Peace can achieve wonders that wars never will" | Secretary-General's remarks to the General Assembly on 2024 priorities
Stories & Blogs UNSDG (Announcement )If countries fulfilled their obligations under the Charter, every person’s right to a life of peace and dignity would be guaranteed.
Secretary-General appoints Violet Kenyana Kakyomya of Uganda as the United Nations Resident Coordinator in Burundi
Stories & Blogs UNSDG (Announcement )Ms. Kakyomya brings more than 20 years of experience in development, peace building and humanitarian programming
Secretary-General appoints Ms. Nahla Valji of Canada as the United Nations Resident Coordinator in Eritrea
Stories & Blogs UNSDG (Announcement )Ms. Valji has more than 25 years of experience in sustainable development, peace and security, gender, and human rights in the United Nations and civil society.
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.
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.
Regional training workshop for satellite crop monitoring using the CropWatch system
Event August 7 – 10, 2023 - Venue/Format: Port Louis, MauritiusOrganizer: UNCTAD
SDG Business Forum
Event July 18, 2023 - Venue/Format: New York City, United States of AmericaOrganizer: UNGLOBALCOMPACT
Information meeting on the Extended 45th session of the World Heritage Committee
Event July 7, 2023 - Venue/Format: UNESCO Headquarters, Paris, FranceOrganizer: UNESCO
Global value chain and labour rights: problems and new regulatory perspectives
Event June 8, 2023 - Venue/Format: VirtualOrganizer: ILO