SDGs

FAO’s South-South Cooperation promotes collaboration and knowledge sharing between Chinese experts and Ugandan farmers.
FAO/Alessandro Stelzer

South-South Cooperation Day focuses in on sustainable development, a ‘new phase of cooperation’

12 September 2018
Global

As part of the 40th anniversary of the International Day for South-South Cooperation, the United Nations drew together on Wednesday, more than 100 best-practices developed in the countries of the Global South, which embody the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.

The Ocean Cleanup vessel is aiming to clean up plastic pollution in the Pacific Ocean. It left San Francisco on its first voyage on 8 September 2019.
The Ocean Cleanup/Pierre Augier

‘Great Pacific Garbage Patch’ clean-up project launches trial run: UN Environment

10 September 2018

A trial run of an innovative system designed to clean up the world’s seas and oceans, founded by UN Environment Programme (UNEP)  “Champion of the Earth” laureate Boyan Slat, has set off from San Francisco, in a bid to begin the removal of the so-called Great Pacific Garbage Patch.

Universal Postal Union (UPU) Headquarters in Berne, Switzerland.
Photo: UPU

144 years on, Universal Postal Union meets to define its 21st Century role

7 September 2018
Global

The Universal Postal Union (UPU), one of the world’s oldest international organizations, has met in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa to improve its working practices and define its role in the modern world.

Sisli Vocational High School in Istanbul, Turkey
Simone D. McCourtie/World Bank

With AI, jobs are changing but no mass unemployment expected – UN labour experts

4 September 2018
Global

The rise of frontier technologies like Artificial Intelligence has caused fears of robots taking over blue-collar jobs, but a United Nations expert says humans still have the upper hand given their creativity and ability to form relationships.   

Secretary-General António Guterres speaks at the China-Africa Cooperation Summit in Beijing.
UN China/Zhao Yun

In Beijing, UN chief urges win-win collaboration between China and Africa for ‘the future we want’

3 September 2018
Global

Highlighting the economic and development progress made in China and Africa, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres urged them to unite their combined potential for peaceful, sustainable and equitable progress to the benefit of all humankind.