16 Oct 2023 | DESA
Ending poverty and ensuring dignity for all
16 October 2023 – Every year on 17 October, the world marks the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty, also known as End Poverty Day. This year the day’s theme puts a spotlight on decent work and social protection, putting dignity in practice for all.
13 Oct 2023 | DESA
With concerted, ambitious action, we can reduce poverty drastically by 2030
13 October 2023 – Around the world, some 670 million people live in extreme poverty. Unless progress picks up pace, the international community is nowhere near ending this plight before 2030.
12 Oct 2023 | DESA
UN calls for urgent action to enable opportunities, mitigate risks for information and digital technology
12 October 2023 – Recognizing both the opportunities and risks offered by rapid...
10 Oct 2023 | DESA
UN calls for closing internet connectivity and digital governance gap
9 October 2023 - Against a backdrop of growing geopolitical tensions, proliferating crises and widening inequalities, the challenges facing the global...
09 Oct 2023 | DESA
Leveraging benefits of rapid advances in artificial intelligence and digitalisation underpins UN Forum on Internet Governance
9 October 2023 - Against a backdrop of growing geopolitical tensions, proliferating crises and widening inequalities...
05 Oct 2023 | DESA
8 topics that will bring us closer to the Internet we want
5 October 2023 - Surfing the Internet for work, school or to get the latest news. Today, more and more people have access to the world wide web. How can we further improve connectivity and create...
04 Oct 2023 | DESA
Empowering SDG actions with new tools for tracking SDG progress
4 October 2023 - During the SDG Summit, the UN DESA’s Statistics Division, partnering with Google.org, launched the UN Data Commons for the SDGs.
02 Oct 2023 | DESA
Fulfilling the promises of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights across generations
2 October 2023 - This year marks the 75th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which was the first document to outline...
29 Sep 2023 | DESA
‘We know the solutions’: Youth offer UN tips for better world
29 September 2023 - The UN General Assembly (UNGA) wrapped up its high-level week, world leaders flew home, and the security barricades...
22 Sep 2023 | DESA
“Business as usual is no longer a viable option”
22 September 2023 - “We need to accelerate the implementation [of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)] with a sense of urgency,” said UN DESA’s Under-Secretary-General Li Junhua...
22 Sep 2023 | DESA
‘Reform or rupture’ says Guterres, calling for multilateralism to be remade for the 21st century
22 September 2023 - Secretary-General António Guterres on Tuesday warned the world is “becoming unhinged” and underscored...
22 Sep 2023 | DESA
UN sets out bold solutions to rescue SDG finance
20 September 2023 - Taking urgent steps to deliver on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030, world leaders launched a high level dialogue on Financing for Development on Wednesday.
20 Sep 2023 | DESA
With trillions needed to achieve Sustainable Development Goals, world leaders gather to set out bold solutions to urgently scale up investments
20 September 2023 - Recognizing the urgency of delivering on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030, world leaders gathered at the UN High-level Dialogue on Financing for Development in New York today to present innovative and practical solutions to unlock better financing and tackle the great finance divide that has emerged between developed and developing countries.
20 Sep 2023 | DESA
Invest in SDGs ‘like never before’ implores UN chief
20 September 2023 - A “rescue plan” for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) must now result in policies, budgets and investment to ensure a more just, equitable and green future by 2030, UN Secretary-General António Guterres said on Tuesday.
19 Sep 2023 | DESA
The SDG Stimulus – a High Impact Initiative to deliver financing at scale to rescue the SDGs
19 September 2023 - The global economy is facing multiple shocks that are reversing progress on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The pandemic, the fallout from the war in Ukraine, rising food and energy prices, and much tighter financial conditions leave many developing countries faced with impossible choices.