Four years after the coup, Myanmar remains on the brink
Myanmar’s Enduring Polycrisis: Four Years into a Tumultuous Journey, launched on Wednesday, points to the bleak picture of a nation in freefall, with nearly...
Spain and Brazil push global action to tax the super-rich and curb inequality
Presented during the UN’s 4th International Conference on Financing for Development, taking place this week in Sevilla, the proposal highlights a growing problem: the...
The ‘chinamperos’ have provided Mexico City with food for generations. Do they have a...
The chinamperos get their name from ‘chinampas,’ the human-made islands of floating gardens on which they farm. It was the Aztecs who discovered that,...
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,...
From policy to progress: UN deputy chief Mohammed outlines path for Africa’s clean energy...
“Access to electricity is not just a matter of convenience; it is a fundamental human right that underpins economic growth, education, healthcare, and gender...
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...
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...
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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Northern Thai communities put nature before profit
The Indigenous Karen people and the Thai Lanna community of Thailand are concerned about plans to divert and dam the Yuam river and its...
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...
UN warns copper shortage risks slowing global energy and technology shift
In its latest Global Trade Update, released this week, UNCTAD describes copper as “the new strategic raw material” at the heart of the rapidly...
Human rights must anchor the digital age, says UN’s Türk
Digital technologies have the potential to drive progress and strengthen rights, including connecting people, improving access to health and education, and much more.But 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...
Small island development ‘a test case’ for climate and financial justice, says Guterres
Some of the key developments so far on day one of the conference where leaders from governments, the UN, civil society, business, academia and...
‘Alarming’ slowdown in human development – could AI provide answers?
For several decades, human development indicators showed a steady, upward curve and UN researchers predicted that by 2030, a high level of development would...
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...
Artificial intelligence: rooting out bias and stereotypes
During High-Level Week of the UN General Assembly in September, the topic of AI was the focus of several side-events featuring industry experts and...
‘Renewables are renewing economies’, UN chief tells top climate forum
2025 marks a milestone: the tenth anniversary of the Paris Agreement and the deadline for countries to submit their updated Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs), designed...
Celebrating the potential and promise of the largest youth generation ever
Secretary-General António Guterres said empowering young people in a fair and hopeful world reaffirms the UN promise that every person has the right to make...
World News in Brief: Fresh fighting in eastern DR Congo, global trade update, elections...
Over 850,000 civilians have been displaced in South Kivu province, nearly half of them children, according to the agency.Many are living in precarious conditions,...
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...
Wages are recovering after negative shift in 2022, says UN labour agency
“If this trend is confirmed, it will be the largest gain in more than 15 years… however, this positive trend is not shared equally...
Digital boom could well be a bust for the environment, warns UN trade agency
These are just a few of the concerning findings of a new report into the digital economy by UN trade agency UNCTAD, which insists...
World’s largest urban development forum concludes with Cairo Call to Action
Ahead of the closing ceremony, UN-Habitat Executive Director, Anaclaudia Rossbach, emphasised the Forum’s timely emphasis on local action.“Over half of the world’s population now...
