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Advancing the Global
Statistical System- UNSD's major work areas
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Mr. Stefan Schweinfest appointed Acting Director of UNSD

The Secretary-General appointed Mr. Stefan Schweinfest Acting Director of the United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD) effective 1 April 2013. Mr. Schweinfest will carry out the responsibilities of the Acting Director until a new Director is selected, in accordance with the standard UN selection procedures.

The 44th session of the Commission was held from 26 February to 1 March 2013 at UN Headquarters in New York. more..

Second High Level Forum on Global Geospatial Information Management (GGIM)
Doha, Qatar, 4-6 February 2013

The Second High Level Forum on Global Geospatial Information Management (GGIM) was held in Doha, Qatar from 4-6 February, 2013 at the Qatar National Convention Centre. more...
Millennium Development Goals Report 2012

The Millennium Development Goals Report 2012 was launched in New York by the Secretary-General on 2 July 2012. The report presents the yearly assessment of global progress towards the MDGs, highlighting several milestones – three important MDG targets have been met well ahead of the target date of 2015. The report says that meeting the remaining targets, while challenging, remain possible - but only if Governments do not waiver from their commitments made over a decade ago.

The report is based on a master set of data compiled by the Inter-Agency and Expert Group on MDG indicators led by the Statistics Division of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs. The report is available in all UN languages. Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish.  more...
MDG Progress Chart 2012

Three years to the deadline, broad progress has been achieved on the Millennium Development Goals. The MDGs break down into 21 quantifiable targets that are measured by 60 indicators. The MDG Progress Chart 2012 presents an assessment of progress as of June 2012 towards selected key targets relating to each Goal.
The chart is available in all UN languages. Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish.  more...
 Data search:

The new website of the Global Gender Statistics Programme provides a platform for the dissemination of materials and information in the field of gender statistics. It also provides a forum for the Inter-agency and Expert Group on Gender Statistics to access and share information on their various areas of activity. more...
World Statistics Day 2015
The Bureau of the Statistical Commission has recommended that World Statistics Day should be observed every five years. The next World Statistics Day will, therefore, be celebrated in 2015. The 2010 World Statistics Day was an overwhelming success.

This video offers a glimpse into the Division’s staff, functions and products.
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The World’s Women 2010: Trends and Statistics presents statistics and analysis on the status of women and men in the world,
highlighting the current situation and changes over time. It was prepared to coincide with and in observance of the first-ever World Statistics Day, 20.10.2010. more..
UNSD Questionnaires
or Data Requests
to be sent to countries
(2012-2013 Calendar)
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The United Nations Statistics Division is aware of various schemes, being circulated via e-mails, from the Internet web sites, and via regular mail or fax, falsely stating that they are issued by or associated with the United Nations or its officials.
These schemes may seek to extract money and in some cases personal details from the recipients of such correspondence.
Such schemes are fraudulent, for further information please read the position of the UN on this page http://www.un.org/fraud/.