The 78th session of the UN General Assembly (UNGA 78) will be held in New York at the United Nations headquarters. The session will open on September 5. The first day of the high-level General Debate will be September 19.
This year's WTO Public Forum will take place September 12-15 in Geneva. USCIB will be present and is planning side activities, including informational and advocacy meetings and networking receptions. We will create a list of those who will be in Geneva and reach out soon with more details on engagement opportunities. For more information, please contact Alice Slayton Clark: asclark@uscib.org
September 15, 8:30 am – 2:00 pm: USCIB High Level Business Roundtable at UNGA78 Held under the title: U.S. Business Vision and Commitment: Sustainability, Solidarity, and Shared Prosperity, this event will feature speakers from government missions, leading companies, and the UN community in New York and will highlight opportunities to mobilize the private sector through and with the UN system. […]
USCIB Senior Vice President Norine Kennedy will be speaking at the upcoming SDG Partnership Symposium. The Symposium will take place under the theme, ‘Unleashing the Power of Multi-stakeholder Partnerships’ and will launch a research report on the topic and invite participants to share experiences and identify actionable steps to drive multi-stakeholder partnerships. The event is the culmination of an ongoing […]
The International Telecommunication Union (ITU), the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and partners will convene for SDG Digital at United Nations Headquarters in New York. Digital technologies are key to achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). This is the moment – ahead of the 2023 SDG Digital Summit – to take stock of achievements, gaps, and opportunities, catalyse action, and step up digital […]
The 2023 SDG Summit will be convened in September 2023, during the United Nations General Assembly high-level week, marking the mid-point of implementing the 17 SGDs of the 2030 Agenda agreed in 2015. Heads of State and Government will gather at the United Nations Headquarters in New York to follow-up and review the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) .
The 72nd Session of the World Customs Organization (WCO) Harmonized System Committee (HSC) will take place from September 18 – 29, 2023. Jeff Bensing, USCIB, and Ken Montgomery, Technology Trade Regulation Alliance (TTRA), will represent the ICC delegation at this meeting.
The UN Secretary General’s Climate Ambition Summit will include: High-Level Dialogue on Financing for Development High-Level Meeting on Pandemic Prevention, Preparedness and Response In December 2022, UN Secretary-General António Guterres announced that he will convene a Climate Ambition Summit in September 2023. He urged leaders from governments, business, cities and regions, civil society, and finance to come with new, tangible, and credible climate action to […]
The General Assembly will convene its second High-level Dialogue on Financing for Development since the adoption of the Addis Ababa Action Agenda. Despite progress since the adoption of the Addis Agenda, growing uncertainties and risks threaten development progress and sustainable finance prospects. As global challenges are more integrated, responses become increasingly fragmented. Facing this context, it is more important than […]
The UN High-Level Meeting (HLM) on Pandemic Prevention, Preparedness and Response (PPPR) will be convened by the President of the United Nations General Assembly on September 20, the second day of the general debate of the Assembly at its 78th session. The overall theme of the HLM will be “Making the world safer: Creating and maintaining political momentum and solidarity […]