On the occasion of the International Day of Older Persons 2025, the United Nations Inter-Agency Group on Ageing (UN IAGA) is launching 24 common messages on population ageing, older persons and their human rights.

The United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues is deeply concerned about the treatment by Ecuador’s security forces of the public and peaceful demonstrations convened by the Confederation of Indigenous Nationalities of Ecuador (CONAIE) to protest the removal of the diesel subsidies and the rising cost of living. The Government’s state of emergency has restricted freedoms of association, assembly, and movement.

The explosive growth of AI tools around the world has yet to be matched by effective, internationally agreed rules on how this powerful technology is governed. A high-profile event at UN Headquarters on Thursday is designed to bring effective global AI governance a step closer to reality. 

Investment, optimism and anxiety: these are three of the big drivers of interest in artificial intelligence and its implications.

The UN General Assembly (UNGA) is the main policy-making organ of the Organization. Comprising all Member States, it provides a unique forum for multilateral discussion of the full spectrum of international issues covered by the Charter of the United Nations. Each of the 193 Member States of the United Nations has an equal vote.

Indigenous Peoples and other stakeholders are invited to contribute their views, comments and inputs on the Concept Papers of the Interactive Dialogues of the 2026 UN Water Conference through a second global online consultation.

Working closely with UN-Water, the Secretariat is preparing concept papers for each of the Interactive Dialogues of the 2026 UN Water Conference.

The eighteenth session of the Conference of States Parties (COSP18) to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) took place at United Nations Headquarters in New York from 10 to 12 June 2025. The session brought together representatives of 125 Member States, regional groups, civil society, national human rights institutions, and UN entities, reaffirming the Convention’s role as a cornerstone for inclusive and sustainable development.

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Building a Better World Together: Cooperative Contributions to the SDGs is a policy brief series developed in support of the 2025 UN International Year of Cooperatives to showcase how cooperatives drive progress across the Sustainable Development Goals. The policy brief on SDG 17, Partnerships for the Goals, highlights how cooperatives strengthen global cooperation by linking grassroots initiatives to national strategies and international frameworks.

The United Nations Secretary-General has issued a new report, Promoting Social Integration through Social Inclusion (A/80/155), highlighting the transformative role of social capital in advancing social progress and reducing multidimensional poverty.

The report stresses that poverty is not only economic but also relational — shaped by trust, participation, and social networks that expand or restrict opportunities. Building social capital can therefore help dismantle structural barriers, foster inclusion, and strengthen resilience.

Cooperatives have long stood at the intersection of economic empowerment and social solidarity. The Secretary-General’s latest report to the General Assembly, Cooperatives in Social Development (A/80/168), underscores their transformative role in advancing poverty eradication, decent work, and social integration—the very pillars of the Copenhagen Declaration on Social Development.

Young people are at the forefront of global transformation. With more than 1.2 billion youth worldwide, their energy, creativity, and activism are vital to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).