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Leading experts chosen to drive five priority areas for UN Food Systems Summit
September 16, 2020, New York – Today the United Nations Special Envoy, Agnes Kalibata, announced experts across the fields of food, agriculture, health and climate change who have committed to advance solutions to make [...]
Five priority areas for action revealed as part of UN Food Systems Summit engagement process
Five priority areas for action revealed as part of UN Food Systems Summit engagement process The “action tracks” led by global experts were announced in a briefing for Member States by the UN Deputy [...]
Young leaders tapped to invigorate UN’s climate action plans, hold leaders to account
Seven young climate activists to take formal seat at UN table in Secretary-General’s new Youth Advisory Group on Climate Change NEW YORK, 27 July — The United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres announced the [...]
Launch of Secretary-General’s Youth Advisory Group on Climate Change – 27 July
Building on the climate action momentum, the Secretary-General will launch his Youth Advisory Group on Climate Change on 27 July to amplify youth voices and to engage young people in an open and transparent dialogue as the UN gears up to raise ambition and accelerate action to address the climate crisis.
SDG Media Zone – The Importance of Vaccines
The SDG Media Zone puts a spotlight on the search for vaccines in this panel of health experts, asking the question - even if there’s access, how do we cut through the web of vaccine fear-mongering and misinformation that exists today?
SG Speech: A New Social Contract for a New Era, 18 July
On Nelson Mandela International Day, 18 July, UN Secretary-General António Guterres will deliver the 18th Nelson Mandela Annual Lecture. In his speech “Tackling the Inequality Pandemic: A New Social Contract for a New Era”, the Secretary-General will take aim at the various layers of inequality that are being exposed and exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic.
SDG Media Zone – Solidarity at the Heart of Recovery
No region has been spared from the spread of COVID-19. Its ripple effects have been complex and widespread, and no country or community can escape either the health or the socio-economic dimensions of the crisis on its own. The SDG Media Zone features a discussion on solidarity at the heart of recovery.
SDG Media Zone – Do the Sustainable Development Goals Still Matter?
SDG Media Zone: UN Deputy-Secretary-General Amina Mohammed and SDG Advocates, Prime Minister Erna Solberg of Norway, and Actress and UN Environment Programme’s Goodwill Ambassador Dia Mirza, discuss the value of the Sustainable Development Goals as the world reels from the devastating impact of the pandemic, in the hopes of building back better.
United Nations launches framework to speed up progress on water and sanitation goal
Press release UN-Water New York, 9 July—The UN announced new plans to accelerate progress to achieve the water and sanitation-related Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) at a special event today. UN-Water announced the creation of [...]
COVID-19 pushes more government activities online despite persisting digital divide
Denmark, Korea and Estonia top the 2020 UN e-government ranking New York, 10 July – As the COVID-19 pandemic forces lockdowns, most countries and municipalities are pursuing digital government strategies, many with innovative initiatives [...]