Hi everyone! Welcome! I’m not sure what the best way to do this is, but open to suggestions.

I’m
thinking it might be a good idea if one person (or some people) take one item on the reading list
and summarizes?

Winnie: Hello! Thanks for this. I’ve taken the one in the document (marked my name and date
that I take it). Maybe we can post the summary when we finish it, following this reading list (in
the same doc). Probably the deadline is mid-October? How do you think? For long readings,
maybe a few people could summarize it together :)

Sheethal: Thank you all! I have numbered the documents. I can summarize #15 the United
Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. I can also help with other long
documents as Winnie suggested that multiple people can review.

Thanks for the suggestion, Winnie and thanks for numbering, Sheethal. Good idea! So
everyone, just put your name next to a document you want to summarize and we’ll go
from there.

Bárbara: I chose 2 to summarize because one of them is the SDGs (not a long read). How
should we share the summaries?

Namira: Hello all. I have chosen 2 documents that I will summarise, number 6 (Towards Safe,
Orderly and Regular Migration in the Asia-Pacific Region) and 13 (General overview of the
Madrid International Plan of Action on Ageing). Is there a specific deadline for this? And do you
think it would be better if we make a whatsapp group for better communication? If it is, I would
create the group and share the link. Looking forward to hearing from you.

Larissa: Hello everyone! I have chosen a general website (I imagine there will be a lot of
publications in it) + a 2017 report. I suggest we create google docs with the summaries or
posting them just after each topic. What do you say about fixing a deadline like for the second
week of october (around the 11th)?

Is it possible to share this google document with other people? I couldn’t manage to do it right
now but I am wondering if it is due to my internet connection or to the document set up ?

Sheethal: October 11th seems like a good deadline! I hope everyone who has access to this
document is able to contribute by then. Also, for documents that require multiple people - should
we just sign up for it and indicate how much of it we can review and someone else can add their
name to it as well? An * next to those docs would be useful - if you need help with reviewing it.

^Sounds like a good idea!

Suggested Reading List:

2018 Young Professionals Programme (YPP) – Social Affairs – Suggested Reading List Please
note: This reading list contains examples of the types of texts and readings that would be helpful
when studying for the exam. This is not an exhaustive list, and there are many comparable texts
and readings that can also be helpful in preparing for the exam. General Social Affairs (including
poverty, inequality, unemployment and inclusion)
 1. ● General overview of the World Summit for Social Development held in 1995 and its
Copenhagen Declaration and Programme of Action:
https://www.un.org/development/desa/dspd/world-summit-for-social-development-
1995.html (Zhishen, 20.09)

2. ● UN DESA Reports on the World Social Situation:

https://www.un.org/development/desa/dspd/report-on-the-world-social-situation-rwss-
socialpolicy-and-development-division.html

3. ● UNDP Human Development Reports: http://www.hdr.undp.org/

(Larissa, 20.09)

4. ● World Bank World Development Reports:

http://www.worldbank.org/en/publication/wdr/wdrarchive

5. ● Social Panorama of Latin America: https://www.cepal.org/en/publicaciones/ps

(Bárbara, 19.09)

6. ● Towards Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration in the Asia-Pacific Region:

https://www.unescap.org/publications/towards-safe-orderly-and-regular-migration-asiapacific-
region (Namira, 20.09)

7. ● UN HABITAT World Cities Reports: http://wcr.unhabitat.org/ Gender (Arthur, 19.09)

8. ● UN Women: Turning promises into action: Gender equality in the 2030 Agenda for
Sustainable Development http://www.unwomen.org/en/digital-library/publications Sustainable
Development (Winnie, 19.09)

9. ● General overview of the 2030 Agenda and its principles, and specific knowledge of
the Sustainable Development Goals and their interlinkages.
https://www.un.org/sustainabledevelopment/sustainable-development-goals
https://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/post2015/transformingourworld (Bárbara, 19.09)

10. ● 2017 Africa Sustainable Development Report

https://www.uneca.org/publications/2017-africa-sustainable-development-report Youth and older
persons
(Larissa, 20.09)

11. ● General overview of the World Programme of Action for Youth (WPAY):
https://www.un.org/development/desa/youth/world-programme-of-action-for-youth.html
(Mariana Abreu, 19.09)

12. ● Website of the UN programme on youth: https://www.un.org/development/desa/youth/

(Toffy, 19.09).

13. ● General overview of the Madrid International Plan of Action on Ageing (MIPAA):
https://www.un.org/development/desa/ageing/madrid-plan-of-action-and-itsimplementation.html
(Namira, 20.09)
14. ● Website of the UN programme on ageing:
https://www.un.org/development/desa/ageing/ 2018 Young Professionals Programme (YPP) –
Social Affairs – Suggested Reading List Please note: This reading list contains examples of the
types of texts and readings that would be helpful when studying for the exam. This is not an
exhaustive list, and there are many comparable texts and readings that can also be helpful in
preparing for the exam. Indigenous Peoples and persons with disabilities

15. ● Overview of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples:

https://www.un.org/development/desa/indigenouspeoples/declaration-on-the-rights-
ofindigenous-peoples.html. (Sheethal, 19.09)

16. ● Website of the Secretariat of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues:

https://www.un.org/development/desa/indigenouspeoples/

17. ● General overview of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
(CRPD): https://www.un.org/development/desa/disabilities/convention-on-the-rights-of-persons-
withdisabilities.html (Sarah, 19.09)

18. ● Website of the Secretariat of the Un Convention on the Rights of Persons with
Disabilities: https://www.un.org/development/desa/disabilities/ Evaluation

19. ● United Nations Evaluation Group (UNEG) Norms and Standards for Evaluation
http://uneval.org/document/foundation-documents Population Affairs

20. ● Website of the Population Division of the United Nations Department of Economic and
Social Affairs: unpopulation.org

21. ● International Conference on Population and Development, Programme of Action,

1994. https://www.unfpa.org/publications/international-conference-population-and-
developmentprogramme-action

22. ● Population Analysis for Policies and Programmes, McNicoll (eds). Encyclopaedia of
Population. Vol. 1. New York: Macmillan Reference USA, pp. 190-193. IUSSP & UNFPA (n.d.),
Paris: IUSSP and UNFPA, available online at: http://papp.iussp.org/

23. ● Principles and Recommendations for Population and Housing Censuses, Revision 3.
New York: United Nations, DESA
https://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic/meetings/egm/NewYork/2014/P&R_Revision3.pdf

24. ● Coverage of Birth and Death Registration, New York: United Nations, DESA, Statistics
Division, available online at: http://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic/CRVS/CR_coverage.htm

25. ● Overview of the Demographic Concepts and Methods

https://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic/meetings/wshops/Myanmar/2014/docs/s05.pdf New
Urban Agenda, A/RES/71/256, 2017: http://habitat3.org/wp-content/uploads/NUAEnglish.pdf
Economic Report on Africa, 2017: https://www.uneca.org/publications/economic-reportafrica-
2017