The general debate of the Second Committee (Economic and Financial) of the UN General Assembly (UNGA) will take place from 3-5 October 2016, including a keynote address from Dambisa Moyo, global economist and author, on 3 October 2016. The Committee aims to conclude its work by 23 November 2016. In the meantime, it should consider, inter alia: operational activities for development; sustainable development; information and communications technologies for development; eradication of poverty and other development issues; globalization and interdependence; groups of countries in special situations; macroeconomic policy questions; follow-up to and implementation of the outcomes of the International Conferences on Financing for Development; agriculture development, food security and nutrition; implementation of the outcomes of the UN Conferences on Human Settlements and on Housing and Sustainable Urban Development and strengthening of the UN Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat); and revitalisation of the work of the UNGA.
DATE
3–5 October 2016
LOCATION
New York City, United States of America
SDGs
Issues
- Agriculture & Food Security,
- International Negotiations,
- Biodiversity,
- Chemicals & Wastes,
- Climate Change,
- Economics & Investment,
- Energy,
- Forests & REDD,
- Governance,
- Human Rights & Indigenous Peoples,
- Human Settlements & Population,
- Land,
- Oceans & Coasts,
- Poverty Eradication,
- Sustainable Consumption & Production,
- Sustainable Development,
- Stakeholder Participation,
- Tourism,
- Transport,
- Water & Sanitation