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    One in four still lacks access to safe drinking water and sanitation

    The report from the World Health Organization (WHO) and children’s agency (UNICEF) issued as World Water Week gets underway, highlights persistent gaps in access, with...

    Momentum builds towards marine biodiversity treaty, as experts convene in New York

    Formally titled the Agreement under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea on the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Marine Biological...

    Celebrating youth: ‘When young people take the lead, everyone gains’

    But after a decade of armed conflict and amidst a severe economic depression, educational toy imports have become way too expensive for many classrooms...

    Young people take the lead for a more sustainable future

    Observed each year on 12 August, the Day draws attention to the rights, contributions and challenges of young people everywhere.This year’s theme – Local...

    Landlocked but not left behind: UN summit in Turkmenistan wraps with bold new roadmap

    Held under the theme Driving Progress Through Partnerships, the four-day forum known as LLDC3, brought together Heads of State, senior UN officials, development partners,...

    ‘Landlocked to landlinked’: UN summit seeks to turn geography into opportunity

    And increasingly, climate change is compounding the problem – damaging roads, disrupting supply chains, and threatening already fragile infrastructure with floods, droughts, and extreme...

    Geography shouldn’t define destiny: UN summit on landlocked nations opens in Turkmenistan

    Urging global leaders to rethink development for landlocked nations, the UN chief declared: “We gather today to reaffirm a fundamental truth: geography should never...

    UN urges MPs to deliver on development promises for 600 million in landlocked nations

    Speaking at Monday’s Parliamentary Forum of the Third UN Conference on LLDCs, senior UN leaders stressed that political will, matched with national legislative action,...

    Seeding gender empowerment: Women farmers in Peru contend with climate change

    Ácora, located in the southeast corner of Peru almost 3,800 kilometres above sea level, is one of the Peruvian regions which has been most...

    Smurf your voice: Global campaign urges everyone to speak up for a better future

    Launched in June, the eight-week digital campaign draws on the enduring popularity of the beloved Smurfs to encourage young people – along with their...

    ‘Cooperation is humanity’s greatest innovation,’ UN chief declares at BRICS summit

    Speaking at the 17th BRICS summit in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, he emphasised the human impact of environmental devastation and climate change.  And as...

    First Person: Japanese UN volunteer ‘motivated by the passion of others’ to support peace

    Haruki Ume spoke to UN News at the UN Pavilion at Expo 2025 currently being held in the Japanese city of Osaka.One section of...

    The Sevilla Commitment: A vital step to rebuild trust in global cooperation

    Activists, many from the Global South, attending the talks in Spain, are calling for greater leadership and commitment from wealthier nations to help address...

    Drowning in debt: New forum in Sevilla offers borrowers chance to rebalance the books

    The Borrowers’ Forum is being hailed as a milestone in efforts to reform the international debt architecture, supported by the UN and emerging as...

    It’s time to finance our future and ‘change course’, Guterres tells world leaders in...

    António Guterres issued his clarion call noting that sustainable development powered by international cooperation, is now facing “massive headwinds.”Addressing the opening session of the...

    LIVE: World leaders in Sevilla launch ambitious push to finance the future

    From rising debt and shrinking investment, to the aid funding crisis and struggles to meet ambitious development goals, the global financial system is failing...

    ‘Global solidarity benefits us all’: Spain makes the case for development funding

    For decades, helping the least developed countries to develop has been seen as beneficial for the international community as a whole, as well as...

    New UN report charts path out of debt crisis threatening global development

    On Friday, Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed launched a new report, Confronting the Debt Crisis: 11 Actions to Unlock Sustainable Financing.She was joined by experts...

    What time is it on the Moon? It’s all relative…

    Surely, you might think, we can just agree that one Earth time zone can be used for “Moon time”? Coordinated Universal Time (UTC), for...

    What is financing for development?

    These are part of 17 goals agreed by nearly every country, called the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The plan is to hit these targets...

    Development is ‘the first line of defense against conflict,’ Guterres tells Security Council

    Ambassadors met to debate how poverty, inequality, and underdevelopment are fuelling conflict and instability, at a time when hostilities are increasing and demand for...

    Development is ‘the first line of defense against conflict,’ Guterres tells Security Council

    Ambassadors met to debate how poverty, inequality, and underdevelopment are fuelling conflict and instability, at a time when hostilities are increasing and demand for...

    Global action needed as progress stalls on disability-inclusive development goals

    “The message is stark: persons with disabilities face higher poverty, greater unemployment, deeper food and health insecurity and more limited access to education, jobs,...

    Bangladesh: World Heritage Site threatened by ‘heedless industrialisation’ – UN expert

    “The accelerating industrialisation of the Sundarbans threatens not only this unique ecosystem – which hosts Bengal tigers, Ganges river dolphins and other endangered species...