{"id":98,"date":"2015-01-07T02:09:22","date_gmt":"2015-01-07T02:09:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/sustainabledevelopment\/?page_id=98"},"modified":"2018-04-22T11:45:41","modified_gmt":"2018-04-22T15:45:41","slug":"press-releases","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/sustainabledevelopment\/news\/press-releases\/","title":{"rendered":"Press releases"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 hundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-overflow:visible;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-one-full fusion-column-first fusion-column-last fusion-column-no-min-height\" 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Release | UN Forum concludes with renewed commitment to accelerate action on the Sustainable Development Goals<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/sustainabledevelopment\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/55389981047_d7fea78268_6k.jpg\" data-options=\"\" data-id=\"118235\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"55389981047_d7fea78268_6k\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/sustainabledevelopment\/blog\/2026\/07\/closing-press-release-hlpf-2026\/\" aria-label=\"Press Release | UN Forum concludes with renewed commitment to accelerate action on the Sustainable Development Goals\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/sustainabledevelopment\/blog\/2026\/07\/closing-press-release-hlpf-2026\/\">Press Release | UN Forum concludes with renewed commitment to accelerate action on the Sustainable Development Goals<\/a><\/h2><p class=\"fusion-single-line-meta\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/sustainabledevelopment\/blog\/author\/isabel-gontijohamdanun-org\/\" title=\"Posts by Isabel Gontijo Hamdan\" rel=\"author\">Isabel Gontijo Hamdan<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2026-07-16T10:42:20-04:00<\/span><span>16 Jul 2026<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/p><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>PRESS RELEASE UN Forum concludes with renewed commitment to accelerate action on the Sustainable Development Goals \u00a0 NEW YORK, 15 July 2026\u2013The High-level Political Forum on Sustainable\u00a0Development (HLPF)\u00a0concluded this week with the adoption of a [...]<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/sustainabledevelopment\/blog\/2026\/07\/closing-press-release-hlpf-2026\/\" aria-label=\"More on Press Release | UN Forum concludes with renewed commitment to accelerate action on the Sustainable Development Goals\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-118216\" class=\"fusion-post-medium-alternate post-118216 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-press-material\">\n<div class=\"fusion-date-and-formats\"><div class=\"fusion-date-box updated\"><span class=\"fusion-date\">15<\/span><span class=\"fusion-month-year\">07, 2026<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-format-box\"><i class=\"awb-icon-pen\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/div><\/div>\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/sustainabledevelopment\/blog\/2026\/07\/press-release-new-sdg-advocates-announcement-pmspain\/\">Press Release | UN Secretary-General Ant\u00f3nio Guterres announces Prime Minister of Spain as new Co-Chair of SDG Advocates group<\/a><\/h2><p class=\"fusion-single-line-meta\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/sustainabledevelopment\/blog\/author\/isabel-gontijohamdanun-org\/\" title=\"Posts by Isabel Gontijo Hamdan\" rel=\"author\">Isabel Gontijo Hamdan<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2026-07-16T09:50:57-04:00<\/span><span>15 Jul 2026<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/p><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>PRESS RELEASE UN Secretary-General Ant\u00f3nio Guterres announces Prime Minister of Spain as new Co-Chair of SDG Advocates group NEW YORK, 15 July 2026\u2013Amidst the growing number of development crises facing the world, United Nations Secretary-General [...]<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/sustainabledevelopment\/blog\/2026\/07\/press-release-new-sdg-advocates-announcement-pmspain\/\" aria-label=\"More on Press Release | UN Secretary-General Ant\u00f3nio Guterres announces Prime Minister of Spain as new Co-Chair of SDG Advocates group\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-118184\" class=\"fusion-post-medium-alternate post-118184 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-press-material\">\n<div class=\"fusion-date-and-formats\"><div class=\"fusion-date-box updated\"><span class=\"fusion-date\">7<\/span><span class=\"fusion-month-year\">07, 2026<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-format-box\"><i class=\"awb-icon-pen\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/div><\/div>\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/sustainabledevelopment\/blog\/2026\/07\/press-release-sdgs-report-2026\/\">Press Release | For over a decade, the SDGs have delivered results \u2013 now the world must urgently scale up what works, UN report finds<\/a><\/h2><p class=\"fusion-single-line-meta\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/sustainabledevelopment\/blog\/author\/isabel-gontijohamdanun-org\/\" title=\"Posts by Isabel Gontijo Hamdan\" rel=\"author\">Isabel Gontijo Hamdan<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2026-07-06T10:38:19-04:00<\/span><span>07 Jul 2026<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/p><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>PRESS RELEASE For over a decade, the Sustainable Development Goals have delivered results \u2014 now the world must urgently scale up what works, UN report finds \u00a0With fewer than five years to 2030, a decisive [...]