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In so doing, compliance with United Nations website branding and accessibility have been improved and website content better integrated. (...) During the reporting period, the websites of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs (www.un.org/en/desa) and the Department of Safety and Security (www.un.org/en/safety-and-security) were both migrated to the platform, bringing both of these entities into compliance with the latest United Nations web branding and accessibility standards. 16. (...) A special COVID-19 playlist with more than 300 videos, including all COVID-19 press briefings conducted by the World Health Organization (WHO), was made available to global audiences on the United Nations Web TV website. 41. The Department considers multilingualism a priority and has been actively seeking resources and exploring technological options to provide multilingual on - demand webcast videos and searchable language metadata for meetings of the General Assembly, the Security Council and the Economic and Social Council.

Fondation Comorienne des Droits de l’Homme B.P. 310 Hapandré Mutsamudu, Anjouan Union des Comores Tel: +269 71 15 43 Fax: +269 71 12 11 E-mail: fcdh@snpt.km Website: none Established: 1998 Summary of Organizational Focus and Activities: Addresses issues of social justice, good governance and protection of human rights. (...) Paul Street, Valletta VLT 07, Malta Tel/Fax: +356 21248218 E-mail: islands@um.edu.mt Website: http://home.um.edu.mt/islands/ Established: 1993 Summary of Organizational Focus and Activities: Promotes research and training on economic, social, cultural, ecological and geographical aspects of islands and small states, and offers academic programmes leading to the degree of Master of Arts. (...) They have established four Commissions that serve to bring together like-minded NGOs that focus on concerns related to: peace; health and social welfare; women; youth and children; and socio-economic issues. 11.

As of the end of 2011, 45 per cent of total visits to the United Nations Radio Kiswahili website came from social networking sources, up from 21 per cent in 2010. (...) Multilingualism: from website development to social media outreach 44. (...) A/AC.198/2012/3 12-21659 14 Figure V Visits to the United Nations website by language, 2011 (Percentage) Page views in 2005 Page views in 2011 Social media 46.

Further information on the session can be obtained from the Commission’s website, and on the e-deleGATE portal. Documents: E/CN.3/2019/1, E/CN.3/2019/L.1, E/CN.3/2019/13, E/CN.3/2019/14, E/CN.3/2019/15 and E/CN.3/2019/16 Link: Website and Side Events Contacts: Irfan Soomro (soomroi@un.org), Maria Isabel Cobos Hernandez (cobos@un.org), Li Wang (wangl@un.org), Victor Leu (leu@un.org) and E-mail statements to PaperSmart: papersmart1@un.org Commission on the Status of Women Sixty-third session 15:00 - 18:00 Economic and Social Council Chamber Briefing by the Chair of the Commission (Ireland) on the preparations for sixty-third session All are invited to attend. (...) Additional information is available on the website of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Financing for Development Office. (...) Informal technical briefing on the domestic and international private business and finance and data, monitoring and follow-up chapters of the 2019 Financing for Sustainable Development Report of Inter- agency Task Force on Financing for Development (A/RES/72/208 and A/RES/69/313) (organized by the Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA)) 7 March 2019 10:00 – 12:00 Conference Room 5 Link: Website Contact: Peter Chowla (chowla@un.org, 212-963-8618) Event entitled “Driving digital inclusion: what does it mean and what’s working?

The report highlights the Department’s traditional media-related products and services, the growth of social media, the progress made by its multimedia website and the activities of the United Nations News Centre. (...) On the occasion of the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (21 March), the Department stepped up its social media campaign, tying the Day to the Department’s multilingual website, “Let’s Fight Racism!” (...) A/69/310 14-59119 14/21 56. A website in the six official languages, including the list of events that were webcast live, and a strong social media presence complemented the outreach activities.

A/AC.109/2021/18 3/5 21-04091 A. United Nations websites and social media 7. The “Global issues” section of the United Nations website (www.un.org/en/global- issues/), maintained by the Department of Global Communications, continued to feature the issue of decolonization in the six official languages of the United Nations (www.un.org/en/global-issues/decolonization). (...) The social media accounts were also used to cover related meetings, events and observances. (...) In the context of the changes in the working methods of the Special Committee during its 2020 session, in view of the extraordinary circumstances brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic, the Department of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs continued to keep the general public informed of activities relating to decolonization, in particular those of the Special Committee, the Fourth Committee, the Economic and Social Council and the General Assembly, through the “United Nations and Decolonization” website. 12.

