5 things you should know about the future of work

The world of work is currently undergoing significant changes due to emerging technologies, globalization, and other factors. These changes have the potential to reshape job markets and livelihoods for billions of people. While they present exciting opportunities for enhanced productivity and innovation, they also pose challenges for workers and policymakers alike. To promote a future of decent work for everyone, here are five key things you should know:

Call for Inputs from Stakeholders for 2024 Secretary General’s report on Sport

The General Assembly resolution 77/27, titled "Sport as a means of promoting sustainable development," requests the Secretary-General to provide a report on how the resolution has been implemented during the seventy-ninth session of the Assembly. The report should specifically examine how sport helps achieve the goals of the 2030 Agenda,

General Assembly Adopts Annual Resolution “Rights Of Indigenous Peoples"

On 19 December 2023, the UN General Assembly adopted without a vote the resolution on “Rights of Indigenous Peoples” (document A/78/477), containing one draft resolution of the same name.


The resolution among other issues:


Urges Governments and the UN system, in cooperation with Indigenous Peoples, to continue implementing appropriate national measures to achieve the ends of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.

Ageing for All Ages: the 2023 Silver Economy Forum

UN DESA in collaboration with the Mission of Japan and the Global Coalition on Ageing, organized the 2023 Silver Economy Forum “Advancing the SDGs in the Decade of Healthy Ageing.” The event was held on 6 and 7 December 2023. The Forum aimed at providing an opportunity to critically discuss actionable programmes and policies that impact global healthy ageing, with the SDGs and the UN Decade of Healthy Ageing as the foundation for the ideas presented.

World Basketball Day, 21 December 2023

In the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, sport is recognized as an important enabler of sustainable development. Sports, the arts and physical activity have the power to change perceptions, prejudices and behaviours, as well as to inspire people, break down racial and political barriers, combat discrimination and defuse conflict.

Basketball impacts global spheres of commerce, peace and diplomacy, and creates a unique space of cooperation, physical movement and an interdependence that allows participants to see each other as human beings first and foremost.