‘We need all hands on deck!’ The world’s ‘to-do list’ is long and time is short, UN deputy chief tells Global Citizen Festival
“Let’s tell it like it is: Our world is in big trouble. And we are facing crisis after crisis: People
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Sustainable Development Goals
Least developed countries impacted by ‘range of interlinked crises’ – Assembly President
“Even before the pandemic, many least developed countries were off-track in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and had limited
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Influential young changemakers recognized by UN
Every two years, the Office of the Secretary-General’s Envoy on Youth picks out young change-makers who are at the forefront
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Rescuing the SDGs: General Assembly highlights ‘world’s to-do list’
The 2022 SDG Moment, which places an annual spotlight on the 17 Global Goals agreed by countries in December 2015,
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UN spotlights transformational potential of family farming for world food supply
The UNDFF runs through the end of 2028, and the Forum is being convened by the UN Food and Agriculture
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Financing education, imperative for ‘peaceful, prosperous, stable societies’ – UN chief
Secretary-General António Guterres, speaking alongside his Special Envoy for Global Education, Gordon Brown, drew attention to the critical issue of
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Brazilian artist’s mural ‘for the planet’ proves big draw for UN General Assembly
Spreading along the First Avenue entrance just above New York’s iconic 42nd Street, and rising above the national flags of
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Global UN forum showcases need, impact of South-South cooperation
At the opening of the Global South-South Development Expo 2022, Secretary-General António Guterres encouraged through a video message, collaboration among countries
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‘Solutions lie in solidarity’ UN chief says on South-South Cooperation Day
South-South cooperation is unity among people and countries of the developing world, known as the global South, which contributes to
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Social contract needed to lift Asia and Pacific region’s workforce out of poverty
“Our region spends less than half of the global average on social protection,” saidESCAP Executive Secretary Armida Salsiah Alisjahbana. “Almost
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