Addressing the Teacher Shortage—a Global Imperative
The mission of the United Nations High-Level Panel on the Teaching Profession is clear: ensure that every student benefits from a professionally trained, qualified and well-supported teacher.
Ambitious and Accelerated Climate Action: A Blueprint for Course Correction
The Climate Ambition Summit convened by the Secretary-General is a critical moment to prepare for a COP that delivers strong and concrete outcomes. We need to do more, faster.
South-South Cooperation Is Essential to Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals
It is our collective responsibility to build bridges and take urgent practical action to scale up South-South successes and lessons learned.
Creating Hope Through Action: Preventing Suicide in the Post-Pandemic Era
Much can be done to prevent suicide at the individual, community and national levels. In line with the triennial theme for World Suicide Prevention Day, we all have a role to play in “creating hope through action” to prevent suicide.
Unleashing Our Ability to Build a Better World: The Transformational Power of Education to Deliver on the Sustainable Development Goals
When a child attends school and benefits from a holistic, child-centred, quality education, he or she deploys a forceful power of resilience to learn, develop, achieve and build a better world.
Promoting Literacy for More Peaceful, Just and Sustainable Societies
In addition to being a key component of lifelong learning, literacy is, above all, a fundamental human right.
Making Freedom of Religion or Belief a Lived Reality: Threats and Opportunities
Direct violence against marginalized religious or belief communities often goes hand in hand with, and is facilitated by, legally mandated discrimination at the national level and/or unchecked and widespread prejudicial and discriminatory attitudes.
World Humanitarian Day: Honouring Our Commitments to the People We Serve, and to the Humanitarians Who Serve Them
Year after year, the humanitarian community has risen to the challenge. Humanitarian operations have expanded, and more and more humanitarians have rallied to the cause.
Chronicle Conversation with United Nations Under-Secretary-General Amandeep Gill, 20 July 2023
Under-Secretary-General Amandeep Gill, the Secretary-General's Envoy on Technology, discusses the state of artificial intelligence (AI), its potential use by the United Nations to address global problems, and the need for international AI governance.
Breastfeeding and Work: A Balancing Act
Women continue to face the challenge of balancing breastfeeding and work.
As Wildfires Increase, Integrated Strategies for Forests, Climate and Sustainability Are Ever More Urgent
Restoring our balance with nature is possible if we choose to invest significant political and financial capital in wildfire prevention, preparedness and recovery.
Despite Progress, More Needs to Be Done to Address the Crime of Trafficking in Persons
New and emerging issues continue to cause vulnerability to trafficking, to facilitate it, or to complicate responses to this problem.