As the United Nations Secretariat entity responsible for economic, social and environmental issues, UN DESA is mandated by Member States to serve as the Secretariat of several Conferences, Summits, and a range of intergovernmental and expert groups.

UN DESA works together with Member States to provide substantive support to these intergovernmental meetings and processes and performs its functions in close cooperation with civil society, academia and UN agencies, funds and programmes.

2017

The Ocean Conference

2016

Summit for Refugees and Migrants

Global Sustainable Transport Conference

2015

Third International Conference on Financing for Development

United Nations Sustainable Development Summit

General Assembly High-Level Meeting on the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS+10)

2014

World Conference on Indigenous Peoples

Third International Conference on Small Island Developing States

2013

United Nations Forum on Forests 10

2012

United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20)

2011

United Nations Conference on Least Developed Countries

2010

United Nations Summit on the Millennium Development Goals

2009

United Nations Conference on the World Financial and Economic Crisis and Its Impact on Development

2008

Follow-up International Conference on Financing for Development
to Review the Implementation of the Monterrey Consensus.

High Level Event on the Millennium Development Goals

2005

2005 World Summit

10 Year Review of the Copenhagen Declaration and Programme for Action

10 Year Review of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action.

Phase Two of the World Summit on the Information Society.

2003

International Ministerial Conference of Landlocked and Transit Developing Countries.

Phase One of World Summit on the Information Society.

2002

International Conference on Financing for Development

World Summit on Sustainable Development.

Second World Assembly on Ageing

Special Session of the General Assembly on Children.

World Food Summit: Five Years Later.

2001

Third UN Conference on the Least Developed Countries.

Special Session of the General Assembly for and Overall Review and Appraisal of the Implementation of the Habitat Agenda.

Special Session of the General Assembly on HIV/AIDS.