SDGs

Fresh fruit and vegetables are set out for cooking in a village in Muzaffargarh district in Pakistan.
UNICEF/Giacomo Pirozzi

Fruits and vegetables crucial for healthy lives, sustainable world: Guterres

21 December 2020
Global

The United Nations is marking 2021 as the International Year of Fruits and Vegetables, spotlighting their vital role in human nutrition and food security, as well as urging efforts to improve sustainable production and reduce waste. 

UN Secretary-General António Guterres addresses the Bundestag, the German parliament in Berlin.
United Nations/Florencia Soto Nino

Global challenges require global solutions, UN chief tells German parliament

18 December 2020
Europe

UN Secretary-General António Guterres addressed the Bundestag, the German parliament, on Friday, where he warned of a deficit of international cooperation and underscored that global challenges require global solutions. 

A girl carries a basket of fruits through a flooded street in Cotonou, a large port city in Benin.
UNICEF/Oliver Asselin

People, planet on ‘collision course’, warns UN Development Programme

15 December 2020
Global

Countries must redesign their development pathways to reduce damage to the environment and the natural world, or risk stalling progress for humanity overall, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has warned in a major new report. 

Children in El Muelle neighborhood Bilwi, Puerto Cabezas, Nicaragua.
UNICEF/Tadeo Gómez

COVID-19 can spark new generation of social protection measures: UN chief

1 December 2020
Global

While COVID-19 has wiped out important development gains in mere months, with extreme poverty rising for the first time in decades, the pandemic could spark the transformations needed to achieve stronger social protection systems, the UN Secretary-General said on Tuesday.