24 May 2024 | DESA
SIDS4: Charting the course toward resilient prosperity
24 May 2024 - The international community is joining together to support small islands in their bid for a better future. Opening on 27 May in Antigua and Barbuda...
20 May 2024 | DESA
Small islands ready for global spotlight and accelerated action at Antigua and Barbuda conference
20 May 2024 - Small Island Developing States (SIDS) face major challenges鈥攃limate change, geographic remoteness, a narrow export base鈥攖hat make them vulnerable to external economic, environmental, and social shocks. But they also have innovative solutions, dynamic populations, and people ready to act.
26 Apr 2024 | DESA
Peoples鈥 lives are improving, but greater efforts still needed to ensure no one is left behind
26 April 2024 - Human life expectancy has improved across many parts of the world, according to recent data. Great strides have also...
22 Sep 2023 | DESA
鈥楻eform or rupture鈥 says Guterres, calling for multilateralism to be remade for the 21st century
22 September 2023 - Secretary-General Ant贸nio Guterres on Tuesday warned the world is 鈥渂ecoming unhinged鈥 and underscored...
20 Sep 2023 | DESA
With trillions needed to achieve Sustainable Development Goals, world leaders gather to set out bold solutions to urgently scale up investments
20 September 2023 - Recognizing the urgency of delivering on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030, world leaders gathered at the UN High-level Dialogue on Financing for Development in New York today to present innovative and practical solutions to unlock better financing and tackle the great finance divide that has emerged between developed and developing countries.
20 Sep 2023 | DESA
Invest in SDGs 鈥榣ike never before鈥 implores UN chief
20 September 2023 - A 鈥渞escue plan鈥 for the Sustainable Development Goals () must now result in policies, budgets and investment to ensure a more just, equitable and green future by 2030, UN Secretary-General Ant贸nio Guterres said on Tuesday.
19 Sep 2023 | DESA
The SDG Stimulus 鈥 a High Impact Initiative to deliver financing at scale to rescue the SDGs
19 September 2023 - The global economy is facing multiple shocks that are reversing progress on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The pandemic, the fallout from the war in Ukraine, rising food and energy prices, and much tighter financial conditions leave many developing countries faced with impossible choices.
19 Sep 2023 | DESA
UN General Assembly adopts declaration to accelerate SDGs
19 September 2023 - Now is the time for a global plan to rescue the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) which are woefully off-track halfway towards their 2030 deadline, UN Secretary-General Ant贸nio Guterres said on Monday in New York.
18 Sep 2023 | DESA
Responding to cascading global crises, SDG Summit launches new phase of accelerated action on the Sustainable Development Goals
18 September 2023 鈥 Gathering at the SDG Summit on 18 to 19 September, world leaders agreed today to urgently step up their efforts to deliver the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), our global roadmap out of crises, by 2030.
18 Sep 2023 | DESA
鈥榃e all need to step up鈥 to rescue the SDG鈥檚 and fight for a better future: UN chief
16 September 2023 - UN Secretary-General Ant贸nio Guterres on Saturday rallied a diverse cross section of civil society actors to use their passionate voices and energetic grassroots networks to 鈥渉elp rescue the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and fight for the better future every person deserves.鈥
15 Sep 2023 | DESA
How geospatial information underpins efforts to achieve the global goals
15 September 2023 - We all recognise the need to change our current global course. Our hard-fought development progress is reversing under the combined impacts of climate-related disasters, economic uncertainties, and the lingering effects of the COVID-19 pandemic.
13 Sep 2023 | DESA
Governments must seek win-win synergies by tackling climate and sustainable development crises together
13 September 2023 - A groundbreaking report by a group of independent experts released today by the United Nations...
24 Mar 2023 | DESA
Historic UN conference marks watershed moment to tackle global water crisis and ensure water-secure future
24 March 2023 - The UN 2023 Water Conference in New York culminated today with a breakthrough response...
08 Mar 2023 | DESA
Youth and indigenous water experts to explore new solutions to the global water crisis
8 March 2023 - Ahead of the UN 2023 Water Conference, UN DESA is bringing together youth and indigenous peoples for a dialogue on 9 March...
06 Mar 2023 | DESA
鈥楾he time has come to do justice for the least developed countries,鈥 says UN chief Guterres
6 March 2023 - 鈥Countries with the least need support the most. And you need it now. You represent one in eight people on earth...