“Middle-income countries face a set of global challenges that require joint action”
11 May 2023 - Around the world, 107 nations rank as middle-income countries. They generate a per capita income from about $1,000 to more than $12,000 per year and together, they are home to three quarters of the world population.
Civil society plays crucial role to help realize the global goals
9 May 2023 - Ever since its inception in 1945, the United Nations has been actively engaged with non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and has recognized the importance of partnering with them to advance the organization’s ideals and help support its work.
5 things you should know about how forests benefit people and planet
5 May 2023 - This month, the sustainable management of the world’s forests will take centre stage at the United Nations Headquarters in New York...
Engage with UN DESA on LinkedIn
3 May 2023 - Last month, UN DESA joined millions of online users on LinkedIn, launching its presence on the platform. Home of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), this is the space where our audiences will be able to obtain the latest updates...
Stamping out corruption can give SDGs $3 trillion boost
2 May 2023 - Corruption and its staggering costs have hobbled sustainable development in all countries, but fresh efforts are making inroads...
Leveraging innovations to secure our shared future
2 May 2023 - The international community finds itself at the halfway mark of the global race towards achieving the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030. Yet, the goals are still far off track in many areas and UN Secretary-General António Guterres recently warned, “unless we act now, the 2030 Agenda will become an epitaph for a world that might have been.”
Mid-year update on the global economic situation foresees more uncertainty as policymakers are facing a complex economic context
1 May 2023 - As we enter May 2023, the global economic situation remains...
How standardizing geographical names can make an impact on sustainable development
1 May 2023 - Wherever we go in the world and whatever we do –whether we’re walking around town, using a ride-sharing app...
Forum closes with Hangzhou Declaration charting accelerated progress in the implementation of the Cape Town Global Action Plan for Sustainable Development Data
Hangzhou, 27 April 2023 – The fourth United Nations World Data Forum concluded with the official launch of the Hangzhou Declaration.
Investment in SDGs now will better prepare Latin America and the Caribbean for the future, experts say
Santiago, 28 April 2023 – At the UN Global Policy Dialogue held in Santiago, Chile, finance experts, economists...
World youth leaders gather at UN for ECOSOC Youth Forum to accelerate COVID-19 recovery and SDG Implementation
25 April 2023 - Returning in-person for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic...
India to overtake China as world’s most populous country in April 2023, United Nations projects
24 April 2023 - China will soon cede its long-held status as the world’s most populous country. By the end of this month, India’s population is expected to reach 1,425,775,850 people, matching and then surpassing the population of mainland China. This forecast is based on the latest United Nations estimates and projections of the global population.
Thousands to gather at UN Data Forum to find bold solutions for leveraging the power of data, central to achieving the SDGs
24 April 2023 - With most of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) still far...
United Nations Issues Call for Human, Health, and Environmental Safeguards at Annual Forum
17 April 2023 - The 22nd Session of the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII), the largest international annual...
Amid a global crisis of economic inequality, gathering at UN to call for bold measures to close finance divide
17 April 2023 - With more than 50 countries held hostage by debt distress or at the risk of debt distress — triggering a great finance divide — world leaders, senior government officials and high-level representatives...