Meeting on serviceification and trade in services: Unlocking opportunities for developing economies
Event September 12, 2025 - Venue/Format: Beijing, ChinaOrganizer: UNCTAD
13th International Conference on Sustainable Development
Event September 10 -11, 2025 - Venue/Format: Rome, ItalyOrganizer: European Center of Sustainable Development
Over 500 days of siege: Women and girls trapped in El Fasher face the risk of starvation and death.
Stories & Blogs UN-Women (Statement )For more than 500 days, women and girls in El Fasher, North Darfur, have borne the brunt of a relentless siege.
Nearly 2 million refugees at risk as Uganda emergency funds dwindle and services cut
Stories & Blogs UNHCR (Press release )Uganda is on the verge of hosting two million refugees as escalating crises in Sudan, South Sudan and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) drive hundreds of people to cross the border daily in search of safety and lifesaving aid.
Statement by the United Nations Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator a.i. in Sudan, Sheldon Yett (12 August 2025)
Stories & Blogs OCHA (Statement )El Fasher and Abu Shouk camp: A call to stop attacks on civilians, allow safe passage and aid
Rebalancing with nature: A one health vision for a sustainable future.
Stories & Blogs UNEP (Statement )A One Health approach is vital to addressing ongoing multidimensional health challenges.
40 years of environment action in Africa.
Stories & Blogs UNEP (Statement )“We must create a forward-looking strategy that builds on past successes while also confronting rising challenges, such as land degradation, and resource pressures: said Elizabeth Maruma Mrema, AMCEN.
Mobile-Phone Technology Powers Saving Surge in Developing Economies.
Stories & Blogs World Bank (Press release )Number of Adults Using Accounts to Save Rises at Fastest Clip in a Decade.
One ocean, one future: scaling up action for life below water.
Stories & Blogs UNEP (Statement )This year has marked several milestones in advancing ocean governance, including the 2025 UN Ocean Conference and an increasing number of ratifications of the BBNJ Agreement.
From waste to wealth: circular economy as a catalyst for jobs and sustainability.
Stories & Blogs Statement (Statement )“The science is clear. Our economies can no longer rely on the relentless extraction, use and waste of natural resources” said H.E. Mr. Lok Bahadur Thapa, Vice-President of ECOSOC.