Drought, flooding and rising sea levels are creating havoc across our continent – we need support from richer nations to adapt, explains UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed.
On several different occasions, the UN Resident Coordinator in Honduras, Alice Shackelford, visited communities along the southern border to learn firsthand about the situation facing refugees and migrants in the area and meet with government entities, humanitarian agencies and civil society organizations to coordinate protection efforts.
Our UN teams are on the ground in 162 countries and territories, coordinating joint programmes and tackling a range of priorities and initiatives — from climate action and food security to gender equality and safety of civilians.
The actions cities take locally to create a sustainable world will reverberate globally, UN Chief António Guterres said on Monday, underlining the need to ramp up progress towards a more just and equitable future for people and the planet.
United Nations Resident Coordinators from across all regions came together in a series of interactive sessions with the Secretary-General, the Deputy Secretary-General, UN Sustainable Development Group Principals and Member State representatives to take stock on progress and challenges four years into sweeping UN development system reforms.
The UN’s development reform brought about a much-needed boost in accountability and transparency for UN teams’ work to support authorities to rescue the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
Indigenous communities and organizations, producers, processors, traders, government ministries, village authorities, research and financial institutions and multiple UN entities are working together towards a sustainable agricultural sector in Suriname.
By leveraging joint efforts and bringing all sectors of the country together, the UN in Guatemala makes impactful changes to foster the country's progress towards advancing food security, agrobusinesses, inclusive rural economic development, and more.