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Global Development Initiative ‘Important Mechanism’ to Drive Progress on 2030 Agenda, Secretary-General Tells High-Level Meeting.

Stories & Blogs UNSep 23, 2025(Press Release )

“The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) — our shared blueprint for a better future — face serious headwinds,” said António Guterres.

Adequate Financing, Effective Partnerships Key for Achieving Sustainable Development, Speakers Tell Round Table, Also Urging Action to Ease Crushing Debt Burden.

Stories & Blogs UNAug 07, 2025(Press Release )

Achieving sustainable development requires adequate financing and effective partnerships, speakers heard at the final round-table discussion at the Third United Nations Conference on Landlocked Developing Countries today, as many spotlighted the urgent ne

Salvaging SDGs still possible, but countries must act now: Guterres

Stories & Blogs UNJul 21, 2025(Story )

Citing new global agreements on pandemic preparedness, ocean protection and development financing, UN Secretary‑General António Guterres said on Monday that recent “signs of momentum” show multilateralism can still deliver.

World leaders rally for ‘full-speed’ climate action ahead of COP30

Stories & Blogs UNApr 23, 2025(UN Story )

At a high-stakes virtual summit on Wednesday, UN Secretary-General António Guterres and Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva brought together 17 national leaders from major economies and climate-vulnerable countries.

Marking International Day, Secretary-General Stresses ‘In Our World of Plenty, Poverty Should Have No Home’, Calls for Renewed Commitment to Achieve SDGs

Stories & Blogs UNOct 06, 2023(Press Release )

“In our world of plenty, poverty should have no home. Yet, as we mark the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty, nearly 700 million people are barely scraping by, living on less than $2.15 per day” UN Secretary-General António Guterres .

Local and Regional Engagement, Action and Multi-Level Cooperation Are Vital to Rescue SDGs and Contribute to Topics under the Summit of Future

Stories & Blogs UNOct 06, 2023(Press Release )

UN Secretary-General António Guterres launched his Advisory Group on Local and Regional Governments, through its first hybrid meeting among its 20 members.

Africa struggles to finance Sustainable Development Goals

Stories & Blogs New African MagazineSep 21, 2023(Article )

Poorer countries are facing a potentially disastrous cash crunch as aid and capital flows dry up. But innovative financing models can, with international support, bridge the gap. Report by Neil Ford.

African leaders take bold stand for sustainable development at UN Assembly

Stories & Blogs UNSep 20, 2023(Story )

Addressing the UN General Assembly on Wednesday, leaders from African nations voiced their commitment to achieving sustainable development and called for a more equitable and prosperous world.

‘Reform or rupture’ says Guterres, calling for multilateralism to be remade for the 21st century

Stories & Blogs UNSep 19, 2023(Story )

Secretary-General António Guterres on Tuesday warned the world is “becoming unhinged” and underscored the United Nations’ raison d'être, to resolve global crises during times of “maximum danger and minimum agreement.”

How to salvage the SDGs in Africa

Stories & Blogs New African MagazineSep 19, 2023(Article )

SDGs in Africa can not only be salvaged, but the process, allied to the continent’s Agenda 2063, can allow Africa to leapfrog into the fourth industrial age and become a major economic cog in the global superstructure.