With AI's governance concentrated among a few countries and companies, the UN Secretary-General has called for stronger capacity, safety and sustainability to ensure developing countries also benefit.
With millions of fans from across the globe celebrating the World Cup in Mexico, UN Volunteers worked with UNICEF to develop child protection measures throughout the tournament, creating a safeguarding model that can last after the final whistle.
Through the Joint SDG Fund, the UN is supporting governments in connecting skills to employment, social protection and inclusive growth, ensuring that youth can translate their abilities to real opportunities.
Egypt is working with the UN to integrate its 10.5 million migrants, refugees and foreign nationals through a coordinated approach that improves access to health, education and protection services, supporting displaced and host communities alike.
At the High-Level Meeting on Critical Energy Transition Minerals, the UN Deputy Secretary-General outlines the need for local and equitable sharing of extraction benefits, the value of international partnerships and the primacy of human rights and environmental integrity.
At the opening of the Ministerial Segment, UN Secretary-General António Guterres discusses the challenges and opportunities facing the five priority Sustainable Development Goals of this year's High-Level Political Forum.
The promise of the digital economy remains out of reach for millions of youth in Colombia's Pacific and Caribbean regions. But a UN-supported programme is using technology to connect young people to economic opportunities, reducing territorial inequalities.
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres has appointed Xiaojun Grace Wang of China as the United Nations Resident Coordinator in Turkmenistan, with the host Government’s approval, effective on 1 July 2026.
By combining access to finance, skills development, market opportunities and fair policy frameworks, the UN and partners are helping create environments where micro-, small and medium-sized enterprises across the world can flourish.
For nearly two decades, drought and climate impacts destroyed farmlands in Tur Al-Baha. A UN-supported programme rehabilitated a collapsed irrigation network to provide access to water and protect harvests, restoring food, income and opportunity.
