SDGs

Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed
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‘Unlock full power of business’ to achieve Global Goals, UN deputy chief tells forum

17 July 2018
SDGs

Businesses can contribute in important ways to the realization of a world free of poverty and hunger by 2030, including through job creation, technological innovation and the provision of finance resources, the United Nations Deputy Secretary-General said on Tuesday.

Michelle Yeoh, Goodwill Ambassador for the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), makes remarks during the opening of the Ministerial segment of 2018 High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development.
UN Photo/Loey Felipe

‘Every voice, every step, every action, every dollar counts’ towards success of SDGs, says UN goodwill ambassador

17 July 2018
Interviews

Together, “we can find the right answers” for a safer and better world, said a UN goodwill ambassador on Monday, who has been taking part in a major forum at UN Headquarters in New York, on how countries can advance the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). In Facebook live interview, actress Michelle Yeoh, Goodwill Ambassador for UNDP, spoke to Nanette Braun, highlighting the link between poverty and gender inequality, sustainable consumption and participation by youth.

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The UN Deputy Secretary-General, Amina Mohammed (centre) visits Qingdao Port in China
UN in China

Central Asia bloc has important role in 'peace, stability and prosperity' beyond region, says Deputy UN chief

10 June 2018
Economic Development

United Nations Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed addressed the Heads of State summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) on Sunday, stressing that the organization's impact in the political, economic and security realm, extends well beyond the large Eurasian region that its members represent.

UN Secretary-General António Guterres.
UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe

India-UN fund gets 22 development projects off the ground in first year

8 June 2018
SDGs

An India-United Nations fund aimed at supporting sustainable development for low-income nations marked its first anniversary on Friday, with 22 projects having already been approved in 25 partner countries.

UN Secretary-General António Guterres and United States President Donald J. Trump at the White House in Washington, D.C.
Official White House Photo

In Washington D.C., Guterres signs pact with World Bank, meets US President Trump

18 May 2018
SDGs

The United Nations and the World Bank Group on Friday signed an agreement to work closer together to help countries implement the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and achieve measurable results to transform their economies and societies.

Elliot Harris, Assistant Secretary General for Economic Development and Chief Economist of United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA), at UN News studio in UN Headquarters, New York.
UN News/Matt Wells

2030 Agenda represents ‘collective decision’ to ‘change the way we live’: UN chief economist

25 April 2018
Interviews

Despite an upturn in the global economy there are “clouds on the horizon” which need to be addressed if the world it to reach the ambitious Su

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Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed addresses the Economic and Social Council's third Financing for Development follow-up Forum.
UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe

At development financing forum, top UN officials urge breakaway from ‘short-termism’

23 April 2018
SDGs

The United Nations will support countries’ path to sustainable development by brokering partnerships, pursuing innovative finance, leveraging resources and building the necessary capacities, senior officials said Monday, highlighting the need for a change of mind-set from “short-termism” to long-term investments. 

Construction workers on the Panama Canal expansion project.
World Bank/Gerardo Pesantez

Short-sighted investment endangers development progress for hundreds of millions of people – UN report

13 April 2018
Economic Development

While a moderate upturn in the world economy led to more development financing in 2017, a new United Nations report out Friday revealed that the vast majority of investment is still short-term oriented, putting global commitments to create sustainable economies at risk.

Participants at the 2018 Global Festival of Action for Sustainable Development, in Bonn, Germany.
SDG Action Campaign

No ‘fancy suits and long speeches’ at UN-backed sustainable development festival in Bonn

23 March 2018
Economic Development

A United Nations forum showcasing the latest innovations, tools and approaches that will make sustainable development a reality wrapped up in Bonn, Germany, on Friday.

The Laghman River, one of Afghanistan’s many waterways, is essential to agriculture and other development in this largely rural eastern province.
Fardin Waezi/UNAMA

UN spotlights rainwater recycling, artificial wetlands among ‘green’ solutions to global water crisis

19 March 2018
SDGs

With five billion people at risk of having difficulty accessing adequate water by 2050, finding nature-based solutions, such as China’s rainwater recycling, India’s forest regeneration and Ukraine’s artificial wetlands, is becoming increasingly important, according to a United Nations report released Monday at the world’s largest water-related event in Brazil.