Mission: DESA’s work programme can be categorized into three areas: norm-setting, analysis, and capacity-building. Specifically, DESA is tasked with supporting deliberations in two major UN charter bodies: the UN General Assembly and UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), as well as ECOSOC’s subsidiary bodies. In this regard, DESA’s main priorities are promoting progress toward and strengthening accountability in achieving UN development goals.
Description: From poverty reduction to governance to finance to the environment, DESA’s work is about human progress for all, especially the most vulnerable. We are fundamentally concerned, not only with global prosperity today, but also for tomorrow.
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