Sustainable Development Goals Require Global Rescue Plan, Secretary-General Tells Political Forum, Hailing Effort to Improve Developing Nations’ Access to Finance
Stories & Blogs UN (Press Release )“We can prevail. If we act now. If we act together. If we keep our promise to the billions of people whose hopes, dreams and futures you hold in your hands. Now is the time’ Said Antonio Guterres.
World Needs ‘Statesmanship, Not Gamesmanship and Gridlock’, Secretary-General Tells General Assembly, Calling for Determination to Uphold Charter’s Pledge for Peace
Stories & Blogs UN (Press Release )“Our world is becoming unhinged. Geopolitical tensions are rising. Global challenges are mounting. And we seem incapable of coming together to respond” Said Antonio Guterres.
UN launches campaign, calling for renewed global ambition and action for the Sustainable Development Goals
Stories & Blogs UN (Press Release )Public mobilization comes ahead of critical halftime Summit in September at UN in New York
Concerned about Observers’ Arrests, Reports of Voter Intimidation in Zimbabwe’s Elections, Secretary-General Urges Authorities to Ensure Rule of Law Respected
Stories & Blogs UN (Press Release )The Secretary-General calls on political leaders and their supporters to reject any and all forms of violence, threats of violence, or incitement to violence, and to ensure that human rights and the rule of law are fully respected
UN Committee on the Rights of the Child calls on states to take action in first guidance on children's rights and the environment, with a focus on climate change
Stories & Blogs UNICEF (Press Release )In the face of the deepening climate crisis, the Committee specified obligations under the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child.
Security Council Press Statement on Attack against United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali
Stories & Blogs UN (Press Release )The members of the Security Council condemned in the strongest terms the attack perpetrated against the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) on 9 June near Ber, in the region of Timbuktu.
Access to justice for women and girls: UNDP and UN Women launch the Gender Justice Platform
Stories & Blogs UNDP (Press Release )On International Women’s Day, UNDP and UN Women launched the Gender Justice Platform to leverage their partnership on gender justice.
State of Climate in Africa highlights water stress and hazards
Stories & Blogs WMO (Press Release )Water stress and hazards like withering droughts and devastating floods are hitting African communities, economies and ecosystems hard.
Urgent climate action can secure a liveable future for all.
Stories & Blogs IPCC (Press Release )“Mainstreaming effective and equitable climate action will not only reduce losses and damages for nature and people, it will also provide wider benefits,” said IPCC Chair Hoesung Lee
UN Commission on the Status of Women reaffirms the role of technology and innovation, and education in the digital age in accelerating gender equality
Stories & Blogs UN Women (Press Release )Promoting the full and equal participation and leadership of women and girls in the design, transformation and integration of digital technologies and innovation processes that fulfill the human rights and needs of women and girls.