UN DESA is leading milestone events aimed at advancing sustainable development for all. Many of them are lining up this month, bringing together the international community to focus on promoting a ...

Integrated solutions to the climate emergency and sustainable development crisis are being advanced by government leaders and civil society experts at the 6th Global Conference on Climate and SDG ...

At the United Nations, we represent diverse voices connected by a shared purpose: building a more inclusive, equitable and sustainable world. I’m glad to join LinkedIn as part of this community and ...

Football unites fans worldwide – but on Wednesday it matched the sport’s global reach with the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). In the lead-up to World Football Day, marked on 25 May.

22 March 2023 - With mounting pressures on water from rising consumption demands, increased pollution and climate change, world leaders, civil society, businesses, youth and other stakeholders are ...

How can governments and other key players urgently act on the climate crisis in a way that maximizes sustainable development and the achievement of the SDGs?

The election of the President of the General Assembly for the 80th session will be held on 2 June 2025 at 10 a.m. (local time in New York) in the General Assembly Hall, in line with Rule 30 of the ...

The agreement on the first-ever UN Strategic Plan for Forests was forged at a special session of the UN Forum on Forests held in January 2017 and provides an ambitious vision for global forests in ...

Sports have been instrumental in promoting peace globally and have played a pivotal role in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals. Football, as a prominent global sport, holds a unique position.

The word “genocide” was first coined by Polish lawyer Raphäel Lemkin in 1944 in his book Axis Rule in Occupied Europe. It consists of the Greek prefix genos, meaning race or tribe, and the ...

The Ad Hoc Working Group (AHWG) has made recommendations on macro-level issues, such as the coordination between the principal organs of the United Nations, and the relationship between the agenda ...

Living together in peace is all about accepting differences and having the ability to listen to, recognize, respect and appreciate others, as well as living in a peaceful and united way.