Presenting the latest data and policy recommendations, UN and international experts have called on governments and stakeholders to urgently prioritize action for universal access to electricity and ...

A decade after the adoption of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, the United Nations released today the 10th edition of its annual progress report, The Sustainable Development Goals Report ...

Global life expectancy increased by an astonishing five years between 2000 and 2019. And then since the COVID-19 pandemic, it slid backwards by almost two. More than 110 million children have entered ...

The International Day of Reflection and Commemoration of the 1995 Genocide in Srebrenica calls for special observances and activities in memory and honour of the victims of the 1995 genocide in ...

As the deadline for the 2030 Agenda looms, ministers, experts, and civil society leaders from around the world will convene in New York next week for a high-level UN forum to fast-track action on the ...

The Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development concluded today in Sevilla, Spain, with 130 initiatives turning the Sevilla Commitment or Compromiso de Sevilla into action through ...

24 September 2024 Secretary-General's remarks at the Opening of the General Debate of the Seventy-ninth Session of the General Assembly [trilingual, as delivered, scroll down for all-English and ...

When we fund education, health, housing, decent work and social protection, we are building more productive, resilient, and secure economies and societies. These are the engines of productivity, ...

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The Secretary-General's Scientific Advisory Board and its associated global network of scientific institutions advise UN leaders on breakthroughs in science and technology – how to harness the ...

World Population Prospects 2024 is the twenty-eighth edition of the official United Nations population estimates and projections. It presents population estimates from the 1950s to the present for ...

The Secretary-General has today appointed an independent High-Level Expert Group to develop recommendations for measures that complement or go beyond Gross Domestic Product (GDP). The appointment ...