United Nations Department of Economic and Social AffairsDESA

As the United Nations Secretariat entity responsible for economic, social and environmental issues, UN DESA is mandated by Member States to serve as the Secretariat of several Conferences, Summits, and a range of intergovernmental and expert groups.

UN DESA works together with Member States to provide substantive support to these intergovernmental meetings and processes and performs its functions in close cooperation with civil society, academia and UN agencies, funds and programmes.

2016

• Summit for Refugees and Migrants
• Global Sustainable Transport Conference

2015

• Third International Conference on Financing for Development
• United Nations Sustainable Development Summit
• General Assembly High-Level Meeting on the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS+10)

2014

• World Conference on Indigenous Peoples
• Third International Conference on Small Island Developing States

2013

• United Nations Forum on Forests 10

2012

• United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20)

2011

• United Nations Conference on Least Developed Countries.

2010

• United Nations Summit on the Millennium Development Goals.

2009

• United Nations Conference on the World Financial and Economic Crisisand Its Impact on Development.

2008

• Follow-up International Conference on Financing for Development to Review the Implementation of the Monterrey Consensus.
• High Level Event on the Millennium Development Goals.

2006

• High-level Dialogue on International Migration and Development.

2005

• 2005 World Summit.
• 10 Year Review of the Copenhagen Declaration and Programme for Action.
• 10 Year Review of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action.
• Phase Two of the World Summit on the Information Society.

2004

• 10 Year Review of the Barbados Programme of Action.

2003

• International Ministerial Conference of Landlocked and Transit Developing Countries.
• Phase One of World Summit on the Information Society.

2002

• International Conference on Financing for Development.
• World Summit on Sustainable Development.
• Second World Assembly on Ageing.
• Special Session of the General Assembly on Children.
• World Food Summit: Five Years Later.

2001

• Third UN Conference on the Least Developed Countries.
• Special Session of the General Assembly for and Overall Review and Appraisal of the Implementation of the Habitat Agenda.
• Special Session of the General Assembly on HIV/AIDS.

2000

• Millennium Summit.
• World Education Forum.
• Social Summit +5.
• Special Session of the General Assembly for the 5 Year Review of theBeijing Declaration and Platform for Action.

1999

• Twenty-first Special Session of the General Assembly on the International Conference on Population and Development.

1996

• Second UN Conference on Human Settlement (HABITAT II).
• World Food Summit.

1995

• Fourth World Conference on Women.
• World Summit for Social Development.

1994

• International Conference on Population and Development.
• Global Conference on the Sustainable Development of Small Island Development States.

1993

• World Conference on Human Rights.

1992

• United Nations Conference on Environment and Development.
• International Conference on Nutrition.

1990

• World Summit for Children.
• World Conference on Education for all.
• Second UN Conference on the Least Developed Countries.