About 617 million children and adolescents worldwide are not achieving minimum proficiency levels in reading and mathematics, signalling “a learning crisis” that could threaten progress on global development goals, a report from the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) shows.
“The figures are staggering both in terms of the waste of human potential and […]
There is no period more critical in a child’s development than the first 1,000 days of life, and yet 32 countries – including Bangladesh and the United States – lack three basic national policies to support parents of babies and young children, says a new United Nations report issued today.
According to Early Moments Matter for Every […]
World leaders today pledged to tackle the education crisis that is holding back millions of children and threatening economic development, at a high-level event at United Nations Headquarters in New York aimed at securing finance for this critical goal.
“Financing education is indeed the best investment we can make for a better world and a better […]
Around 264 million children and adolescents are not in school and only 1 in 12 young people in low-income countries is on track to gain secondary level skills.
20 September 2017, UN Headquarters, New York
UN Secretary-General maps out plans for accelerating climate action by 2019 Climate Summit
Too few new antibiotics are under development to combat the growing threat of antimicrobial resistance, a United Nations report has found.
The report released today by the World Health Organization (WHO) says most of the drugs currently in the clinical pipeline are modifications of existing classes of antibiotics and are only short-term solutions.
“Antimicrobial resistance is a […]
Addressing the annual gathering of world leaders at the United Nations Headquarters, Secretary-General António Guterres today spotlighted several threats – including the nuclear peril, climate change, and ongoing conflicts – that must be overcome to create a better world for all.
“We are a world in pieces. We need to be a world at peace,” said Mr. Guterres as […]
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres today urged global support for France’s initiative to create the first international legally binding document on the environment, at an event held on the margins of the annual leaders’ summit of the General Assembly.
“It is about our duty of care to provide an environment that supports the health, well-being, dignity, and prosperity of everyone […]
Striving to raise up women’s pay across the world to equal men’s, a new global coalition – which includes the United Nations labour agency and Organization’s entity promotion of women’s rights – launched today on the eve of the General Assembly debate.
The Equal Pay International Coalition (EPIC) includes the UN International Labour Organization (ILO), UN […]
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