SDGs

Women in the Copperbelt Province of Zambia work in a greenhouse they built to increase the production capacity of vegetables they sell on the local market. (file 2015)
ILO/Marcel Crozet

Work to make the world a better place: 5 things you need to know about ‘green jobs’

28 April 2019
Global

Imagine a world in which practically everyone works in jobs that are helping to transform the global economy, and bring about a world where business can thrive and the needs of the most vulnerable people are met. 

Sjisäwishék indigenous girls of the Onondaga Nation, Haudenoaunee Confederacy, perform at the opening of the eighteenth substantive session of the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues.
UN Photo/Loey Felipe

Traditional knowledge at ‘core’ of indigenous heritage, and ‘must be protected’, says UN Forum

22 April 2019
Global

Traditional knowledge is at the core of indigenous identity, culture and heritage around the world, the chair of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues said at the annual event’s opening day on Monday, stressing that it “must be protected”.

A woman walks through a flooded market in Port au Prince, Haiti, after Hurricane Sandy wreaked havoc on the Caribbean island in 2012.
UN Photo/Logan Abassi

Impact of high debt levels on least developed countries ‘cannot be overstated’, says UN 

13 April 2019
Global

The impact of high levels of debt on development efforts “cannot be overstated”, the head of the United Nations Development Fund (UNDP) told a Ministerial Breakfast Meeting on least developed countries (LDCs) on Saturday.

A family left homeless by cyclone Aila wait for assistance in Koira, Khulna District, Bangladesh.
UNICEF/Uddin

‘The clock is ticking’ on meeting the Sustainable Development Goals, says UN deputy chief

11 April 2019
Global

Pointing to climate change, inequalities and other serious challenges, United Nations Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed told a forum on Thursday Development that “the clock is ticking” down, to making the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.

WHO China Special Envoy for Health Yiyang Qianxi attends 2019 ECOSOC Youth Forum.
UN Social Media Team

‘Once-in-a-generation opportunity’ will be squandered, warns Guterres, unless social, economic, environmental challenges are met

9 April 2019
Global

Unless the world faces its “social, economic and environmental challenges head-on”, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres said on Tuesday, the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), will not be met.

Crops at the periurban agriculture cooperative Vivero Alamar, Cuba.
FAO photo

To meet development goals, UN agriculture agency ‘cannot only focus on tackling hunger anymore’

8 April 2019
Global

Innovating agriculture and promoting nutrition-sensitive food systems top the Food and Agriculture Agency’s (FAO) to-do list, its chief told the United Nations agriculture agency’s governing council on Monday, saying "we cannot only focus on tackling hunger anymore". 

Residents living in a slum in Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh.
World Bank/ Dominic Chavez

Fight against climate change and poverty will fail without overhaul of global financial system, says major UN report

4 April 2019
Global

A major new UN-led report, involving more than 60 international organizations, warns that a comprehensive overhaul of the world’s financial system is necessary, if governments are to honour commitments to tackle critical issues, such as combatting climate change and eradicating poverty by 2030.

Children wash their faces, outside their home, in South Sudan (2018).
UNICEF/Meyer

Lack of basic water facilities risks millions of lives globally: UN health agency

3 April 2019

More than two billion people face grave health risks because basic water facilities are not available in one in four medical centres globally, the UN has said, in an appeal to countries to do more to prevent the transmission of treatable infections that can turn deadly if not washed or flushed, away. 

Forced labour often means unpaid wages, excessively long work hours without rest days, confiscation of ID documents, little freedom of movement, deception, intimidation and physical or sexual violence. ILO/A. Khemka
ILO/A. Khemka

New UN data tool shows 'mismatch' between government aid and places modern slavery exists

2 April 2019
Global

A new interactive data tool created by the UN University Centre for Policy Research, which shows a mismatch between where modern slavery occurs, and where governments are spending resources to address it, could help make a positive impact on policy debates surrounding the issue.