The United Nations at 70: Working as One to Deliver a Healthy Future for All

Good health cannot be achieved in a vacuum, however. If we are to truly create a healthier world, we must employ a health for all mentality and work across sectors to fully understand and respond to all social and environmental determinants of health

Towards a More Secure, Just and Humane Future

There is no doubt that today, much depends on leadership. If leaders acknowledge their responsibility and overcome long-standing disagreements, including subjective grievances, it will be possible to find a way out of the impasse. Thirty years ago, we managed to do so under much more difficult circumstances, when the political stand-off seemed insuperable and the stockpiles of nuclear weapons were much larger than now. Today, we must not panic, nor cave in to pessimism. Figuratively speaking, it is possible to clear the skies over the United Nations Headquarters and create conditions for the global Organization to fulfil its mission.

Tender Care for Leprosy Patients

FIFA and the United Nations Educating the Most Underprivileged Through Sport

Academia and Aid Effectiveness in Global Health

What is the role of academia in promoting or hindering aid effectiveness? Thisarticle aims to address the crucial role played by academia in the past two decades especially after the Paris,Ghana and Busan high-level meetings on aid effectiveness.

The Role of the United Nations Ethics Office:The Ethics of International Civil Service in the Light of the Foundation and Mission of the United Nations

So what does the birth of the United Nations signify?How is the birth of the United Nations itself an ethical matter?To answer that question we must turn to the actual language of the United Nations itself and how it envisions its own ethical framework.

Is Democracy a Pre-Condition in Economic Growth? A Perspective from the Rise of Modern China

In recent years, many developing countries in Asia recorded high economic growth and have become global economic engines. China is no exception and has become the new powerhouse in global economic development during the pre- and post-global subprime financial crisis and eurozone debt crisis.

Goal 16—Ensuring Peace in the Post-2015 Framework: Adoption, Implementation and Monitoring

The global debate on what development framework will replace the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) is nearing its conclusion. After two years of discussions, the post-2015 development agenda is currently being negotiated at the United Nations Headquarters and will be formally adopted at a high-level summit in September 2015.

Goal 7—Ensure Access to Affordable, Reliable, Sustainable and Modern Energy for All

The four dimensions of SDG 7 are affordability, reliability, sustainability and modernity. These different dimensions are not mutually exclusive. They overlap, and in some cases even entail each other.

Goal 12—Ensuring Sustainable Consumption and Production Patterns: An Essential Requirement for Sustainable Development

Goal 12 of the sustainable development goals (SDGs) proposed by the Open Working Group (OWG) of the General Assembly of the United Nations is aiming at ensuring sustainable consumption and production (SCP) patterns. Why is this an imperative for sustainable development?

Goal 3—The SDGs and a Healthier 2030

Health is fundamental to human development. All people, regardless of social status, consistently rank good health as a top priority, and healthy people are critical to sustaining societies. It is therefore not surprising that four of the eight Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) directly relate to health.

Goal 17—Enabling a Sustainable Future through the Joint Action of Countries and Communities: A Revitalized Global Partnership for Sustainable Development

The Secretary-General has said that 2015 will provide a much needed opportunity to integrate the broader United Nations agenda, with its inextricably linked and mutually interdependent peace and security, development and human rights objectives. Equally important is the willingness to look at the universality of efforts, embracing actions in both rich and poor countries.

Goal 8—Parsing Goal 8 on Decent Work for All

Goal 8 seeks to promote sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment and decent work for all. With unemployment set to increase over the next five years—over 212 million more people are likely to be out of a job by 2019 and many more trapped in vulnerable and precarious jobs—this goal reflects the concerns of Governments and people all over the world.

Goal 13—Taking Urgent Action to Combat Climate Change—SDGs and the Paris Climate Agreement

Today more people are employed in the renewable energy industry globally than in the oil and gas sectors. In fact, worldwide, an estimated 5.7 million people were employed directly or indirectly in the global renewable energy industry in 2012—a figure that could triple by 2030. Investing in forests or smart agriculture, including organic farming, can also improve environmental sustainability, combat climate change, generate jobs and deliver further support for the SDGs.

Goal 4—Education in the Post-2015 Sustainable Development Agenda

As the intergovernmental process moves forward at the United Nations in New York and in anticipation of the adoption of the post-2015 development agenda at the Special Summit in September 2015, the international education community is preparing the groundwork to support the operationalization of the future education agenda at the country level.