United States of America Tel: +1 2036589675 E-mail: gingoglia@americares.org Website: www.americares.org Asian Disaster Preparedness Center Thailand Tel: +662 2980012 E-mail: bill@adpc.net Website: www.adpc.net Asian Disaster Reduction Center Japan Tel: +81 782625540 E-mail: my-yoshida@adrc.asia Website: www.adrc.asia Build Change United States of America Tel: +91 9437176717 E-mail: piyush.rout@lgnet.in Website: www.buildchange.org CANEUS International Canada Tel: +1 5144993959 E-mail: mp@caneus.org Website: www.caneus.org Disaster Reduction Nepal Nepal Tel: +977 14720129 E-mail: lp_paris@yahoo.com Website: www.drnepal.org.np 1 This list excludes organizations accredited with the Economic and Social Council. A/CONF.224/PC(II)/3/Add.1 3 Fundamental Human Rights & Rural Development Association Pakistan Tel: +92 3333258089 E-mail: hassangolarchi@hotmail.com Website: www.fhrrda.org Home and Life Foundation Nepal Tel: +977 15553034 E-mail: john_ghale7@yahoo.com Website: www.halfnepal.org Islamic Relief Worldwide United Kingdom (the) Tel: +63 9158454930 E-mail: shahnawaz.ali@irworldwide.org Website: www.islamic-relief.org Iwate University Japan Tel: +81 9079498822 E-mail: murakamich@yahoo.co.jp Website: www.iwate-u.ac.jp Japan Association for Refugees Japan Tel: +81 957559934 E-mail: ishii@refugee.or.jp Website: www.refugee.or.jp Japan Disability Forum Japan Tel: +81 352927628 E-mail: kharada@dinf.ne.jp Website: http://www.normanet.ne.jp/~jdf/en/about.html Lead Pakistan Pakistan Tel: +92 512651511 E-mail: hlotia@lead.org.pk Website: www.lead.org.pk Munich Re Foundation Germany Tel: +49 89 38914229 E-mail: cbarthelt@munichre-foundation.org Website: www.munichre-foundation.org Prophet Reward Foundation (PRF) Kenya Tel: +254 722687755 E-mail: prophetrewardfoundation@gmail.com Website: www.prophetrewardfoundation.org A/CONF.224/PC(II)/3/Add.1 4 R3ADY Asia-Pacific United States of America Tel: +1 8084926599 E-mail: jainey@r3ady.org Website: www.r3ady.org The Royal Society United Kingdom (the) Tel: +44 2074512590 E-mail: emma.woods@royalsociety.org Website: www.royalsociety.org Vision GRAM-International Canada Tel: +1 6132610171 E-mail: amsulvic1@yahoo.ca Website: www.gram-international.org Wetlands International Netherlands Tel: +31 318660957 E-mail: susanna.tol@wetlands.org Website: www.wetlands.org Wiljok Childaid and Health Foundation Ghana Tel: +233 573758756 E-mail: kdadzie5@gmail.com Youth & Student of UNESCO Nepal Tel: +977 9841 540892 E-mail: madan.mahato@gmail.com A/CONF.224/PC(II)/3/Add.1 5 Annex II Consolidated list of non-governmental organizations and other major groups not recommended for special accreditation to the Preparatory Process and the Third World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction. Boss Friendship Club City of Sendai International Dalit Development Forum Kakapo Disaster Resilience Kay Morris Foundation Krisoker Sor Nature Protection Nepal Prime Initiative for Green Development Tehran Disaster Mitigation and Management Organization The Young Explorers' Institute for Social Service

Additional information is available on the website of the Global Compact. Links: Website and Side events _______________________________________________________________________ 10:00 Informal informal consultations Economic and Social Council Chamber 15:00 Informal informal consultations Economic and Social Council Chamber On the review of the Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy _______________________________________________________________________ 15:00 Informal consultations (closed) Conference Room 7 Informal consultations convened by the co-facilitators to lead the review of the arrangements contained in resolution 68/1 entitled “Review of the implementation of General Assembly resolution 61/16 on the strengthening of the Economic and Social Council” and its annex A letter from the President of the General Assembly, dated 31 May 2018, was sent to all permanent representatives and permanent observers. _______________________________________________________________________ Ad Hoc Working Group on the Revitalization of the Work of the General Assembly 10:00 Informal informal consultations (closed) Conference Room 11 15:00 Informal informal consultations (closed) Conference Room 11 Committee on Contributions Seventy-eighth session 10:00 to 13:00 Closed meeting Conference Room 8 15:00 to 18:00 Closed meeting Conference Room 8 Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions 10:00 to 13:00 Closed meeting Conference Room 10 15:00 to 18:00 Closed meeting Conference Room 10 Executive meeting No. 2018/107 Journal of the United Nations Saturday, 2 June 2018 3 Security Council Security Council Informal Working Group on International Tribunals 10:00 to 13:00 Closed meeting Conference Room 7 Economic and Social Council 2018 session 10:00 to 13:00 Informal consultations (closed) Conference Room F Convened by the Vice-President of the Economic and Social Council (Saint Vincent and the Grenadines) on the draft resolution on the report of the Committee for Development Policy on its 2018 session Document: E/2018/33 Link: e-deleGATE Portal Committee for Programme and Coordination Fifty-eighth substantive session 11:00 2nd meeting (closed) Conference Room 5 Election of officers Adoption of the agenda and organization of work The registration for members of the Committee will take place from 10:00 to 11:00, in Conference Room 5. (...) The credentials may be sent to the Secretariat by e-mail, with the original copy sent to the Department of Economic and Social Affairs. General information on the election to replace 9 members of the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities whose terms expire on 31 December 2018 is available on the United Nations Enable website. (...) Overflow room: Conference Room 2 For more details on the STI forum, please contact the Division for Sustainable Development, Department of Economic and Social Affairs. Additional information, including the tentative programme, is also available on the website of the STI forum.

