Population ageing is a global phenomenon that is accelerating. Within the next 30 years, the majority of older persons is expected to reside in developing countries. This demographic shift, where ...
Umar Yusuf, Head of the Information Management Unit in the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) in Sudan, explains how his team developed the new Planning Bridge Tool.
Since their creation, nuclear weapons have struck awe and horror in the popular imagination, including that of the scientists who helped create them. The horrific damage, death and destruction ...
Delivering his 2024 report on the UN’s work ahead of the general debate, Mr. Guterres said world leaders were gathering in the shadow of raging conflicts in Gaza, Ukraine, Sudan and elsewhere ...
23 September 2024 — Tensions continued to ratchet up in the Middle East on Monday with reports of scores of retaliatory Israeli strikes on Hezbollah targets in southern Lebanon which have ...
25 September 2024 — UN Secretary-General António Guterres urged the Security Council on Wednesday “to work in lock-step” to end the escalating violence between Israeli forces and Hezbollah ...
26 September 2024 — Antimicrobial resistance, or AMR, is an invisible killer, so world leaders are holding a high-level meeting at UN Headquarters on Thursday in New York to discuss the best ...
Pursuant to the General Assembly decision 78/544 of 16 January 2024 and General Assembly resolution 78/319 of 1 August 2024, the President of the UN General Assembly will convene a high-level ...
A comprehensive framework for global governance of digital technology and artificial intelligence ...
World Post Day is celebrated each year on 9 October, the anniversary of the establishment of the Universal Postal Union in 1874 in the Swiss Capital, Bern. It was declared World Post Day by the ...
The UN General Assembly flagship SDG Media Zone will return this September! Stay tuned for a full programme coming shortly. Since 2016, the SDG Media Zone has been one of the main features of ...