Resources
Latest reports of the UN Secretary-General on the State of South-South Cooperation
- State of South-South cooperation 2025 (A/80/256)
- State of South-South cooperation 2024 (A/79/230)
- State of South-South cooperation 2023 (A/78/290)
- State of South-South cooperation 2022 (A/77/297)
- State of South-South cooperation 2021 (A/76/403)
- State of South-South cooperation 2020 (A/75/371)
- State of South-South cooperation 2019 (A/74/336)
- State of South-South cooperation 2018 (A/73/321)
- Role of South-South cooperation and the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development: Challenges and opportunities 2018 (A/73/383)
- Trends and progress in international development cooperation 2018 (E/2018/55)
Additional reports listed in the UN Digital Library
More policy documents
Guiding documents
- Buenos Aires Plan of Action
- Nairobi Outcome Document of the United Nations High-level Conference on South-South Cooperation (2010)
- BAPA+40 Outcome Document, Report of the Second High-Level United Nations Conference On South-South Cooperation
- Framework of Operational Guidelines on United Nations Support to South-South Cooperation (2016)
Publications
- Global Report on South-South and Triangular Cooperation (June 25, 2025)
- Handbook on Integrating South-South and Triangular Cooperation in the Voluntary National Reviews (2023)
- South-South Ideas Series
- Good Practices in South-South and Triangular Cooperation in Least Developed Countries (2022)
- Good Practices in South-South and Triangular Cooperation for Sustainable Development – Vol. 4 (2022)
- FAO – South-South and triangular cooperation in agricultural development (2022)
- Good Practices in South-South and Triangular Cooperation: Delivering on the Sustainable Development Goal on Good Health and Well-being (2022)
- UNIDO – New South-South and triangular industrial cooperation impact stories
Related websites
- United Nations Office for South-South Cooperation (UNOSSC)
- Second High-level United Nations Conference on South-South Cooperation (BAPA+40)
- UNDP-South-South Cooperation
- FAO-South-South Cooperation
- FAO's South-South Cooperation Gateway
- UNICEF South-South Cooperation for children
- World Bank Group - International Finance Corporation
- ILO Contribution to South-South Cooperation
- BAPA+40 Website
- High-level Committee on South-South Cooperation, 21st Session
- Global South-South Development (GSSD) Expo
- South-South Galaxy
Other useful websites
- Development Cooperation Forum (ECOSOC)
- Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP)
- Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA)
- Economic Commission for Africa
- Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC)
- Office of the High Representative for the Least Developed Countries, Landlocked Developing Countries and Small Island Developing States (UN-OHRLLS)
- Office of the Special Advisor on Africa (OSAA)
- Partners in Population and Development (PPD)
The Global Report on South-South and Triangular Cooperation 2025: Bridging Horizons and Continents – Forging Transformative Pathways in South-South and Triangular Cooperation, by the United Nations Office for South-South Cooperation (UNOSSC), represents a significant milestone as the third edition in a series that has become an essential resource for understanding the evolving dynamics of cooperation among countries of the Global South.
The report moves beyond cataloguing practices to offer a strategic roadmap repositioning South-South and triangular cooperation as a core element of global development and multilateral renewal. It arrives at a juncture of profound global transitions.