UN DESA Policy briefs offer recommendations for avoiding debt crisis and using digital government tools to help confront COVID-19
Commodity-dependent developing countries face risk of economic crisis even [...]
60 International Agencies Urge Rapid, Coordinated Response as Pandemic Threatens to Destabilize Poor Countries’ Finances
NEW YORK, 9 April 2020 – Governments must take [...]
The COP26 UN climate change conference set to take place in Glasgow in November has been postponed due to COVID-19. Dates for a rescheduled conference in 2021, hosted in Glasgow by the UK in partnership with Italy, will be set out in due course following further discussion with parties.
New WHO recommendations to prevent tuberculosis aim to save millions of lives
New World Health Organization (WHO) guidance will help countries [...]
PRESS RELEASE: UNECE launches Dashboard to track regional progress on SDGs
The Sustainable Development Goals’ globally-agreed framework of 232 indicators [...]
Amid worsening climate crisis, UN Secretary-General sets out top ten climate action priorities for 2020, vows to stay on frontlines
Report on 2019 Climate Action Summit cites need for [...]
The High-Level Segment of the UN Climate Change Conference COP25 (to 13 December) kicked off today, with urgent reminders that the international community is running out of time to effectively tackle the climate crisis and must change course and step up ambition in order to prevent the worst climate impacts.
COP25 Kicks Off with Calls to Make Serious Progress on Climate Action
2 December 2019 ?- The UN Climate Change Conference [...]
Internet Governance Forum: We must act now to tackle the threats of cyberspace
Global efforts need to be stepped up to address an increase in cross-border cyberattacks, hate speech and security breaches, according to the more than 6,000 delegates that took part in the Internet Governance Forum (IGF) that concluded today in Berlin.
In the face of increasing digital divides and cyberattacks, UN Chief calls for transforming the Internet as a powerful force for good
Calling for collective responsibility to face the challenges of nefarious use of digital technology, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres told ?the fourteenth Internet Governance Forum in Berlin, Germany, that the growing frequency and severity of cyber-attacks are undermining trust and encouraging States to adopt offensive postures for the hostile use of cyberspace.
30 Business Titans Join UN Push to Scale Up Private Sector Investment for Sustainable Development
PRESS RELEASE? António Guterres calls on key business leaders to [...]
Governments commit to shared climate action through Least Developed Countries Fund
$160 million pledged for GEF-managed fund that helps poorest countries [...]
Small island developing States, on the front lines of climate and economic shocks, need greater international assistance
More durable partnerships between island nations and wealthier countries can [...]
To address worsening climate crisis and scant progress on sustainable development, UN looks to countries and private sector to mobilize resources
New York, 26 September – Facing the increasing impacts of [...]
UN Summit on Sustainable Development Goals kickstarts ambitious action to deliver for people and the planet
PRESS RELEASE States, businesses and civil society gear [...]
United Nations and Sanrio Launch Strategic Collaboration to Promote the Sustainable Development Goals
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YsS8v2O7kTU&feature=youtu.be NEW YORK, 24 SEPTEMBER 2019—The United [...]
Summit delivers major step up in national ambition and private sector action on pathway to key 2020 climate deadline
As recognition mounts that time is running out, youth leaders [...]
WHO welcomes landmark UN declaration on universal health coverage ?
New York, 23 September —?Today world leaders adopted a high-level [...]
In the face of worsening climate crisis, UN Summit delivers new pathways and practical actions to shift global response into higher gear
Summit convened by UN Secretary-General demonstrates surge of engagement to [...]
Landmark United in Science report informs Climate Action Summit
Science highlights key facts and figures about growing gap between [...]