This multilingual user- friendly website is also compatible with smart phones and tablets. (...) Orrin Summerell (summerell@un.org; 212-963-8293) Special Committee on Peacekeeping Operations 15:00 to 16:00 Informal briefing (closed) Conference Room 7 Informal briefings to members of the Special Committee on Peacekeeping Opera tions by the Department of Field Support and the Department of Peacekeeping Operations United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) Working Group V (Insolvency Law) Fifty-third session 10:00 to 13:00 Closed meeting Conference Room 2 15:00 to 18:00 Closed meeting Conference Room 2 International Law Commission Seventieth session 10:00 to 13:00 3396th meeting Conference Room 11 Subsequent Agreements and subsequent practice in relation to the interpretation of treaties Identification of customary international law Documents: A/CN.4/712, A/CN.4/715, A/CN.4/710, A/CN.4/716 and A/CN.4/717 15:00 to 18:00 Drafting Committee (closed) Conference Room 11 Subsequent agreements and subsequent practice in relation to the interpretation of treaties Link: Website Contact: Secretariat of the International Law Commission (ILC) (6thcommittee@un.org; 212-963-5331) No. 2018/88 Journal of the United Nations Saturday, 5 May 2018 4 Economic and Social Council 2018 session United Nations Forum on Forests Thirteenth session 10:00 to 13:00 2nd meeting [webcast] Trusteeship Council Chamber Election of officers Adoption of the agenda and other organizational matters Implementation of the United Nations strategic plan for forests 2017 -2030 Voluntary announcement of voluntary national contributions Emerging issues and challenges Information on intersessional activities Progress on the implementation of Economic and Social Council resolution 2015/33 Opening statements Chair, United Nations Forum on Forests (Malaysia) President, Economic and Social Council (the Czech Republic) Chair, Commission on the Status of Women (Ireland) Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs Director of the United Nations Forum on Forests Secretariat Introduction of the reports General statements Documents: E/CN.18/2018/1, E/CN.18/2018/2, E/CN.18/2018/3, E/CN.18/2018/4, E/CN.18/2018/5, E/CN.18/2018/6, E/CN.18/2018/7 and E/CN.18/2018/8 15:00 to 18:00 3rd meeting [webcast] Trusteeship Council Chamber Implementation of the United Nations strategic plan for forests 2017 -2030 Policy dialogue on the thematic and operational priorities priority actions and resource needs for the period 2017–2018 taking into account the review cycle of the high level political forum on sustainable development during the biennium and the theme of the International Day of Forests Ministerial round table Interactive discussion Details: For documentation and further information on the session, including the list of side events, please visit the Forum website. (...) Background information on the Committee (its procedures, forms and documentation) is available on the website of the NGO Branch of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs.

Additional information is available on the website of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA). (...) Forthcoming official meetings General Assembly Seventy-third session 27 February 2019 10:00 [webcast] Economic and Social Council Chamber High-level debate on international migration and development 10:00 Opening segment 10:15 Panel Discussion 1 15:00 [webcast] Economic and Social Council Chamber 15:00 Panel Discussion 2 17:45 Closing segment Additional information is available on the website of the Office of the President of the General Assembly. (...) Document: S/2019/169 Link: Website Contacts: SCAD SCSB (S-2472); dppa-scsb3@un.org and 212-963-5258 Economic and Social Council Session 2019 Statistical Commission Fiftieth substantive session 5 March 2019 10:00 - 13:00 [webcast] General Assembly Hall The Statistical Commission will hold its substantive session 50 from Tuesday, 5 March 2019, to Friday, 8 March 2019.