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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,…
28 July 2025 – Addis Ababa: The United Nations launched the Report of the Secretary-General for the Second Food Systems Summit Stocktake (UNFSS+4), that took place from July 27-29, 2025. The report…
17 Jul 2025: In preparation for the upcoming Social Summit in November, the United Nations Research Institute for Social Development (UNRISD) launched a global consultation process in July 2024, to…
25 July 2025: At this week’s UN DESA Global Policy Dialogue, development experts emphasized the urgent need to strengthen social protection systems, invest in young people and support economic…
17 March 2025 – The United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA), in collaboration with the United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-…
9 June 2025 – Geneva: At the 2025 International Labour Conference (ILC) in Geneva, global leaders and experts from the International Labour Organization (ILO) discussed what is at stake for the…
15 July 2025 – United Nations Headquarters, New York: As momentum builds toward the Second World Summit for Social Development (WSSD2), a high-level side event at the 2025 High-Level Political Forum…
As the global community prepares for the Second World Summit for Social Development, a timely side event held at the margins of the 2025 High-Level Political Forum brought together a diverse group of…
8 July 2025 – United Nations Headquarters, New York: The United Nations commemorated the 2025 International Day of Cooperatives with a high-level celebration at its New York Headquarters, recognizing…
International cooperation and sustained investment are critical for SDG success in the final five years: A decade after the adoption of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, the United Nations…
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Held on the margins of the Fourth International Conference…
As the international community prepares for the Second World Summit for Social Development this November in Doha, global attention is turning once again to a bold vision of human well-being first…
Economic insecurity, staggering levels of inequality, declining social trust and social fragmentation are destabilizing societies worldwide. The World Social Report 2025, reveals trends that are…
The Second World Summit for Social Development in 2025 represents a unique milestone for stakeholders to come together to jointly analyze the road travelled, analyze the present and make decisions…