António Guterres was speaking on Friday, during the High-Level Segment of the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) session, to…
Global Goals
While acknowledging that the planet was not on track last year to deliver the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030,…
“We need to focus on specific actions that will alleviate the impact on the well-being and livelihoods of people in…
As countries “continue to grapple with malnutrition in all its forms, including the growing burden of obesity”, Secretary-General António Guterres…
The Global Acceleration Framework for SDG 6 addresses an issue which cuts across many areas of the UN’s work. Developed…
“The COVID-19 pandemic, while primarily a health crisis, also quickly became the worst human and economic crisis in decades”, Mona…
Global Goals
‘Stay the course together to emerge stronger’ from COVID-19 crisis: UN chief’s message to major sustainability forum
The High-Level Political Forum (HLPF), which formally begins on Tuesday, is an annual stock-take of the world’s progress towards achieving…
Released at the start of what is being heralded as a “decade of action” for education, as the world grapples…
“The WMO is seeking to verify reports of a new temperature record north of the Arctic circle”, WMO spokesperson Clare…
Lives Upended, notes that the rapidly advancing coronavirus pandemic, expanding across a region that is home to a quarter of…