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Ensuring Indigenous Peoples’ rights in the age of AI
Artificial intelligence (AI) is reshaping our world at an unprecedented pace. For Indigenous Peoples, this technology can bring both significant challenges and promising opportunities.
UN Network on Ageing Newsletter #74
Catch up on intergovernmental milestones, side events, and fresh insights from the DESA Programme on Ageing in the latest edition of our newsletter.
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International Day of Cooperatives 2025 Spotlights Financial and Worker Co-ops at UN Headquarters in New York
The United Nations commemorated the 2025 International Day of Cooperatives with a high-level celebration at its New York Headquarters, recognizing the pivotal role of cooperatives in building more inclusive, democratic, and sustainable societies. Held during the International Year of Cooperatives 2025, the event convened global leaders under the theme: “Driving Inclusive and Sustainable Solutions For A Better World”.
Are Cooperatives Fit for Purpose?
VNR Lab at HLPF 2025, New York – 15 July 2025
4 things you should know about the latest data on SDG progress
This month, the world will come together at the High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF) to assess where we stand in our joint efforts to achieve the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Where are we advancing, and where are we falling behind? To guide this work, UN DESA’s Statistics Division is launching the latest Sustainable Development Goals Report 2025. Here are 4 things you need to know.
Reinforcing the 2030 Agenda and eradicating poverty in times of multiple crises
The High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF) 2025, the United Nations’ central platform for the follow-up and review of the 2030 Agenda and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), will take place from 14 to 23 July 2025 under the auspices of the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC).
Promoting decent work, reducing insecurity: towards a renewed consensus for social development
On Wednesday, 16 July 2025, policymakers and global experts will gather at United Nations Headquarters in New York for a high-level side event during the 2025 High-Level Political Forum (HLPF) on Sustainable Development. The event, titled "Promoting decent work, reducing insecurity: towards a renewed consensus for social development", will take place from 13:15 to 14:30 in Conference Room E.
Cooperatives: Building a better world through inclusion and sustainability
On 5 July, the United Nations celebrated the International Day of Cooperatives, honouring the unique contributions of cooperatives to inclusive and sustainable development. That year’s theme—Cooperatives: Driving Inclusive and Sustainable Solutions for a Better World—reflected the growing recognition of cooperative enterprises as essential actors in addressing global challenges.
After the big development pledges in Sevilla, UN says action starts now
It features over 130 concrete actions to support the renewed global financing framework that world leaders just adopted at the international conference.
From the First to the Second World Summit for Social Development: Reclaiming a Broad Vision of Social Progress
As the international community prepares for the Second World Summit for Social Development this November in Doha, global attention is turning once again to a bold vision of human well-being first championed in 1995. Thirty years after the historic Copenhagen Summit, Member States are being called upon to reclaim and revitalize the integrated, people-centred approach to development that placed dignity, inclusion, and equality at the heart of global policy.