Eight decades on, the aspiration for peace, dignity and equality still resonates as the UN marks 80 years of its existence in New York City – a place now inseparable from the organization’s global ...

March 2026 - Hot on the heels of a scorching decade, the UN’s weather agency has said that the planet’s climate is “more out of balance than at any time in observed history”.

Last month, The United Nations today announced the appointment of Joseph Gordon-Levitt as the UN’s first Global Advocate for Human-centric Digital Governance, a newly established role designed to ...

March 2026 - International tax cooperation will continue to be front and centre at the UN this month, with the 32nd Session of the Committee of Experts on International Cooperation in Tax ...

COVID-19 has disrupted all forms of human mobility through the closing of national borders and halting of travel worldwide. Preliminary estimates suggest that the pandemic may have slowed the growth ...

An estimated 4.9 million children died before their fifth birthday in 2024, including 2.3 million newborns, according to new United Nations estimates released on Tuesday – highlighting a worrying ...

General for the Middle East, Europe, the Americas, Asia and the Pacific in the Departments of Political and Peacebuilding ...

World Water Day 2026, marked on 22 March, focuses on safe water and sanitation as human rights and critical enablers of gender equality.

Which countries suffer from high levels of inequality? Has global inequality declined over the past three decades, or remained persistently high? Surprisingly, the answers depend on where you look.

In 2026, the theme for the International Day of Forests, Forests and Economies, draws attention to the essential role forests play in sustaining global and national economies.

Host country offers for the secretariat to be established under article 50 of the Agreement: Belgium (courtesy French version provided by Belgium is available on the French page of this webpage) Chile ...

Tourism is often highlighted for its role in economic development. But it is more than that. It is a catalyst for social progress, delivering education, employment and creating new opportunities for ...