Getting it Right for a Post-2015 World
It’s our pleasure to introduce you to the report – Financing the UN Development System: Getting it right for a post-2015 world – produced by The Dag Hammarskjöld Foundation and the UNDP Multi-Partner Trust Fund Office.
Post-2015 Goals for the Rich
Today we release a new publication by the Civil Society Reflection Group on Global Development Perspectives. This paper has as a point of departure the understanding that the Post-2015 Agenda and its Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) need to be universal. To achieve the defined targets “Common But Differentiated Responsibilities” (CBDRs) need to be applied. This includes special responsibilities for the rich.
Can legal mechanisms curb antimicrobial resistance?
Dag Hammarskjöld Foundation hosted a two-day writers’ workshop to facilitate action towards an international legal mechanism on antimicrobial resistance. The meeting also served as a peer-review process for authors contributing to a journal series that will be published shortly.
Local Peacebuilding Successes: Lessons for the International Community
We, as part of the NGO Peacebuilding Group in New York together with The International Peace Institute (IPI) invite you to a panel discussion on “Local Peacebuilding Successes: Lessons for the International Community.”
The 2014 Dag Hammarskjöld Lecture by Helen Clark
Helen Clark delivered the lecture on the theme “The Future We Want – Can We Make It a Reality?”.
From Vision to Transformation – A debate on implementation of the new Global Goals for Sustainable Development
Following the UN Secretary-General’s synthesis report ‘The Road to Dignity: Ending poverty, transforming all lives and protecting the planet’, the official intergovernmental negotiations on the new development agenda have now started. These will hopefully culminate in the adoption of new global goals for sustainable development by the UN General Assembly in September.
Henrik Hammargren appointed new Executive Director of the Dag Hammarskjöld Foundation
The Dag Hammarskjöld Foundation is pleased to announce the appointment of Henrik Hammargren as its new Executive Director. Hammargren comes to the Foundation with extensive experience from international development cooperation, having worked as a director at the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida) and as an advisor at the Organisation for Economic Development and Cooperation (OECD). Hammargren replaces Annika Söder who was appointed State Secretary for Political Affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Sweden in October.
Civil society consultations on UN Peace Reviews
Both the UN’s peace operations and the UN’s peacebuilding architecture are undergoing extensive reviews in 2015, which are expected to shape how the UN in the future will operate in these areas.