SDGs

Foreign Minister Saleumxay Kommasith of the Lao People’s Democratic Republic addresses the seventy-third session of the United Nations General Assembly.
UN Photo/Cia Pak

Regional, global solidarity indispensable to achieve sustainable development, says Lao PDR minister

29 September 2018
Asia Pacific

National governments and the international community must work “hand-in-hand” to realize the lofty goals of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, the Foreign Minister of Laos People’s Democratic Republic said at the United Nations General Assembly on Saturday.

Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj of India addresses the seventy-third session of the United Nations General Assembly.
UN Photo/Cia Pak

India ‘will not let you fail’ to reach Sustainable Development Goals, Foreign Minister tells UN

29 September 2018
Asia Pacific

India is “totally committed” to achieving the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) said Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj on Saturday, addressing the United Nations General Assembly’s annual debate, promising to get there ahead of time, thanks to an “unprecedented economic and social transformation”, now underway.

Ilir Meta President of Albania addresses the general debate of the General Assembly’s seventy-third session.
UN Photo/Kim Haughton

Address shared challenges by supporting ‘collective efforts’ and reform, Albania’s President says at UN

28 September 2018
Europe

At the United Nations General Assembly’s annual debate on Friday, Albanian President, Ilir Meta told world leaders that “we continue to see the UN as a multilateral instrument through which peaceful international order is safeguarded.”

Prime Minister K. P. Sharma Oli of the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal addresses the seventy-third session of the United Nations General Assembly.
UN Photo/Cia Pak

At UN, Himalayan nations, at forefront of climate impact, outline threats to their unique ecosystems

27 September 2018
Asia Pacific

Addressing world leaders at the United Nations General Assembly, the Prime Minister of Nepal urged greater international focus on the developing world to ensure they are able to implement the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), remarking that it is these nations that will be the “battleground on which the 2030 Agenda will be won or lost.”

United Nations General Assembly prepares to hold a meeting on the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development Goals.
UN Photo/Manuel Elías

On day two of UN General Assembly’s annual debate, it’s multilateralism all the way

26 September 2018
Global

From trade to climate change to development and fighting diseases, world leaders mounted the podium of the United Nations General Assembly on Wednesday to deliver a ringing endorsement of multilateralism, singling out a strengthened UN as the prime tool for improving humanity’s lot.

High Level Event on Youth2030 to launch the United Nations Strategy and the Generation Unlimited Partnership
UN Photo/Mark Garten

Youth2030: UN chief launches bold new strategy for young people ‘to lead’

24 September 2018
Global

The United Nations Secretary-General launched a new partnership strategy with the world’s 1.8 billion young people on Monday, to help put “their ideas into action”.

Secretary-General António Guterres (right) briefs press on the occasion of the opening of the seventy-third session of the United Nations General Assembly on 20 September 2018. At left is his Spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric.
UN Photo/Manuel Elías

UN chief seeking ‘renewed commitment’ to global rules and values, as world leaders head to New York

20 September 2018
Global

UN chief António Guterres on Thursday called for a “renewed commitment to a rules-based global order” and to the organization he leads, highlighting his key themes for discussion during the High-Level week of the General Assembly, beginning on Monday.

María Fernanda Espinosa Garcés, then President-elect of the 73rd session of the General Assembly addresses the media at UN headquarters in New York. June 2018.
UN Photo/Manuel Elías

INTERVIEW: ‘Dare to deliver’ more for the world, underscores General Assembly President

17 September 2018
Global

In June, the 193-member United Nations General Assembly, elected Ecuadorean Foreign Minister María Fernanda Espinosa Garcés, the President of its 73rd session. Ms. Espinosa is only the fourth woman to hold that position in the history of the world body, and the first woman ever from the Latin America and the Caribbean region to preside over the Assembly.

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.