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The Security Council adopts resolution 2712 (2023) calling for urgent humanitarian pauses and corridors throughout the Gaza Strip, 15 November 2023. UN Photo/Loey Felipe
Cheikh Niang

An Urgent Call for Justice and 探花精选: Marking the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People Amid Escalating Violence in Gaza

We call on everyone to transcend the anguish and horrors wrought upon civilians by the current conflict in Gaza and reaffirm our collective commitment to the Charter of the United Nations and to international law.

A crane holding a steel bar at a tea factory construction site in Kyamuhunga Town Council in Western Uganda by Baluku Brian/Wikimedia Commons.
Cristina Duarte

A Growing Middle Class and Continental Import Substitution: Connecting the Dots to Unlock 鈥淢ade in Africa鈥

The interplay between the burgeoning African middle class, intra-African trade and industrialization can be leveraged to boost Africa鈥檚 economic prosperity.

The increase in our technological capabilities should always be met with a proportional increase in our ethical responsibility.
Gabriela Ramos and 脡ric Fourneret

Philosophy's Essential Role in Shaping a Humanistic Future: The Case of Ethics in Technology and Mental Health

Technological advances in the mental health domain may modify our practices, and for this reason we are forced to exercise ethical caution.

Andrei Richter

Designed for Service: The Role of Television in Today鈥檚 Troubled World

World Television Day is not so much a celebration of the technology, but rather of the noble ideals that it can be used to support. 

A woman stands on collapsed structures in Mamboro fishing village, Central Sulawesi, Indonesia, following the 2018 earthquake and tsunami there. Photo: OCHA/Anthony Burke
Mari Sawai

Inequality, Tsunamis and the Climate Crisis: Achieving a Resilient Future for All

Disaster risk reduction, which lies at the nexus of development, humanitarian response and climate change, will strengthen resilience in each area, saving lives and ultimately advancing sustainable development.

An aerial view of a village in Kerala, India. Photo: Jeswin Thomas on Unsplash
Maimunah Mohd Sharif

It鈥檚 All about Cities: We Mustn鈥檛 Flip the Coin on Sustainable Investment

The world must invest in its urban future, and this will require innovative financing instruments and new, diversified funding sources.

Former UNESCO Archives intern Meghan Shields inventories films at UNESCO headquarters. Photo: UNESCO/Adam Cowling (2018)
Eng Sengsavang

A Disappearing World: The Fight to Save Our Audiovisual Heritage

The work of safeguarding audiovisual archives of UNESCO and the United Nations is critical to the survival of the heritage of both organizations, and to the legacy of their continued pursuits.

In Kenya, a pastoralist herds his goats through the Chalbi Desert. Pastoralists walk for two hours from the village in North Horr to the El Bes Oasis for water. 漏 FAO/Giulio Napolitano
Lifeng Li

Water Scarcity, the Climate Crisis and Global Food Security: A Call for Collaborative Action

Integrated natural resources management through the coordinated development and management of water, soils and land at all levels will maximize human well-being while safeguarding the integrity and sustainability of vital ecosystems.

The European Space Agency (ESA) Business Applications programme helps European industry in non-space sectors use space to enhance their products or services in a wide range of domains. ESA photo.
Aarti Holla-Maini

The United Nations in the Age of Space Entrepreneurship

The United Nations, through its Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA), is enhancing its long-standing cooperation with Member States and driving partnerships with the broader space sector to support sustainable development.

A teacher and student in a classroom in Senegal. Samuel Grumaiu, Education International
David Edwards

Addressing the Teacher Shortage鈥攁 Global Imperative

The mission of the United Nations High-Level Panel on the Teaching Profession is clear: ensure that every student benefits from a professionally trained, qualified and well-supported teacher.

Those who have contributed the least to the climate crisis are among the most vulnerable. Two children walk in a nearly dry riverbed, in Gombe, Nigeria, 18 January 2023. Macocobovi, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons
Simon Stiell

Ambitious and Accelerated Climate Action: A Blueprint for Course Correction

The Climate Ambition Summit convened by the Secretary-General is a critical moment to prepare for a COP that delivers strong and concrete outcomes. We need to do more, faster.

In Nicaragua, through South-South cooperation, the India-UN Fund is supporting inclusive education. 2023, UNOSSC
Dima Al-Khatib

South-South Cooperation Is Essential to Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals

It is our collective responsibility to build bridges and take urgent practical action to scale up South-South successes and lessons learned.

We all have a role to play in 鈥渃reating hope through action鈥 to prevent suicide. Photo: Lina Trochez on Unsplash
Piumee Bandara

Creating Hope Through Action: Preventing Suicide in the Post-Pandemic Era

Much can be done to prevent suicide at the individual, community and national levels. In line with the triennial theme for World Suicide Prevention Day, we all have a role to play in 鈥渃reating hope through action鈥 to prevent suicide. 

Students in a temporary learning space designated for displaced children 6 to 13 years of age in Kikumbe village in Tanganyika, DRC, on 26 October 2022. 漏 ECW/Justin Makangara
Yasmine Sherif

Unleashing Our Ability to Build a Better World: The Transformational Power of Education to Deliver on the Sustainable Development Goals

When a child attends school and benefits from a holistic, child-centred, quality education, he or she deploys a forceful power of resilience to learn, develop, achieve and build a better world.

A literacy class held in the backyard of the facilitator's home in Kabul, Afghanistan, 2007. Photo: Ulrike Hanemann
Ulrike Hanemann

Promoting Literacy for More 探花精选ful, Just and Sustainable Societies

In addition to being a key component of lifelong learning, literacy is, above all, a fundamental human right.