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13 August 2025: The World Programme of Action for Youth (WPAY) was adopted in 1995 by the UN General Assembly, marking it the first action plan on policies and programmes designed to promote the…
8 August 2025: August 9th marked the annual International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples under the theme “Indigenous Peoples and AI: Defending Rights, Shaping Futures”. Ahead of the day, an…
12 June 2025 – Geneva: The Annual Forum of the Global Coalition for Social Justice took place on 12 June at the Palais des Nations in Geneva, Switzerland. Held alongside the 113th International…
10 July 2025: As outlined in the Draft Political Declaration (Rev.2), adverse impacts of climate change, biodiversity loss and environmental degradation are often exacerbated by inequality and are…
1 June 2025 – Geneva: In preparation for the Second World Summit for Social Development in Qatar, the UN Research Institute for Social Development (UNRISD) has launched a series of research and…
8 August 2025 – Awaza: The Third United Nations Conference on Landlocked Developing Countries (LLDC3) took place from 5 - 8 August in Awaza, Turkmenistan. The Conference convened under the theme “…
17 July 2025 – United Nations Headquarters, New York: As the international community approaches the final five years of the 2030 Agenda, the 2025 High-Level Political Forum (HLPF) Draft Ministerial…
June 2025: Developed by UNESCWA and the League of Arab States, the Arab Vision 2045 lays out a collective roadmap for a more stable, prosperous, and united Arab region. Grounded in shared values and…
June 2025: As the Second World Summit for Social Development approaches in November, UNESCWA published the “Strategic priorities for the Arab region ahead of the 2nd World Summit for Social…
28 July 2025 (ESCAP): A testimony to the region’s economic growth, almost three quarters of countries in Asia and the Pacific now claim middle-income status. Nevertheless, despite significant…
8-11 July 2025 – Geneva: The AI for Good Summit, held from 8-11 July hosted by ITU, brought together over 11,000 participants from 169 countries to explore how AI can drive real-world solutions to…
22 May 2025 (ESCAP): Inclusive businesses across sectors—from agriculture to finance—are innovating to meet the needs of underserved populations and have reached millions of people. These businesses…
13 June 2025: UNECE joined forces with 17 other UN entities during the 2nd UN Virtual Worlds Day to urge governments, civil society, academia, and the private sector to harness the transformative…
30 October 2024 – Doha: In a powerful conversation held at Qatar Foundation’s Education City Speaker Series last October, UN Deputy Secretary-General Amine J. Mohammed discussed the role of the…
19 June 2025: UNDP’s new flagship report, 'Development at Risk: Protecting Gains and Unleashing Opportunities Amid Crisis' is anchored in a simple but urgent proposition: complex, interconnected…
31 July 2025 – Geneva (ILO News): Amid what the UN Secretary-General has called a “global development emergency”, and with only 35 per cent of Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) targets on track,…