78th Session of the UN General Assembly (UNGA 78)

By the UN and partners

Overview of WCAH and well-being discussions

Mark your calendars for the 78th session of the UN General Assembly (UNGA 78), with the opening of the General Assembly regular session on Tuesday, 5 September. The first day of the high-level General Debate will be on Tuesday, 19 September 2023.

Stay up-to-date with essential UN events, side events, and advocacy messages through our one-stop-shop below.

We invite all PMNCH partners to showcase your events and activities centered around women's, children's, and adolescents' health and well-being. This is your chance to amplify your advocacy efforts during UNGA. Share your plans through this form.

PMNCH events

18 September 2023, 07:30-08:30  EST, UNICEF House	19 September 2023, 13:15-14:45 EST, UN Dining Room
Renewing the Promise for Women, Children and Adolescents	Accelerating SDG Commitments: 1.8 Billion Adolescents and Youth Transforming our World: High-level luncheon dialogue

UNGA 78 events

Gender in Early Childhood Education: Addressing Inequalities in Opportunity and Pedagogy 6 September 2023	Innovative approaches in achieving sustainable access to healthcare for pediatric non-communicable diseases (NCDs) in resource limited environments 13 September 2023	SDG Action Weekend 16-17 September 2023
Walk the Talk New York 2023 17 September 2023	Generation Equality Midpoint Moment 17 September 2023	Partnering With Adolescent Mothers to Break the Cycle of Intergenerational Poverty 18 September 2023
Renewing the promise for Women, Children and Adolescents 18 September 2023	1.8 Billion Futures: How to Secure the Long-term Health and Well-Being of Adolescents and Young People Worldwide 18 September 2023	From Abuja & NYC: Health Workers at the Heart of PHC and Pandemic Response 18 September 2023
Optimising digital health investment to deliver UHC 18 September 2023	2023 SDG Summit 18 September 2023	Clinton Global Initiative 2023 Meeting 18-19 September 2023
Global Roundtable: On the Future of Young Children and Their families In a Changed World 19 September 2023	What Leaders Must Do to Prevent the Next Pandemic Crisis 19 September 2023	Accelerating SDG Commitments: 1.8 Billion Adolescents and Youth Transforming our World: High-level luncheon dialogue 19 September 2023
All in: Sustainable approaches to improve maternal health and achieve UHC through strategic private sector collaborations 19 September 2023	UN High-Level Meeting on Pandemic prevention, preparedness and response 20 September 2023	UN High-Level Meeting on Universal Health Coverage 21 September 2023
Preparatory Ministerial Meeting for the Summit for the Future 21 September 2023	Accelerating Progress on Childhood NCDs to Achieve Universal Health Coverage 21 September 2023	SDG Action Zone 21 September 2023
Building Climate-Adaptive Health Systems In partnership with communities, women, and youth 21 September 2023	Reimagining the Future: Centering Education, Gender, & Climate   21 September 2023	Congenital Conditions and Universal Health: A Global Dialogue   21 September 2023
The Second UN High-Level Meeting on Fight to End Tuberculosis 22 September 2023	Launch of the 2023 report of the High Level Commission on the Nairobi Summit on ICPD25 Follow-up 22 September 2023

The General Debate of the seventy-eighth session will be held from Tuesday, 19 September to Saturday, 23 September, and on Tuesday, 26 September 2023. The UN High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF), also known as the SDG Summit, will be held on Monday, 18 September and Tuesday, 19 September 2023.