UNITED NATIONS ANNOUNCES VIRTUAL CONCERT TO UNITE PACIFIC REGION IN THE FIGHT AGAINST COVID-19
Fiji – The United Nations has announced Pacific Unite: [...]
Young leaders tapped to invigorate UN’s climate action plans, hold leaders to account
Seven young climate activists to take formal seat at [...]
United Nations launches framework to speed up progress on water and sanitation goal
Press release UN-Water New York, 9 July—The UN announced [...]
COVID-19 pushes more government activities online despite persisting digital divide
Denmark, Korea and Estonia top the 2020 UN e-government [...]
Amidst COVID-19 pandemic, UN High-Level Forum aims to chart pathways toward a sustainable recovery
PRESS RELEASE New York, 3 July—Facing the [...]
UN report finds COVID-19 is reversing decades of progress on poverty, healthcare and education
PRESS RELEASE The effects of the pandemic have devastated [...]
Economist Roundtable Media Advisory
MEDIA ADVISORY Top economists to explore financing solutions to [...]
UN: SDGs still offer best option to reduce worst impacts of COVID-19 and to recover better
Policy brief calls for increasing SDG progress and maintaining [...]
UN celebrates innovative public service delivery as pandemic heightens importance of work of the public sector
The UN announced today that seven innovative projects will receive this year’s UN Public Service Award, the highest global accolade for excellence in public service to institutions that contribute to a more effective and responsive public administration and that advance progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
EMBARGOED until 19 May, 00:01 CET: Over 150 global corporations urge world leaders for net-zero recovery from COVID-19
Press release: Under strict embargo until 00:01 CET, 19 May [...]
United Nations SDG Media Compact hits 100-member mark
Growing alliance of news and entertainment companies brings focus on socio-economic impact of COVID-19 crisis to its two-billion-strong audience.
2020 UN Ocean Conference Postponed
Media Advisory Efforts to scale up ocean action to [...]
UN DESA Policy briefs offer recommendations for avoiding debt crisis and using digital government tools to help confront COVID-19
Commodity-dependent developing countries face risk of economic crisis even [...]
60 International Agencies Urge Rapid, Coordinated Response as Pandemic Threatens to Destabilize Poor Countries’ Finances
NEW YORK, 9 April 2020 – Governments must take [...]
COP26 Postponed
The COP26 UN climate change conference set to take place in Glasgow in November has been postponed due to COVID-19. Dates for a rescheduled conference in 2021, hosted in Glasgow by the UK in partnership with Italy, will be set out in due course following further discussion with parties.
COVID-19 likely to shrink global GDP by almost one per cent in 2020
Bold and urgent policy measures needed to protect the [...]
COVID-19: UN Chief launches plan to address the potentially devastating socio-economic impacts
The new coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is attacking societies at their core, claiming lives and people’s livelihoods. In a new report, the United Nations Secretary-General calls on everyone to act together to address this impact and lessen the blow to people.
New WHO recommendations to prevent tuberculosis aim to save millions of lives
New World Health Organization (WHO) guidance will help countries [...]
PRESS RELEASE: UNECE launches Dashboard to track regional progress on SDGs
The Sustainable Development Goals’ globally-agreed framework of 232 indicators [...]
As ocean health continues to deteriorate, countries kick-off preparations to scale up solutions for marine conservation
Media Advisory UN Ocean Conference [...]