United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA)

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India is expected to grow by 7.4 per cent in the current financial year, driven by consumption and public investment, the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UNDESA) said in a report recently.

About United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA)

• Rooted in the United Nations Charter and guided by the transformative 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, the UN DESA upholds the development pillar of the United Nations.
• It is based at UN Headquarters in New York, United States.
• Its Divisions and Offices work together towards a common goal to promote the social, economic, and environmental dimensions of sustainable development.
• Its work addresses a range of cross-cutting issues that affect peoples’ lives and livelihoods. 
• From poverty reduction to governance to finance to the environment, UN DESA’s work is about human progress for all, especially the most vulnerable.
• UN DESA’s work programme can be categorized into three areas: norm-setting, analysis, and capacity-building.
• What is UN DESA doing?
  • Facilitates the negotiations of Members States in many intergovernmental bodies to address ongoing or emerging global challenges;
  • Provides substantive support to intergovernmental processes on development issues in the General Assembly and the Economic and Social Council;
  • Advises interested Governments on the ways and means of translating policy frameworks developed in the UN conferences and summits into programmes at the country level;
  • Collaborate closely with its partners at regional and country levels in helping countries to formulate and implement development strategies;
  • Compiles, generates, and analyses a wide range of economic, social, and environmental data and information on which member states of the United Nations draw.
• Reports Published by UN DESA:
  • World Economic Situation and Prospects Report
  • World Social Report
  • Sustainable Development Goals Report

Source: NOA

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