Older persons driving local and global action
1 October 2025 - The 35th United Nations International Day of Older Persons will be held on 1 October 2025 at United Nations Headquarters in New York putting a spotlight on the theme, “Older Persons Driving Local and Global Action: Our Aspirations, Our Well-Being, Our Rights.”
UN Forum showcases power of gender data to drive change for all
1 October 2025 - The 10th Global Forum on Gender Statistics opened today in Tbilisi, Georgia, under the theme “Driving Change with Gender Statistics: A Path to Equality”.
UNGA hosts first ever development finance summit to boost SDGs
24 September 2025 - The words inclusivity, resilience, reforms – and many more coloured in green and blue – provided a bold, digital backdrop from artist Marsha Dunn for the first ever Biennial Summit for a Sustainable, Inclusive and Resilient Global Economy.
UN’s Guterres to world leaders: Choose peace and cooperation over chaos
23 September 2025 - The UN Secretary-General opened the General Assembly high-level debate with a stark message: the world is awash with overlapping crises – from wars and humanitarian emergencies to climate breakdown – and leaders must decide now “what kind of world we choose to build together.”
Finance commitments under Energy Compacts reach $1.6 trillion with $284 billion already mobilized towards achieving global goals on clean energy
25 September 2025 - New commitments to boost renewable energy and increase access to electricity and clean cooking technologies by 2030 have brought the finance and investment pledged through the United Nations to US$ 1.6 trillion, with $284 billion already mobilized, according to the fourth edition of the Energy Compacts Annual Progress Report being released today.
Tackling climate and sustainable development crises together could cut costs by 40 per cent, new report shows
24 September 2025 - A report issued by a UN-convened expert group finds that tackling the climate and sustainable development crises together could unlock efficiencies at scale and reduce government spending needed to address these crises by nearly 40 per cent.
UN marks 80th anniversary of its founding
23 September 2025 - Music, memories and messages of peace filled the UN General Assembly Hall on Monday as the world body commemorated 80 years since its founding.
Voices of the world gather at the UN: What you need to know about UNGA80
19 September 2025 - World leaders are converging on United Nations Headquarters along the East River in Manhattan for what is shaping up to be one of the most consequential annual gatherings in recent memory.
Guterres pushes leaders to ‘turn the tide’ on global crises during high-stakes UNGA week
18 September 2025 - Secretary-General António Guterres has issued a stark call to world leaders on the eve of the United Nations...
UN must evolve to ‘stand strong’ for the next 80 years: General Assembly president
- As the United Nations marks 80 years of existence, it must adapt and evolve to be fit for future generations...
EnergyNow SDG7 Action Forum to drive progress on just energy transition
19 September 2025 - Energy experts, advocates and government delegates from around the world will gather on 24-25 September 2025 on the margins of the UN General Assembly High-Level Week for the EnergyNow SDG7 Action Forum, seeking innovative solutions to end energy poverty and advance a just energy transition. The annual event is convened by UN-Energy, the inter-agency coordination mechanism on energy within the UN system, for which UN DESA serves as secretariat.
A decade of change: How the SDGs are transforming the lives of millions worldwide
19 September 2025 - Amid the shimmering heat and sleek skyline of Manama, Bahrain, Eman Fareed methodically pinches off bits of dough and spaces the soon-to-be cookies evenly on a baking tray in her kitchen. A retired civil servant and a mother, she opened her own business. “I named my company ‘Brown Sugar’ because I am Brown and I like sugar,” Fareed says, laughing.
Gender equality: UN Women calls for political will and accelerated global action
15 September 2025 - More than 351 million women and girls could still be living in extreme poverty by the end of the decade if current trends persist.
Ahead of high-stakes General Assembly week, Guterres urges world leaders to ‘get serious – and deliver’
16 September 2025 - UN Secretary-General António Guterres has urged world leaders to “get serious – and deliver” as they begin arriving in New York for the high-level week of the 80th General Assembly.
Closing the gender digital divide could boost global GDP by $1.5 trillion and lift 30 million women from poverty
15 September - The newly released Gender Snapshot 2025 report by UN Women and the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA) shows that the world is at a crossroads. With investments, gender equality is within reach. Girls are now more likely to complete school than ever before, and maternal mortality declined by nearly 40 per cent between 2000 and 2023.