[New York, 4 March 2010] UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon urged the member states to create the new gender equality entity without delay.

[New York, 22 February 2010] UN Member States are intensively discussing the setting up of the new UN gender equality, with three meetings scheduled within one week.

[New York, 4 February 2010] A new round of intergovernmental negotiations about the new UN women’s rights entity started on 4th February.

[New York, 9 November 2009] The detailed proposal on the new UN gender equality entity requested by the resolution of 14 September is under preparation and should be finalized by mid-December.

[New York, 14 September 2009] The UN General Assembly adopted on 14th September a resolution on System-wide Coherance that will enable the creation of a new UN gender equality entity to be headed by a new Under Secretary General.

[New York, 7 September 2009, New York] The decision on the creation of the new UN gender equality entity is in danger to be postponed over to the next session of the UN General Assembly.

[New York, 20 August 2009] A recent report by the Co-Chairs summarizes the issues related to System-wide Coherence process – including the establishment of composite gender equality entity – on which the UN General Assembly should decide in September.

[New York, 29 June 2009] UN Member States met on Monday 22th June to take stock on the discussion on the three aspects of System-wide Coherence (Gender, Funding, Governance) and to identify ways forward.

[New York, 23 June 2009] The Co-Chairs of the UN General Assembly are pushing the Member States toward a consensus on the creation of the new gender equality entity.

[New York, 16 June 2009] UN Member States met up on Monday 8th June in another interactive meeting to discuss the details on staffing and the organizational structure of the new gender equality entity.