17 Goals to Transform Our World
Countries have adopted a new sustainable development agenda and global agreement on climate change. Explore this site to find out more about the efforts of the UN and its partners to build a better world with no one left behind.
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UN Deputy: Least developed countries will miss 2021 targets without support
Unless progress speeds up considerably, the world's LDCs will miss the growth targets they have set themselves by the target date of 2021, UN Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson warned.
UN Secretary General’s climate resilience initiative set to mobilize and accelerate climate action for sustainable development
Partners of a new UN-led platform to mobilize and accelerate action on climate resilience agreed today to move ahead with plans that will help meet the needs of a growing global population that is being impacted by climate change.
Twitter, UN Global Pulse announce data partnership
Twitter and UN Global Pulse today announced a partnership that will provide the United Nations with access to Twitter’s data tools to support efforts to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals, which were adopted by world leaders last year.
More than $2B pledged for well-being of women, children, adolescents
The pledges, made by long-standing and new partners in the Every Woman Every Child movement, are part of new commitments in support of the the Global Strategy for Women’s, Children’s and Adolescents' Health.
Ban calls for efforts to secure equal rights for LGBT community
“I will always fight for the equality of the LGBT members of our human family,” the UN chief said.
World leaders, part of new High-Level Panel, call for action on water
The High Level Panel on Water, consisting of 11 sitting Heads of State and Government and one Special Adviser, on Wednesday issued a Call to Action for a fundamental shift in the way the world looks […]
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