Global commitment to mercury reduction: UNEP's role in advancing the Minamata convention
Stories & Blogs UNEP (Speech )Mercury has served our industries, our medicines, even our mirrors — yet it has also poisoned rivers, silenced birds, and entered the blood of generations.
Opening Remarks by UNFPA Executive Director Ms. Diene Keita at the World Health Summit Keynote Session: Women’s Health – Global Wealth: Catalyzing Returns on Bold Investments.
Stories & Blogs UNFPA (Speech )Every single day, over 700 women die from preventable causes related to pregnancy and childbirth. That’s one woman lost every two minutes – needlessly.
Gender equality remains a unifying force for the world – 2025 must be our turning point.
Stories & Blogs UN-Women (Speech )Remarks by UN Under-Secretary General and UN Women Executive Director Sima Bahous at the High-level meeting of the UN General Assembly on the 30th anniversary of the Fourth World Conference on Women, UN headquarters, 22 September 2025.
Speech: Let us stand with the women of the Sahel in recognition of their power to shape a better future
Stories & Blogs UN-Women (Speech )Remarks by Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations and UN Women Executive Director Sima Bahous at the United Nations Security Council Briefing on the Sahel at UN Headquarters, 7 August 2025.
After a career defending ‘the dignity of life’, Natalia Kanem steps down as UNFPA boss
Stories & Blogs Un (Interview )Natalia Kanem, the head of the UN sexual and reproductive rights agency, UNFPA, is stepping down, after a tumultuous eight-year tenure
From Uganda to Angola, Africa’s refugees face soaring hunger, shrinking aid.
Stories & Blogs WFP (Stories )A funding shortfall is forcing WFP and other humanitarian organizations to cut assistance to some of the world’s most vulnerable people.
Amid global tensions, environmental multilateralism continues to deliver.
Stories & Blogs UNEP (Speech )“Amid growing conflict, geopolitical tensions and fears of backsliding on global commitments, we are of course all deeply concerned,” said Inger Andersen.
For ALL Women and Girls: Saron Mesele on bridging the digital gender gap.
Stories & Blogs UN-Women (Interview )#ForAllWomenAndGirls is a rallying call for action on the 30th anniversary of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action.
Côte d’Ivoire advances toward Universal Health Coverage—Leaving No One Behind
Stories & Blogs UNAIDS (Stories )The government of Côte d’Ivoire is transforming access to health services, including HIV services, in its commitment to achieve Universal Health Coverage (UHC).
WHO Director-General's opening remarks at the Strategic Roundtable: Data and Sustainable Financing: Twin Foundations to Accelerate UHC.
Stories & Blogs WHO (Speech )Data and health financing are both fundamental components of that work, as two of the classic “building blocks” of health systems.