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17 April 2024 | Poverty Eradication
UN Secretary-General António Guterres celebrated the achievements and contributions of people of African descent from across the world, while addressing the forum via video message, but also acknowledged existing racial discrimination and…
17 April 2024 | Poverty Eradication
Today, the UNFPA State of World Population report highlights the progress that has been made in the 30 years since the International Conference on Population and Development — where world leaders defined a bold agenda to put people's sexual and…
12 April 2024 | Poverty Eradication
The world is facing a sustainable development crisis. The 2024 Financing for Sustainable Development Report: Financing for Development at a Crossroads finds that financing challenges are at the heart of the crisis and imperil the SDGs and climate…
12 April 2024 | Poverty Eradication
The UN Environment Programme’s Food Waste Index Report 2024 highlights that latest data from 2022 shows 1.05 billion tonnes of food went to waste.
Some 19 per cent of food available to consumers was lost overall at retail, food service, and…
03 April 2024 | Poverty Eradication
The 2024 ECOSOC Financing for Development (FfD) Forum will be held from 22 to 25 April 2024 in the Trusteeship Council, at UN Headquarters, New York. Civil society organizations and other stakeholders are key to inclusive, multi-stakeholder…
03 April 2024 | Poverty Eradication
Where We Are
SDG 4 – Quality Education – aims to ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and to promote lifelong opportunities for all.
Although some progress towards SDG4 has been made, the pace of change is slow and uneven, with…
22 March 2024 | Poverty Eradication
Creating a positive ripple effect
The theme of World Water Day 2024 is ‘Water for Peace’.
When we cooperate on water, we create a positive ripple effect – fostering harmony, generating prosperity and building resilience to shared challenges.
We…
11 March 2024 | Poverty Eradication
More women than men are living in poverty overall. Currently, more than 10 per cent of women globally are trapped in a cycle of extreme poverty, living on less than USD 2.15 a day. At the current rate of progress, as many as 342 million women (8 per…
08 March 2024 | Poverty Eradication
Displacement due to conflict is on the rise. In the Central African Republic, the government, UNOPS and the World Bank worked together to support communities impacted by conflict – read how in the third of a three-part series.
In the Central…
01 March 2024 | Poverty Eradication
4th International Conference on Small Island Developing States
Small Island Developing States (SIDS) are in the crossfires of multiple crises: climate change, the economic and social repercussions of COVID-19, and a crisis of debt. The pandemic…
01 March 2024 | Poverty Eradication
By Jean Quinn, Executive Director, UNANIMA International; Chair, NGO Committee for Social Development
When I came to the UN eight years ago, I was overwhelmed by the extent of the issues presented to me. However, I knew almost immediately that I…
28 February 2024 | Poverty Eradication
6th February 2024, CSocD62 Virtual Side Event organized by the International Movement ATD Fourth World.
United Nations Secretary General, Antonio Guterres, has stated, “Halfway to the deadline for the 2030 Agenda... we are leaving more than half…