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A UNHCR staff member comforts a survivor in Indonesia, who cries as she recounts her traumatic experience during the earthquake and liquefaction, in Palu, on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi. 21 October 2018.
© UNHCR/Fauzan Ijazah

‘Never give up’: UN chief urges all who serve, marking UN Day

24 October 2018
Global

Marking the 2018 United Nations Day, which falls on 24 October, Secretary-General António Guterres is urging the men and women of the UN, and those they serve, to “never give up” tackling the world’s many challenges.

Workers at a tea garden, in Rwanda, pick leaves that will be processed into the beverage for export. The facility, spread out over hundreds of hectares employs some 200 people during the peak season and 70 for the rest of the year.
A’Melody Lee/World Bank

Governments, businesses ‘walk the talk’ for investment in sustainable development: UN forum

22 October 2018
Global

Business and government leaders from around the world have gathered at a major United Nations conference in Geneva, in search of innovative and strategic solutions to complex investment and development challenges.

UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina J. Mohammed addressing the UN World Data Forum on 22 October 2018. Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
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Many deaths can be avoided with better data: UN deputy chief

22 October 2018
Global

Speaking at the opening session of the UN World Data Forum on Monday, Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed highlighted the life-saving impact that data can have, noting that better data and forecasting could have averted many deaths from natural disasters.

United Nations World Data Forum 2018.
UN DESA

Data experts gather to find solutions to world’s biggest challenges at UN Forum

22 October 2018
Global

International data sectors from national statistical offices, the private sector, NGOs, academia and international and regional organizations are gathering in Dubai from Monday to Wednesday, in a bid to accelerate progress on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

Secretary General António Guterres (4th left) addresses high-level event on the “Role of the AU-UN partnership in a globalized world”.
UN Photo/Loey Felipe

Africa is ‘on the rise’, says UN chief Guterres, urging collaboration for better future

17 October 2018
Africa

Africa is “on the move and on the rise” with communities coming together to resolve their problems and offer mutual support, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres highlighted on Wednesday.

A woman walks with her child in Niger. 2018.
UNFPA/Ollivier Girard

World population set to grow another 2.2 billion by 2050: UN survey

17 October 2018
Global

The world’s population is set to grow by 2.2 billion between now and 2050, the UN said on Wednesday, and more than half of that growth - 1.3 billion - is likely to be in sub-Saharan Africa, where women’s rights are hampered by limited access to healthcare and education, along with “entrenched gender discrimination”.

21 May 2013, Mchinji District, Malawi- Women harvesting groundnuts in a field at Mzingo Village.
©FAO/Amos Gumulira

World Food Day: here’s what the UN is doing to fix ‘intolerable’ wrong of hunger

16 October 2018
Global

“In our world of plenty, one person in nine does not have enough to eat”, said United Nations chief António Guterres on Tuesday, marking World Food Day. With this year’s theme, “our actions are our future”, the UN and its partners, held events and launched information campaigns worldwide, to amplify one message: achieving zero hunger by 2030 is possible, provided we “join forces”.

The Port of Salvador on All Saints Bay, Bahia, Brazil. As one of the bigger, emerging economies reliant on commodity exports, Brazil can expect some economic improvement, according to a United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) report.
World Bank/Mariana Ceratti

Overseas investment falling, developing countries largely unscathed: UN trade agency

15 October 2018

Foreign direct investment (FDI) has dropped 40 per cent year-on-year so far, the UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) said on Monday, but the $470 million decline is happening mainly in wealthy, industrialized nations, especially in North America and Western Europe.

Secretary-General António Guterres speaks at the IMF Development Committee meeting in Bali, Indonesia.
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In Bali, UN chief Guterres outlines importance of international financial cooperation for sustainable development

13 October 2018
Global

United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres has called for a surge in investment, long-term financing and global stability to overcome the obstacles to inclusive, resilient and environmentally sustainable global growth. 

View of damaged cars and houses at Balaroa National Park, West Palu, Central Sulawesi, Indonesia after the earthquake and tsunami that struck there on September 28, 2018.
© UNICEF/Arimacs Wilander

Disasters: UN report shows climate change causing ‘dramatic rise’ in economic losses

10 October 2018

Climate-related and geophysical disasters such as earthquakes and tsunamis have killed 1.3 million people over the last 20 years and left a further 4.4 billion injured, homeless or in need of emergency assistance, UN experts said on Wednesday.