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United Nations Issues Call for Human, Health, and Environmental Safeguards at Annual Forum

17 April 2023 - The 22nd Session of the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII), the largest international annual...

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Amid a global crisis of economic inequality, gathering at UN to call for bold measures to close finance divide

17 April 2023 - With more than 50 countries held hostage by debt distress or at the risk of debt distress — triggering a great finance divide — world leaders, senior government officials and high-level representatives...

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A rights-based approach to Indigenous issues

14 April 2023 - ±¬ÁϹ«Éç will welcome hundreds of Indigenous Peoples from around the world for the 22nd session of the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues....

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4 things you need to know about financing our future

13 April 2023 - Insufficient financing remains one of the greatest bottlenecks preventing the world from achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). 

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4 things you need to know about financing our future

13 April 2023 - Insufficient financing remains one of the greatest bottlenecks preventing the world from achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). To turn things around and to boost momentum towards financing our future, several major events will take place this month, including the ECOSOC Financing for Development Forum on 17-20 April, and the SDG Investment Fair on 18-20 April.

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UN calls for urgent action to address education crisis as global primary school-age population peaks in 2023

10 April 2023 - The global population of primary-school-aged children is expected to ...

© UNICEF/Julio Dengucho. UNICEF organized an inclusive sports event in partnership with FAMOD.

Athletes score for people and the planet on International Day of Sport

6 April 2023 - Athletes are pushing for a more equitable world, both on and off the playing field – one of the messages coming out of the UN on Thursday...

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Access to education for a growing population is key to achieving the SDGs

6 April 2023 - The role of education in advancing societal progress is well established. Educational achievement impacts people’s lives and supports global...

Gaspar/UNIC Jakarta: Susi Rahmawati, Manager of Customer Service and Legal Affairs, surveying the wastewater treatment plant at MM 2100 Industrial Town, one of Indonesia’s eco-industrial parks

New green industrial age can be the breakthrough for Sustainable Development Goals

5 April 2023 - Amid growing food and energy crises, an uncertain global economic outlook, and the escalating impacts of climate change...

Financing Sustainable Transformation

3 April 2023 - At the halfway point to the 2030 Agenda, vulnerable countries have been left reeling by multiple... 

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Urgently transforming institutions for a greener, more inclusive, and more resilient world

28 March 2023 - Five years ago, in July 2018, the UN ECOSOC endorsed the 

Photo: Predrag Vasic/ UN DESA. The UN 2023 Water Conference is closing at UN Headquarters in New York

Historic UN conference marks watershed moment to tackle global water crisis and ensure water-secure future

24 March 2023 - The UN 2023 Water Conference in New York culminated today with a breakthrough response... 

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“Failing on water means failing people and planetâ€

23 March 2023 - The halls of UN Headquarters in New York are buzzing with energy and resolve as water champions, world leaders, advocates and changemakers are gathering for the UN 2023 Water Conference...

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UN calls for game-changing action to stem global water crisis

22 March 2023 - With mounting pressures on water from rising consumption demands, increased pollution and climate change, world leaders, civil society...