development

Nepal has promoted farming which helps to reduce the impact of natural disasters.
UNDP Nepal

FROM THE FIELD: Preparing for disaster in Nepal

27 March 2021
Climate and Environment

The UN  is scaling up its efforts to help Nepal, which faces numerous natural threats, to become more resilient, minimize human casualties and preserve livelihoods.

A seasonal worker at a store in Buga, Colombia.
World Bank/Charlotte Kesl

Address ‘unprecedented’ impact of coronavirus on Latin America and the Caribbean, urges Guterres

9 July 2020
Health

As COVID-19 continues to spread throughout the world, Latin America and the Caribbean are now suffering some of the highest rates of transmission, the UN chief said on Thursday, releasing a new policy initiative on how best to recover in a region already embroiled in poverty, hunger, unemployment and inequality. 
 

Women in Madagascar cultivate vegetables on land using a micro irrigation system, where the World Food Programme (WFP) is providing income generating opportunities to small-holder farmer organizations.
WFP/Giulio D'Adamo

Solidarity is the world’s ‘best line of defence’: UN General Assembly president

8 June 2020
SDGs

Back in September, the world committed to a landmark political declaration on universal health coverage. Now, in the throes of the COVID-19 crisis, the President of the UN General Assembly has reiterated the importance of investing in health as “an investment in human capital, social and economic development and the empowerment of all people”.

Relaxing debt financing would better allow countries to reduce the impact of the economic crisis and stop COVID-19.
© UNICEF/Mulugeta Ayene

‘Unprecedented’ financing needed to halt recession of ‘unparalleled proportions’: Mohammed

2 June 2020
SDGs

As COVID-19 has halted economic activity and threatens social wellbeing across the globe, the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) held a wide-ranging policy discussion on Tuesday, exploring financing options to address the pandemic and mobilize the resources needed for a proactive recovery.

In Niger, 1.6 million vulnerable children are affected by humanitarian crises, including border closures and COVID-19 containment measures.
© UNICEF/Juan Haro

Coordination essential to beat coronavirus, keep development goals on track

19 May 2020
SDGs

As the unprecedented COVID-19 crisis continues to wreak havoc across the world – with the most vulnerable suffering the most – the UN chief said on Tuesday that the task of eradicating poverty and achieving the development goals “has never been more challenging, more urgent and more necessary”.

Secretary-General António Guterres (right) addresses a peace and security in Africa session at the Second Annual AU-UN Conference in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
UNOAU/Edda Zekarias

‘Wind blowing in the direction of peace’ in Africa: UN Secretary-General

9 July 2018
Peace and Security

Recent developments in Africa indicate that the continent is increasingly moving in the “direction of peace” and enhanced security, the United Nations Secretary-General told journalists in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa, on Monday.

Carpet weaving is a traditional art in Azerbaijan.
ABAD/Elkhan Ganiyev

FROM THE FIELD: Weaving profits in Azerbaijan

29 June 2018
Economic Development

Artisans in Azerbaijan who practice the traditional art of carpet making are being provided with new business opportunities thanks to a project supported by the UN Development Programme (UNDP).

UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed adds her views to the Human Rights Graffiti Wall at the European Development Days event in Brussels, Belgium, 5 June 2018.
UNRIC/Christophe Verhellen

‘Spotlight Initiative’ can make violence against women a thing of the past, says UN deputy chief

5 June 2018
Women

The launch of a new partnership between the United Nations and European Union, is an essential tool to make violence against women and girls “a thing of the past”, said UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed on Tuesday.

Deputy Secretary-General Amina J. Mohammed (left on podium, and on screen) speaks at the opening of the 2018 ECOSOC Partnership Forum. To her right is Marie Chatardová, the President of the Economic and Social Council.
UN Photo/Loey Felipe

Business leaders at UN forum challenged to invest in a more sustainable future for all

4 April 2018
SDGs

Three years into the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, the United Nations continues brokering new partnerships between governments, the private sector and civil society to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), participants told a forum at UN Headquarters on Wednesday.

Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed (left) addresses the media at a press conference in Minsk, Belarus.
United Nations/Egor Dubrovsky

At leaders forum in Belarus, deputy UN chief urges concrete action on Global Goals

21 February 2018
SDGs

The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development is the most ambitious, universal, people-centred and planet-sensitive set of goals and targets ever conceived by the United Nations, Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed told a regional leaders forum in Belarus on Wednesday.