Quantum mechanics has impressively completed our view of the world and made the atomistic cosmos accessible to us.
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Youth Issues
The UN Awake at Night Podcast
What does it take to be a United Nations worker in some of the world’s most difficult and dangerous locations?
How are UN humanitarians, human rights advocates, prosecutors, development experts, climate leaders and peacekeepers improving our world? Stationed in all reaches of the world and witness to suffering and atrocities, how are they helping people and coping themselves?
Legacy Showcase
Vol. XLVI No. 1 & 2 2009
We Must Disarm
This special double issue looks at the major issues surrounding disarmament, and includes essays on landmines; war-affected children; small arms; girls in war; and the future of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty.14
Vol. LV No. 1 2018
The Quest for Water
“The Quest for Water” focuses on ensuring availability and sustainable management of water for all. The articles explore important issues such as ecosystems in the global water cycle and the role of gender and social inclusion in achieving the water-related goals and targets. This issue of the digital magazine of the UN system “buoys” the launch of the International Decade for Action, “Water for Sustainable Development”, 2018-2028. ©Front cover by Bob Sherman Photography.
Latest Reports
Progress on the Sustainable Development Goals: The gender snapshot 2025
The “Gender snapshot 2025” sounds the alarm: if current trends continue, the world will reach 2030 with 351 million women and girls still living in extreme poverty, and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), particularly SDG 5—to achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls—missed. But the data also make clear that a different path is still possible.
Trade and development report 2025
This Trade and Development Report maps out the terrain where trade meets finance, identifies mechanisms through which financial conditions shape trade outcomes and proposes concrete measures to build resilience while preserving openness. The report puts a spotlight on that hidden architecture – and charts pathways to strengthen it for shared prosperity.
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