The past 12 months have been pivotal for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), with the adoption of the groundbreaking Political Declaration at the SDG Summit, as well as the Antigua and Barbuda ...

Taxation is critical to financing the SDGs. Fiscal policies can mobilize resources, reduce inequalities, contribute to macroeconomic stabilization, and create incentives for investment and sustainable ...

Progress on the Sustainable Development Goals: The Gender Snapshot 2024, the sixth joint publication by UN DESA and UN Women, was launched during the Summit of the Future week. The report reveals that ...

Have you experienced the ease of switching from paper forms to online forms and tracking their progress? E-government offers many such conveniences, ensuring the most vulnerable can access essential ...

Population ageing is a global phenomenon that is accelerating. Within the next 30 years, the majority of older persons is expected to reside in developing countries. This demographic shift, where ...

Umar Yusuf, Head of the Information Management Unit in the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) in Sudan, explains how his team developed the new Planning Bridge Tool.

Since their creation, nuclear weapons have struck awe and horror in the popular imagination, including that of the scientists who helped create them. The horrific damage, death and destruction ...

Delivering his 2024 report on the UN’s work ahead of the general debate, Mr. Guterres said world leaders were gathering in the shadow of raging conflicts in Gaza, Ukraine, Sudan and elsewhere ...

23 September 2024 — Tensions continued to ratchet up in the Middle East on Monday with reports of scores of retaliatory Israeli strikes on Hezbollah targets in southern Lebanon which have ...

25 September 2024 — UN Secretary-General António Guterres urged the Security Council on Wednesday “to work in lock-step” to end the escalating violence between Israeli forces and Hezbollah ...

26 September 2024 — Antimicrobial resistance, or AMR, is an invisible killer, so world leaders are holding a high-level meeting at UN Headquarters on Thursday in New York to discuss the best ...