SDGs

First prize winning photo portrays a volunteer removing a tire from a beach in Lima, Peru, taken by Nicolas Monteverde Bustamante of Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas, Lima, Peru.
Photo: Nicolás Monteverde Bustamante

FEATURE: Sustainable Development Goals through the lens of students

17 July 2017
Asia Pacific

Prize-winning photographs taken by students from around the world – currently exhibited at United Nations Headquarters in New York – encapsulate their own ideas and feelings about the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

Children cross a bridge as they make their way to school in a remote part of the Sulawesi province, Indonesia.
ESCAP/Yusuf Ahmad

Asia-Pacific moving in ‘wrong direction’ on some development targets, notes UN regional report

11 July 2017
Asia Pacific

Despite an impressive track record, the Asia-Pacific region will need to scale up development efforts to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030, the target envisioned, the United Nations development arm for the region has said.

Amina J. Mohammed of Nigeria.
UN Photo/Mark Garten

Deputy UN chief highlights stronger AU-UN partnership to benefit Africa's youth

3 July 2017
Africa

Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed today called for strengthening the relationship between the African Union (AU) and the United Nations to deliver on promised development for Africa's youth.

A school of Moorish Idols cruise over the coral reef, Ha’apai, Tonga.
UNEP GRID Arendal/Glenn Edney

Working together, ‘we can ensure that our oceans remain healthy as our blue home’ – UN chief

8 June 2017
Global

The future of the planet’s oceans is burdened by threats such as climate change, pollution and destructive fishing practices – and the lack of capacities to address these threats – United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres has said, calling for joint global action to ensure “that our oceans are peaceful, safe and bountiful, and remain healthy as our blue home.”

The United Nations Development Programme to appoint globally-acclaimed Australian singer-songwriter Cody Simpson to inaugural role during the UN’s first ever Ocean Conference.
UNDP

Musician Cody Simpson to be named 'Ocean Advocate' for UN development agency

7 June 2017
Global

To mark World Oceans Day, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) will name Australian musician Cody Simpson as its first-ever Ocean Advocate to help raise awareness of the crucial role the ocean plays in the health of the planet and people.

Fishermen at work in Evia, Greece (January 1973).
UN Photo/Tsagris

UN Ocean Conference opens with calls for united action to reverse human damage

5 June 2017
Global

Opening a “game-changing” international conference on the health of the world’s oceans and seas, top United Nations officials today urged coordinated global action to protect the planet.

Shigeatsu Hatakeyama picks up oysters on a farm raft.
Photo/Mori wa Umi no Koibito

FEATURE: ‘Grandpa Oyster’ offers example of sustainable ocean business

30 May 2017
Asia Pacific

Shigeatsu Hatakeyama’s oyster farm was completely destroyed by the deadly tsunami that hit north-east Japan in March 2011.

Buddhist monks meditate at the Maya Devi Temple in Lumbini, the birthplace of Lord Buddha, Nepal.
UN News/Vibhu Mishra

Buddha's message of compassion 'timeless' says UN chief on international day

10 May 2017
Global

Observing the Day of Vesak, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres called on the global community to draw inspiration from the journey of Lord Buddha and embrace his message of compassion.

Photo: NASA/Bill Ingalls
NASA/Bill Ingalls

On International Day, UN celebrates historic event that opened doors to outer space

12 April 2017
Global

The United Nations today commemorated the International Day of Human Space Flight to celebrate the 56th anniversary of the first human space flight, which ushered in the beginning of the space era for mankind.

Children doing physical exercises in a school gym in Uzbekistan, among them a child affected by down syndrome.
UNICEF/Giacomo Pirozzi

At UN event, people with Downs Syndrome ‘speak up’ to influence government policy and action

21 March 2017
Global

Today, the call that people with Down Syndrome be included to fully and equally participate in all aspects of society echoed widely throughout United Nations Headquarters in New York.