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.
Keep Your Promise to People: UN Secretary-General's Remarks at the 2023 High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development.
Stories & Blogs UNSDGSep 18, 2023(News )“At the halfway point to the SDG deadline, the eyes of the world are on you once again”, Antonio Guteres.
UN General Assembly adopts declaration to accelerate SDGs.
Stories & Blogs UNSDGSep 18, 2023(Story )“Now is the time for a global plan to rescue the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) which are woefully off-track halfway towards their 2030 deadline”, UN Secretary-General António Guterres said.
Sustainable Development Goals Require Global Rescue Plan, Secretary-General Tells Political Forum, Hailing Effort to Improve Developing Nations’ Access to Finance
Stories & Blogs UNSep 18, 2023(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.
Non-renewal of Measures Imposed by Security Council Resolution 2374 (2017) concerning Mali.
Stories & Blogs UN Security CouncilSep 18, 2023(Press Release )The Secretariat has removed from the United Nations website the list of the eight individuals on the 2374 Sanctions List.
Think Big, Be Ambitious ‘to Get Sustainable Development Goals Back on Track’, Stresses Secretary-General, Opening Acceleration Day.
Stories & Blogs UNSep 17, 2023(Press Release )“You are all part of a great global effort to rescue the SDGs, and deliver the action that our planet and people around the world are counting on. But right now, we are losing the fight” Antonio Guterres.