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UN forum affirms stronger commitment to achieve sustainable development | UN News – Global perspective Human stories
The High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF) has concluded at United Nations Headquarters in New York following a...
Home is where the heart is — and where development begins | UN News – Global perspective Human stories
When Denis Jobin, a senior evaluation specialist at the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), visited a slum in Kenya in March as part...
Effective partnerships can stop the next pandemic | UN News – Global perspective Human stories
“There will be another pandemic, and it will not be 100 years from now.”
Salvaging SDGs still possible, but countries must act now: Guterres | UN News – Global perspective Human stories
Citing new global agreements on pandemic preparedness, ocean protection and development financing, UN Secretary‑General António Guterres...
‘You have to be able to rule your life’: The care revolution in Latin America | UN News – Global perspective Human stories
Globally, there are 12.5 billion hours of work that the world never pays for because it barely even sees these duties.
Indigenous youth meet trailblazers ahead of Nelson Mandela Day | UN News – Global perspective Human stories
A group of Indigenous youth from the United States, some as young as seven, visited the United Nations Headquarters in New York this week...
From diamonds to dirt: Sierra Leone youth bring land back to life | UN News – Global perspective Human stories
Craters filled with muddy water pocket the landscape of the Kono district in Sierra Leone – the result of past diamond mining ventures...
Seeding gender empowerment: Women farmers in Peru contend with climate change | UN News – Global perspective Human stories
First, it was floods that inundated fields and washed away crops. Then, it was drought which led the levels of lakes to plummet and the...
‘A compass towards progress’ – but key development goals remain way off track | UN News – Global perspective Human stories
Global life expectancy increased by an astonishing five years between 2000 and 2019. And then since the COVID-19 pandemic, it slid...
UN forum to spotlight health, gender equality, oceans, in critical bid to meet development goals | UN News – Global perspective Human stories
As the deadline for the 2030 Agenda looms, ministers, experts, and civil society leaders from around the world will convene in New York...