Since the launch of agenda 2030, the UN Teams in Central Asia have been working with host governments to make lasting progress towards SDG 6. From the healthcare sector to agriculture to education, UN agencies across the region have taken a number of concrete steps to improve access to clean water and strengthen the region's water security.
The UN Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres, visiting Mongolia from 8-11 August, applauded Mongolia for its commitment to non-proliferation and disarmament by declaring itself a nuclear-weapon-free zone.
Here are some of the UN teams’ stories that trended in Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian and Spanish in the first half of 2022, showing the issues that matter to our readers — and illustrating our efforts to ensure no one is left behind as we strive to deliver better, together.
Our UN teams are on the ground in 162 countries and territories, coordinating joint programmes and tackling a range of multi-faceted priorities and key initiatives on a daily basis — from climate action to gender equality and food security.
'After major setbacks to the UN Sustainable Development Goals, the Pacific needs fairer access to financing as it fights to overcome climate challenges,' writes Simona Marinescu, UN Resident Coordinator in Samoa, Cook Islands, Niue and Tokelau.
The UN Joint Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) Fund activated a Development Emergency Modality this week to respond to the unfolding global food, energy, and financing crises. The war in Ukraine set in motion a three-dimensional crisis that is producing alarming cascading effects on a world economy already battered by COVID-19 and climate change.
After almost two weeks of ministerial meetings, side-events, round-table discussions and member state presentations, the High-Political Forum for Sustainable Development concluded yesterday, 18 July, in New York, with the adoption of the 2022 Ministerial Declaration.
Meet Zoe Rimba, a UN Volunteer Subnational Planning Officer at UNICEF Indonesia, who tells her story of bringing the value of volunteerism to child-responsive urban policies.
Our UN teams are on the ground, working with governments and key stakeholders to bolster countries’ responses to the COVID-19 pandemic, helping ensure a smooth recovery.
Intersecting global crises are threatening the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and impacting food supplies, health, education, and security across countries worldwide, according to a new UN report.
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