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PRESS RELEASE: The annual progress report on the Sustainable Development Goals — the SDG Report 2025 Launched

PRESS RELEASE: The annual progress report on the Sustainable Development Goals — the SDG Report 2025 Launched

A decade after the adoption of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, the United Nations released today the 10th edition of its annual progress report, The Sustainable Development Goals Report 2025.The report provides a stark assessment and a strong call for action.

Full and Fair Financing for Africa’s Future

Full and Fair Financing for Africa’s Future

As world leaders gathered in Sevilla for the Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development (FfD4), they faced a hard truth: the global financial system is not just failing to deliver for the countries most in need—it is reinforcing inequality.

 

 

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 © UNDP/Abed Zagout Civilians in Gaza have been displaced multiple times and forced to find shelter in areas with little public or sanitation services.

UN chief ‘appalled’ by worsening Gaza crisis as civilians face displacement, aid blockades

The UN Secretary-General is “appalled” by the deepening humanitarian crisis in Gaza, as civilians face yet another wave of mass displacement with few safe places to go.

 

UN Photo/Mariscal.The 4th International Conference on Financing for Development came to a close with a call to action on 3 July

With sustainable development under threat, Sevilla summit rekindles hope and unity

The landmark Financing for Development conference in Sevilla has concluded with a renewed sense of resolve and a focus on action that can change lives worldwide, according to UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed.

 

© UNRWA/Louise Wateridge Palestinians shelter in an UNRWA school in central Gaza.

Gaza: Search for food puts lives on the line

The worsening humanitarian crisis in the Gaza Strip has reached “unprecedented levels of despair,” the UN said on Monday, amid more reports of people being killed and injured near newly-established distribution sites.

 

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The 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) set a new universal standard for development which aims to ensure that no one is left behind.

 

 

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