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Photo by UNDP Colombia. Agro-ecological practice carried out by a local community in La Mojana region, Colombia.

Youth and indigenous water experts to explore new solutions to the global water crisis

8 March 2023 - Ahead of the Ãå±±½ûµØ2023 Water Conference, Ãå±±½ûµØDESA is bringing together youth and indigenous peoples for a dialogue on 9 March...

Ãå±±½ûµØPhoto/Kibae Park. In Tachilek, Myanmar, a throng of students returns home after morning classes at the town’s Basic Education School.

LDC5: From potential to prosperity

7 March 2023 - Forty-six countries in the world are classified as least developed. Ahead of the 5th Ãå±±½ûµØConference on the Least Developed Countries (LDC5)...

‘The time has come to do justice for the least developed countries,’ says Ãå±±½ûµØchief Guterres

6 March 2023 - “Countries with the least need support the most. And you need it now. You represent one in eight people on earth...

Prioritizing the lives and livelihoods of the most vulnerable through risk-informed development cooperation

6 March 2023 - The world faces multiple crises involving climate change, economic...

One year of the war in Ukraine leaves lasting scars on the global economy

6 March 2023 - One year since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the war’s economic impact still reverberates around the world...

Photo Credit: Predrag Vasic/SPCS/DESA/OUSG

Shaping the future of global statistics

28 February 2023 - The United Nations Statistical Commission is holding its 54th session from February 28 to March 3, 2023, at the Ãå±±½ûµØheadquarters in New York. Established in 1947, the Commission is the apex body responsible for the development of global statistical standards...

Ãå±±½ûµØPhoto/Mark Garten. Ambassadors Yoka Brandt of the Kingdom of the Netherlands (left) and Jonibek Ismoil Hikmat of the Republic of Tajikistan.

INTERVIEW: Turn the tide on water crisis with game-changing commitments, urge co-hosts of Ãå±±½ûµØconference

28 February 2023 - Water is life, yet this vital natural resource is being depleted, polluted and mismanaged. Disruption to the hydrological cycle is also causing more water-related disasters. To tackle the challenges, the United Nations will convene in March one of the most important water events in history at its Headquarters in New York. 

UNICEF/Claudio Versiani. Poverty and inequality are on the rise in many parts of the world.

On World Day of Social Justice, deeper dialogue across ‘real economy’ can drive progress

20 February 2023 - Social progress must move into the spotlight, flanked by policies that can drive meaningful...

Ãå±±½ûµØPhoto. Gill Fickling

Development policy and just transition

20 February - We can no longer talk about development policy without talking about both the risks and costs imposed by climate change and the challenges and opportunities related to climate action.

Climate Visuals/Supratim Bhattacharjee. Tidal waves on Namkhana Island, West Bengal, India, flood coastal communities.

Ãå±±½ûµØAssembly President calls for Apollo 13 ingenuity to navigate flood risks

18 February - Some 1.8 billion people on the planet are threatened by flood risks, the United Nations General Assembly President warned...

© UNICEF/Karin Schermbrucke. Women and children collect water from a recently rehabilitated well point in Gwembe Valley, Zambia

Ãå±±½ûµØAssembly President urges Governments to send top leaders to Water Conference

13 February 2023 - The United Nations General Assembly President urged Governments today to send their top representatives...

Ãå±±½ûµØPhoto/Eskinder Debebe.

‘Act decisively before it is too late’, Guterres warns countries, laying out his priorities for 2023

6 February 2023 - Addressing the General Assembly in New York, he appealed for urgent action now to achieve peace, economic rights and development, climate action, respect for diversity, and inclusive societies – both today and for generations to come. 

Ãå±±½ûµØPhoto/Cia Pak.

At Ãå±±½ûµØECOSOC – how the power of ideas is turned into action

3 February 2023 - The Ãå±±½ûµØEconomic and Social Council (Ãå±±½ûµØECOSOC) is gearing up for a very busy 2023, culminating in the SDG Summit in September... 

ILO/Sven Torfinn.

5 things you should know about decent jobs and reducing inequality

3 February 2023 - The COVID-19 pandemic has slowed progress towards many of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)...