Every year September marks the closing of the old session and opening of the new session of the UN General assembly (UNGA). The 78th session (2023 - 2024) of UNGA has opened on 05 September 2023 under the theme, "Rebuilding trust and reigniting global solidarity: Accelerating action on the 2030 Agenda and its Sustainable Development Goals towards peace, prosperity, progress and sustainability for all".

The General debate of the 78th session will be held from Tuesday, 19 September to Saturday, 23 September, and on Tuesday, 26 September 2023. A full programme schedule for the session can be found here.

Drawing on the experience of the g7+ ––an inter-governmental association of 20 conflict-affected countries––Mayar offers suggestions on how to devise multilateral processes that allow us to address the contemporary crises that threaten us.

17 September 2023, 7 AM – 10:30 AM ET
Central Park

Walk the Talk New York 2023 by WHO

WHO in collaboration with the UN and its partners are hosting the Walk the Talk: Health for All Challenge in New York’s Central Park on Sunday, September 17th. The event will kick off the United Nations General Assembly High-Level week which includes three health-related high-level Meetings on Pandemic Prevention, Preparedness and Response, Universal Health Coverage, Tuberculosis, as well as the SDG Summit, by ensuring that these activities are preceded by real, physical activity. This fun run/walk begins on East Drive just south of the 72nd St. crossing (Terrace Drive) and finish on 72nd, just before Bethesda Terrace.

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The Week will feature over 400 events spread across ten themes, in New York and around the world, as part of the wider Climate Week NYC events programme, with a series of guest speakers. 

The event will bring students together over a delicious lunch. Weather permitting, the event will take place outside of SIPA on the tables in the plaza.,

12 September 2023, 3 PM - 4:30 PM ET 
UNHQ, ECOSOC Chamber - In Person
 

20 September 2023, 8:30 AM - 10 AM ET 
Virtual
Pandemic Prevention, Preparedness and Response

20 September 2023, 10 AM - 6 PM ET 
In person and online
Climate Mobility Summit

The Global Centre for Climate Mobility (GCCM) invites you to join us at the Climate Mobility Summit, in the margins of the United Nations General Assembly High-Level Week. Both in-person and online attendance options are available. Express your interest in attending the Summit by completing this form.

The Climate Mobility Summit is an all-day event bringing together global champion leaders and Principals of relevant UN organizations and stakeholder entities to discuss ways to harness climate mobility for adaptation and resilience, as well as to press for climate action to prioritize climate-resilient development around the adaptation needs of populations affected by the climate crisis, particularly those forced to leave the places they call home.

20 September 2023, 9:30 AM - 10:30 AM ET 
In person and online
Transforming education: Overcoming crisis, improving learning outcomes

Educational poverty in low- and middle-income countries has reached a tipping point; 53 percent of children are unable to read and understand a story by the end of primary school. This requires an ambitious transformation of the education sector, which is still recovering from the impact of school closures during the COVID-19 pandemic. But returning to the pre-COVID status quo isn’t enough, and ambitious learning recovery and acceleration are needed if we are to have a shot at achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 on inclusive and equitable quality education for all by 2030. The current education system is at capacity and the demand is only set to increase, with nearly 750 million children expected to be of school age by 2060. This shift will strain education budgets and increase the need for sustained investment in quality education. But the education gap is also a data gap. According to UNESCO, there is no information on the learning levels of two-thirds of children across sub-Saharan Africa. Gathering and analyzing data is an essential first step for improving learning outcomes, and recent interventions show that progress is possible if efforts focus on classroom practices informed by evidence and data that’s tangible and easy to interpret for teachers and policymakers alike.

Department of Peace Operations has two positions located in the Digital Enablement team (DET) leading the implementation of the Digital Transformation of UN Peacekeeping (DTS) within the Office of the Director for Coordination and Shared Services (ODCSS) serving the Departments of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs (DPPA) and Peace Operations (DPO).

Interns report to full-time professional staff and focus on one of the two tracks:
Area 1: Coordination and Programme Management
Area 2: Communications and Strategic Support

This internship is UNPAID and is designed to be in person and full-time (35 hours per week). It can be adapted for remote and/or part-time (20 hours per week) upon request.

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Kindly indicate in your application "Fall Internships: commencing October 2023" as the period you intend to start your internship.

The United Nations Global Compact Office (UNGCO) is offering internship opportunities with its New York office. The UNGCO is the entity responsible for the overall management and coordination of the Global Compact initiative, including the management of the Global Compact’s name and logo, and the Global Compact Integrity Measures.

Internship opportunities are available in various teams. 

Under the supervision of a Programme Officer of the United Nations Global Compact Office and depending on their level of experience and training, the UNGCO interns will carry out responsibilities, such as: Conduct research relating to the topic of corporate sustainability; Draft and edit publications, papers and other documents; Liaise with Global Compact stakeholders on key corporate sustainability topics; Support the organization of meetings and events; etc.

The internship is UNPAID and full-time. Interns work five days per week (35 hours) under the supervision of a relevant staff member of UNGCO.

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The position is located in the International Tax and Development Cooperation Branch (ITDCB) of Financing for Sustainable Development Office (FSDO) in the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UNDESA).

The intern will assist the International Tax Cooperation Unit staff in supporting the UN Committee of Experts on International Cooperation in Tax Matters and the Committee Subcommittees in developing policy and administrative guidance, as well as supporting other UN tax cooperation related work.

The internship is UNPAID and full-time. The unpaid internship is designed to be in person and full-time at the New York duty station.

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This position is located in the Office of the Victims' Rights Advocate (OVRA).  The mandate of the Victims' Rights Advocate was created as part of the four-pronged strategy set out in the 2017 report of the Secretary-General to the General Assembly on special measures on protection from sexual exploitation and abuse: a new approach (A/71/818). Its mandate is directed to ensuring that the rights and dignity of victims are at the forefront of all elements of the United Nations system-wide response to sexual exploitation and abuse alleged to be perpetrated by United Nations uniformed or civilian personnel and non-United Nations troops serving under a Security Council mandate. 

The intern will support the work of the Office of the Victims' Rights Advocate and work under the supervision of the Human Rights Officer. 

This is an UNPAID, full-time internship for an initial period of three months, with an opportunity for extension up to a total period of six months.

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The African Women Leaders Network (AWLN) was launched in June 2017 in New York. The AWLN seeks to enhance the leadership of African women in the transformation of the continent, in line with the Africa Agenda 2063 and the Global Sustainable Development agenda 2030. AWLN serves as a continental platform to galvanize women’s leadership towards lasting peace and sustainable development, the promotion of gender equality, and women’s empowerment in all sectors and at all levels, building on, and working with, existing women networks. 

The Project Support Intern will work closely with the AWLN Policy Analyst; as a person supporting the implementation of a women's leadership project, the intern’s duties and responsibilities would be crucial in ensuring the success and impact of the initiative.

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