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| 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…
| Youth
Small island developing States are particularly vulnerable to climate change consequences, such as rising sea levels and heavy rains that cause flooding, increasing ocean temperatures that affect coral reefs and fishing and frequent hurricanes…
| Social Inclusion
The United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, the International Development Law Organization, and the Permanent Mission of Italy to the United Nations co-organized the “SDG 16 High-Level Conference 2024 – Peace, justice and…
| Ageing
The 14th session of the Open-Ended Working Group on Ageing (OEWG) from 20 to 22 and 24 May 2024 is an opportunity to ensure that older persons everywhere can age with security and dignity and participate fully in their societies as citizens with…
| Innovation & Technology
The challenges of Small Island Developing States (SIDS) are well-known: their relatively small size, undiversified economies, distance from large markets and trade routes, as well as extreme vulnerability to external shocks.
In the world of…
| Youth
Over 1000 young leaders from around the world gathered at United Nations headquarters from 16 to 18 April to participate in the 2024 Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) Youth Forum. More than 80 countries were represented at the event, with over 90…
| 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…
| 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…
| Youth
Life Project 4 Youth (L4PY) is a worldwide movement focused on a single goal: the social and professional inclusion of excluded young adults from extreme poverty.
At the heart of LP4Y lies a central observation: too many Youths are left behind,…
| Sport for Development and Peace
On April 4th, the United Nations Headquarters became a global stage for the celebration of the International Day of Sport, hosting a significant gathering in Conference Room 12 from 11:00 am to 1:00 pm. This event underscored the pivotal role of…
| 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…
| 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…