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Letter to Partners from The Director-General - January 2026

IDLO at COP30

Second World Summit for Social Development | Plenary Statement

Statement by the Director-General, Ms. Jan Beagle

Second World Summit for Social Development

Statement by the Director-General, Ms. Jan Beagle

151th Assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU)

Statement by the International Development Law Organization (IDLO), delivered by IDLO Permanent Observer to the United Nations in Geneva, Mark Cassayre

"UPHOLDING HUMANITARIAN NORMS AND SUPPORTING HUMANITARIAN ACTION IN TIMES OF CRISIS"

General Debate
19-23 October 2025

UNGA | Sixth Committee Debate

Statement by the Director-General, Ms Jan Beagle

UNGA | High-Level Meeting on the Prevention and Control of Noncommunicable Diseases and the Promotion of Mental Health and Well-Being

Statement by the Director-General, Ms. Jan Beagle

UNGA | High-Level Meeting on the Thirtieth Anniversary of the Fourth World Conference on Women

Statement by the Director-General, Ms. Jan Beagle

LLDC3 | General Debate

Statement by Sunil Pal, Deputy Permanent Observer to the UN, New York

LLDC3 | Round Table 5 – Provision and mobilization of resources, and strengthened global partnerships for sustainable development in landlocked developing countries

Statement by Sunil Pal, Deputy Permanent Observer to the UN, New York

Key Initiatives

Global RECAP: Capacity building to prevent NCDs

Noncommunicable diseases (NCDs), such as cardiovascular disease, cancer, chronic respiratory diseases and diabetes represent a major challenge for sustainable development and the achievement of Agenda 2030. They hamper social and economic development, increase inequalities, and perpetuate poverty. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), each year NCDs contribute to the deaths of 17 million people under the age of 70, with 86% of these premature deaths occurring in low- and middle-income countries.
Capacity building programme to support the implementation of the Nagoya Protocol

The entry into force of the Nagoya Protocol in 2014 represented a major milestone in the global commitment to promote access and benefit sharing (ABS) of the use of genetic resources in a fair and equitable way. As of August 2017, 100 Parties in the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) had ratified the Nagoya Protocol, and many now need to adopt national measures to operationalize it at the domestic level.