The UN General Assembly: A 75-Year Journey Towards the Future We Want
The 75th anniversary of the United Nations takes place at a moment of reckoning for our shared planet and shared future. This is a time for action, ambition and partnership.
The Charter of the United Nations: Ideals for Shaping Our Reality
The Charter brings us together. It defines the United Nations as "a centre for harmonizing the actions of nations", where each member is treated as an equal across social, economic or political differences.
Reflections on the Charter of the United Nations on its 75th Anniversary
As we celebrate the 75th anniversary of the Charter of the United Nations, let us remind ourselves of the promise it embodies, to help the world become a more prosperous, just, equitable and peaceful place.
Progress Towards Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment: The UNDP Journey
As the largest development actor, UNDP holds a key responsibility to ensure progress towards gender equality and sustainable development.
Marking 75 Years of the Charter of the United Nations
At a time when the world is wrestling with the COVID-19 pandemic, rising geopolitical tensions and growing climate disruption, the Charter points the way to the solidarity we need today and across generations.
COVID-19: What You Should Know About Masks
The Republic of Korea was able to lower its infection rate without the kind of strict, cross-border restrictions and lockdowns that were imposed in other countries.
UN Technology to Cope with COVID and Beyond
Today and into the future, technology will be used by good and bad actors, and the United Nations should be ahead of the technology curve.
Innovation for a Sustainable Ocean amid the COVID-19 Pandemic: Impacts on Kenya’s Marine and Coastal Environment
With the emergence of the global COVID-19 pandemic, Kenya’s coastal and marine landscape has changed in ways that were unimaginable just a few months earlier.
Protecting Ocean Health Will Protect the Health of Humankind
We may not be able to gather to celebrate the ocean right now, but the global health crisis should sharpen our resolve to protect our blue planet.
Celebrating and Safeguarding Biodiversity to Prevent the Next Pandemic
Making our cities and rural areas more resilient and restoring degraded lands and forests will reduce our vulnerability to future zoonotic diseases and help mitigate climate change while maintaining our biodiversity, water supply and planetary health.