SDGs

A vendor sells produce at his stall in Bangladesh.
World Bank/Scott Wallace

Food choices today, impact health of both ‘people and planet’ tomorrow

6 February 2019
Global

The food we eat has huge potential to improve both human health and environmental sustainability, but too often today it is posing a threat to both people and planet, according to a new report by the EAT-Lancet Commission, launched on Tuesday at United Nations Headquarters in New York.

Eight-year old attends the second grade in the Guinea-Bissau village of Ponta Nova.
UNICEF/Pirozzi

‘Education transforms lives’ says UN chief on first-ever International Day

24 January 2019
Global

Education is at the heart of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development because it gives people across the world the skills needed to realize all 17 Global Goals (SDGs), said the UN chief on Thursday, marking the first-ever International Day of Education.

Press conference by the President of the United Nations General Assembly, Ms. María Fernanda Espinosa.
UN Photo/Manuel Elías

Advancing multilateralism goes ‘hand-in-hand’ with work of the UN

15 January 2019
Global

Revitalizing the United Nations to “strengthen a multilateral rule-based world order” tops a list of priorities the General Assembly President told UN Member States on Tuesday.

Handover Ceremony of the Chairmanship of the Group of 77, from the Arab Republic of Egypt to the State of Palestine
UN Photo/Manuel Elías

‘Historic’ moment: Palestine takes reins of UN coalition of developing countries

15 January 2019
Global

Acknowledging “a long road ahead” on the United Nations ambitious agenda, Secretary-General António Guterres welcomed on Tuesday “the historic leadership of the state of Palestine” as the new Chair of the Group of 77’s (G77).