The UN Chronicle speaks with elite runners Fernanda Maciel and Tina Muir about their passion for running and #TheHumanRace campaign to urge world leaders to honour their pledge to contribute $100 billion annually for climate action in developing countries.
Unsafe and Disrespectful Health Practices Continue to Harm the Most Vulnerable Women and Newborns
Helga Fogstad
Providing respectful care means meeting the needs of communities and individuals, and taking women’s views and preferences into full account.
Milica Kolaković-Bojović
The United Nations Response to Enforced Disappearance—No Victim Left Behind
The universality of ratification of the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance and continuous awareness-raising should be seen as the most powerful preconditions of an efficient fight against enforced disappearance.
Silke Albert
Survivors Can Play a Key Role in Combating Human Trafficking
It is high time that we take to heart the wisdom expressed in the theme of this year's World Day Against Trafficking in Persons and let “victims’ voices lead the way”.
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Ozark Henry
In the Fight to End Human Trafficking, Let Survivors Lead the Way
We must listen to survivors who managed to escape their abusers and successfully found their way back into society, as they can provide us with unique insights into this crime.
Natalia Kanem
In Times of Baby Boom or Bust, Reproductive Rights and Choices Are Still the Answer
The global population has been growing for hundreds of years at a rate that has dipped and recovered with booms and busts. To focus solely on inconstant waves pushed and pulled by forces that are often out of our control is to lose sight of the shore, of the human rights that are our solid ground.
Ann Penny and Sandra Harding
Celebrating the International Day of the Tropics—Towards a Better Global Future
Armed with appropriate training and investment, tropical countries will be able to leapfrog traditional development pathways towards a more sustainable future.
Chronicle Conversations
A Chronicle Conversation with Fernanda Maciel and Tina Muir, 10 August 2021
Youth Issues
The UN Chronicle interviews youth environmental activist Aditya Mukarji
Lyubov Ginzburg of the UN Chronicle interviews fifteen-year-old environmental activist Aditya Mukarji on the problem of plastic pollution and the first-ever United Nations Youth Climate Action Summit. 22 September 2019, New York
Legacy Showcase
Vol. LV Nos. 3 & 4 2018
New Technologies: Where To?
This issue focuses on new technologies and their potential benefits for humanity as well as their expanding use in advancing the 2030 Agenda. It explores the promise of our digital age, while posing important questions about where these technologies are leading us, and how their misuse could also lead to increased inequality and conflict.
Vol. LV No. 2 2018
2030 Agenda
This issue focuses on the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, a plan of action for people, planet and prosperity, which commits United Nations Member States to work towards a sustainable future for all. The articles, by Senior Officials of the United Nations system, examine the Organization’s lead role in advancing the 2030 Agenda, and in promoting peace, social equality and human rights.
Latest Reports
OUR COMMON AGENDA Report of the Secretary-General
Our Common Agenda is designed to strengthen and accelerate multilateral agreements – particularly the 2030 Agenda. It presents the Secretary-General's vision on the future of global cooperation through an inclusive, networked, and effective multilateralism.
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