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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 [...]
Amidst COVID-19 pandemic, UN High-Level Forum aims to chart pathways toward a sustainable recovery
PRESS RELEASE New York, 3 July—Facing the devastating impacts of COVID-19, which is threatening decades of progress in improving people’s lives, countries are meeting at the United Nations High-Level Political Forum (HLPF) [...]
UN report finds COVID-19 is reversing decades of progress on poverty, healthcare and education
PRESS RELEASE The effects of the pandemic have devastated the most vulnerable and left them further behind New York, 7 July—The 15-year global effort to improve the lives of people everywhere through the achievement [...]
Economist Roundtable Media Advisory
MEDIA ADVISORY Top economists to explore financing solutions to propel global COVID-19 recovery and deliver sustainable development UN Secretary-General to convene renowned women leaders’ roundtable to advance global effort to counter unprecedented pandemic-caused fallout [...]
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).