Summit of the Future Explainer: Time to rethink ‘outdated and ineffective’ international financial architecture
“The international financial architecture is outdated and ineffective and we are simply not equipped to take on a wide range of emerging issues,” UN...
Trade, debt and investment at the heart of upcoming UN meeting, as global unpredictability...
UNCTAD 16 from 20 to 24 October will seek practical ways to restore predictability in trade, ease debt pressures and direct investment to the...
‘Global perspective’ key to moving humanity forward in space
The role helps galvanise greater understanding of the transformative potential of space technology in addressing global challenges, including climate change, disaster management and sustainable...
Global unemployment set to decline slightly this year: UN labour agency
The updated World Employment and Social Outlook report predicts that the global unemployment rate will be 4.9 per cent in 2024, slightly down from...
Can industrial growth and climate action go hand in hand?
In Namibia’s Daures region, a bold experiment aims to prove economies can create jobs without fossil fuels. When completed, Daures Green Hydrogen Village will sustainably...
SIDS drowning in debt and ‘running on empty’, warns Guterres in Antigua
That’s the warning from UN Secretary-General António Guterres on day two of the pivotal Fourth International Conference on Small Island Developing States (SIDS4), taking...
International community to lay foundations for urgently needed AI governance
Investment, optimism and anxiety: these are three of the big drivers of interest in artificial intelligence and its implications. Because the challenges and opportunities...
SIDS go forward with ‘new sense of hope, solidarity and determination’
Speaking at the closing of the Fourth International Conference on Small Island Developing States (SIDS4), Amina Mohammed stressed that despite increasingly existential threats to...
A decisive turning point: Setting global industry on a fairer, greener path towards economic...
The world is inexorably becoming industrialised, raising the prospects of better jobs and livelihoods for many of the world’s poorest. But, in order to...
Aid teams cite huge challenges in tackling new Sudan cholera outbreak
“The needs are huge in Sudan; we are talking about people dying of hunger, we have conflict, we have protection issues, we have displacements...
Terrorism, humanitarian crises threaten stability of West Africa: UN deputy chief
At an event commemorating the 49th anniversary of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed noted progress made,...
Industry at the heart of global solutions: Global summit opens in Riyadh
“Industrial development is critical to strengthening economies, fighting poverty, and creating jobs and prosperity,” declared UN Secretary-General António Guterres in his message to the...
80 million more children benefiting from school meals, WFP reports
The number of children receiving school meals through government-led programmes has gone up by 20 per cent since 2020, found the latest edition of...
South-South cooperation can help solve ‘complex development context’
Speaking to UN News ahead of the International Day of South-South Cooperation, Dima al-Khatib, Director of the UN Office for South-South Cooperation, explained the...
Sevilla: Without sustainable development, there is neither hope nor security
Development benefits all countries because it is linked to other areas of activity and society, including basic security itself. Without it, there is no...
Youth jobless rate falls to 15-year low, says UN labour agency
“Demographic trends, notably the African ‘youthquake’, means creating enough decent jobs will be critical for social justice and the global economy,” added the...
UN chief urges climate justice for Pacific nations beset by rising oceans
Speaking in Samoa, where he met residents uprooted from their homes by sea level rise and coastal erosion, Mr. Guterres said that Pacific islanders...
The orange economy: Where creativity fuels prosperity
Up pops the vibrant world of an orange economy, also known as the creative economy.But, what exactly is it, and how does it foster...
New forum builds on Sevilla pledges to tackle global debt crisis
The Sevilla Forum on Debt will promote fairer lending, faster restructuring and long-term reform of the post-war financial system.Hosted by Spain and supported by...
AI’s $4.8 trillion future: UN warns of widening digital divide without urgent action
The Technology and Innovation Report 2025, released on Thursday by the UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), sounds the alarm on growing inequality...
Why the world needs a UN global tax convention
The aim is to help nations around the world boost economic growth and achieve the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and its 17 goals.Here’s...
UN hub reaches remote Pacific islanders: A UN Resident Coordinator blog
“They do not want to leave their ancestral places, even if they go under,” said Jaap van Hierden.
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‘All hands on deck’ in Antigua and Barbuda as small island States chart course...
The Fourth International Conference on Small Island Developing States (SIDS4) will bring together governments, the UN, civil society, the private sector and leading youth...