<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/sustainabledevelopment\/blog\/2026\/07\/press-release-sdgs-report-2026\/\" aria-label=\"More on Press Release | For over a decade, the SDGs have delivered results \u2013 now the world must urgently scale up what works, UN report finds\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-118165\" class=\"fusion-post-medium-alternate post-118165 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-press-material\">\n<div class=\"fusion-date-and-formats\"><div class=\"fusion-date-box updated\"><span class=\"fusion-date\">2<\/span><span class=\"fusion-month-year\">07, 2026<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-format-box\"><i class=\"awb-icon-pen\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/div><\/div>\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/sustainabledevelopment\/blog\/2026\/07\/media-advisory-hlpf-072026\/\">Media Advisory | HLPF 2026<\/a><\/h2><p class=\"fusion-single-line-meta\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/sustainabledevelopment\/blog\/author\/isabel-gontijohamdanun-org\/\" title=\"Posts by Isabel Gontijo Hamdan\" rel=\"author\">Isabel Gontijo Hamdan<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2026-07-02T11:18:22-04:00<\/span><span>02 Jul 2026<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/p><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p> Media Advisory UN Forum to accelerate action towards the Sustainable Development Goals WHAT: As the world steps up efforts to deliver on the 2030 Agenda, countries and communities are gathering at the 2026 High-level [...]<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/sustainabledevelopment\/blog\/2026\/07\/media-advisory-hlpf-072026\/\" aria-label=\"More on Media Advisory | HLPF 2026\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-118155\" class=\"fusion-post-medium-alternate post-118155 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-press-material\">\n<div class=\"fusion-date-and-formats\"><div class=\"fusion-date-box updated\"><span class=\"fusion-date\">1<\/span><span class=\"fusion-month-year\">07, 2026<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-format-box\"><i class=\"awb-icon-pen\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/div><\/div>\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/sustainabledevelopment\/blog\/2026\/07\/media-advisory-report-launch-the-sustainable-development-goals-report-2026\/\">Media Advisory | Report launch: The Sustainable Development Goals Report 2026<\/a><\/h2><p class=\"fusion-single-line-meta\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/sustainabledevelopment\/blog\/author\/yinuo-chenun-org\/\" title=\"Posts by Yinuo\" rel=\"author\">Yinuo<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2026-06-30T17:06:59-04:00<\/span><span>01 Jul 2026<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/p><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>Report launch: The Sustainable Development Goals Report 2026 Live on\u00a0WebTV\u00a0 The report is under embargo until 7 July 2026, 12:45 pm EDT With less than five years remaining to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), [...]<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/sustainabledevelopment\/blog\/2026\/07\/media-advisory-report-launch-the-sustainable-development-goals-report-2026\/\" aria-label=\"More on Media Advisory | Report launch: The Sustainable Development Goals Report 2026\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-118149\" class=\"fusion-post-medium-alternate post-118149 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-press-material\">\n<div class=\"fusion-date-and-formats\"><div class=\"fusion-date-box updated\"><span class=\"fusion-date\">30<\/span><span class=\"fusion-month-year\">06, 2026<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-format-box\"><i class=\"awb-icon-pen\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/div><\/div>\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/sustainabledevelopment\/blog\/2026\/06\/media-advisory-four-years-after-major-summit-unesco-convenes-global-leaders-to-tackle-the-education-financing-crisis\/\">Media Advisory | Four years after major summit, UNESCO convenes global leaders to tackle the education financing crisis<\/a><\/h2><p class=\"fusion-single-line-meta\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/sustainabledevelopment\/blog\/author\/yinuo-chenun-org\/\" title=\"Posts by Yinuo\" rel=\"author\">Yinuo<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2026-06-30T17:01:51-04:00<\/span><span>30 Jun 2026<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/p><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>PRESS INVITATION Four years after major summit, UNESCO convenes global leaders to tackle the education financing crisis Four years after the landmark Transforming Education Summit convened by the UN Secretary-General, UNESCO will bring together education [...]<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" 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