UN Deputy Secretary-General | Message at the Middle Income Countries Conference on "Solutions to Address Development Challenges of a Middle Income Country in a Changing World"
Stories & Blogs UNSDG (Announcement )Middle-income countries represent close to one-third of global GDP and they are major engines of global growth.
Liberia's women abandon female genital mutilation, embrace better livelihoods
Stories & Blogs UNSDG (Story )"Even though I was a skilled and respected midwife, I was drawn into the world of FGM due to the influence of my mother-in-law, who was a renowned Chief Zoe. After her passing, tradition dictated that I inherit her position," Ms. Yaoh.
Joint Statement | Putting survivors at the forefront of the global movement to end female genital mutilation
Stories & Blogs UNSDG (Announcement )More than 200 million girls and women alive today have undergone female genital mutilation. This year, nearly 4.4 million girls will be at risk of this harmful practice. This equates to more than 12,000 cases every day.
Transforming Nigeria: How 1.5 million girls found their way to school
Stories & Blogs UNSDG (Story )Ten years of implementation resulted in 1.5 million girls going to school in Northern Nigeria, closing the gender gap and improving learning.
Driven by nature: the economic transformation we need by 2030.
Stories & Blogs UNSDG (Story )This series explores the progress achieved since the adoption of the SDGs in 2015 in key areas and how the UN is supporting this progress.
Non-renewal of Measures Imposed by Security Council Resolution 2374 (2017) concerning Mali.
Stories & Blogs UN Security Council (Press Release )The Secretariat has removed from the United Nations website the list of the eight individuals on the 2374 Sanctions List.
Security Council Committee on Libya Discusses Final Report of Panel of Experts
Stories & Blogs UN Security Council (Press Release )On 18 August 2023, the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1970 (2011) concerning Libya held informal consultations to consider the final report of the Panel of Experts on Libya, submitted in accordance with paragraph 13 of resol
UN General Assembly adopts declaration to accelerate SDGs.
Stories & Blogs UNSDG (Story )“Now is the time for a global plan to rescue the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) which are woefully off-track halfway towards their 2030 deadline”, UN Secretary-General António Guterres said.