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Poverty Eradication
28 June 2024 | Poverty Eradication
With just six years remaining, current progress falls far short of what is required to meet the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Without massive investment and scaled up action, the achievement of the SDGs — the blueprint for a more resilient…
24 June 2024 | Poverty Eradication
Every year in July, governments join businesses, civil society, thought leaders and influencers at the UN High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development to review progress and accelerate global efforts to deliver meaningful progress on the…
21 June 2024 | Poverty Eradication
What is Adaptive Social Protection?
Adaptive social protection is a critical tool to support national Governments in developing systems to help poor and vulnerable households and communities better cope and become more resilient to climate change…
21 June 2024 | Poverty Eradication
18 June 2024 - The public sector plays a crucial role in addressing societal challenges and fostering inclusive and sustainable development. As we face increasingly complex and inter-connected global challenges, public institutions must transform to…
18 June 2024 | Poverty Eradication
What is World Refugee Day?
World Refugee Day is an international day designated by the United Nations to honour refugees around the globe. It falls each year on 20 June and celebrates the strength and courage of people who have been forced to flee…
05 June 2024 | Poverty Eradication
Ecosystems are under attack everywhere in the world. The natural areas that are essential to human existence—from farms and lakes to woods and drylands—are drawing closer to their breaking point. Half of the world's population is directly impacted…
27 May 2024 | Poverty Eradication
Building small islands’ resilience to external threats and charting new pathways to sustainable prosperity front and centre at UN Conference
The fourth International Conference on Small Island Developing States (SIDS4) opened today in Antigua and…
07 May 2024 | Poverty Eradication
World Environment Day (WED) 2024 host, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the United Nations Environment Programme, (UNEP) have launched campaigns to combat desertification, restore land and build drought resilience ahead of global WED celebrations on…
07 May 2024 | Poverty Eradication
The Global Coalition for Social Justice is an initiative of the ILO Director-General Houngbo, and has been shaped and developed in close consultation with ILO tripartite constituents, and endorsed by the ILO Governing Body in November 2023. The…
07 May 2024 | Poverty Eradication
The United Nations Civil Society Conference is the premier event on the civil society calendar at the United Nations. The Conference offers civil society organizations an opportunity to put a global perspective on a specific issue and brings…
06 May 2024 | Poverty Eradication
Climate change exposes children to risk in different ways. Rising temperatures and other environmental changes can make diseases more dangerous, droughts more common and can significantly impact children’s growth and development.
Almost all the…
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…