Secretary-General’s Annual Memorial Service
This year’s Annual Memorial Service will be held on Thursday, 6 June 2024 to honour United Nations personnel who lost their lives in the line of duty in 2023.
A pioneer in the study of chimpanzees and a vocal environmental activist, Jane Goodall became a UN Messenger of Peace in 2002.
Present in almost all the world’s ecosystems, insects are essential food sources for migratory birds on their long journeys. Migratory birds often time their migrations to align with insect abundance.
UN Peacekeeping’s 2023 flagship communications campaign, which marked the 75th anniversary, has won two prestigious awards.
Resources
Latest Reports
UNFPA - State of the World Population report 2024
According to the report, sweeping global gains in sexual and reproductive health and rights over the last thirty years are marred by an ugly truth – millions of women and girls have not benefited because of who they are or where they were born.
UNESCO - World Water Development Report 2024
The 2024 edition of the United Nations World Water Development Report calls attention to the complex and interlinked relationships between water, prosperity and peace, describing how progress in one dimension can have positive, often essential, repercussions on the others.
The State of Open Humanitarian Data 2024
In 2023, the demand for humanitarian data reached a record level as the world contended with the effects of war, climate shocks, food insecurity, displacement and disease in crises ranging from Gaza to Sudan. At the same time, data availability across priority humanitarian operations remained steady.
In the Spotlight
 2023 Edition of the UN CardThe 2023 edition of The UN Card brings you an update to 10 actions of the UN, that show in quantifiable terms how the daily work of UN colleagues affects the lives of people around the globe. |
 Human Climate Horizons Data PlatformBecause of human action the concentration of carbon dioxide in our atmosphere is reaching dangerous levels, driving Earth's temperatures higher and amplifying the frequency and intensity of extreme events. Built upon frontier scientific work, this platform visualizes hyperlocal human impacts of climate chnage and its effets on human security for more than 24,000 regions across the world. |
 UN System ChartThe UN System Chart, is a non-exhaustive document, which reflects the current structure of the Organization. |
 UN Efforts to Address Racism“Racism is the repudiation of our common humanity — of the Charter of the United Nations — of all that we are and all that we do. We must reject racism,” said the Secretary-General António Guterres on 18 February 2021. See full message. |