Empowering Women and Girls, SDG Media Zone
The SDG Media Zone aims to engage people all over the world in the important conversations happening during the high-level week of the UN General Assembly in New York from 18-22 September. Bringing...
View ArticleHow critical is the role of the private sector in achieving the SDGs?, SDG...
The SDG Media Zone aims to engage people all over the world in the important conversations happening during the high-level week of the UN General Assembly in New York from 18-22 September. Bringing...
View ArticleLeaving no one behind, SDG Media Zone
The SDG Media Zone aims to engage people all over the world in the important conversations happening during the high-level week of the UN General Assembly in New York from 18-22 September. Bringing...
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UNDESA DSPD Briefing for NGOs: Participation in the CSocD56
The fifty-sixth session of the Commission for Social Development (CSocD56) will take place at the United Nations Headquarters in New York, starting 29 January under the title “Strategies for...
View ArticleEradication of Poverty 2017: Leaving No One Behind
“Leaving no one behind means listening to the views and guidance of people living in poverty and acting with them.” That was the message from the United Nations Secretary General António Guterres...
View Article“What is the city but the people”
The evidence is clear: we are urban, period. Over 60 per cent of the world’s population will live in cities by 2030, and that number is expected to reach 70 per cent by 2050. Without innovation and...
View ArticleUNGA Reaffirms Role of Sport in Promoting Peace and Sustainable Development
Recognizing the potential of sport as a valuable tool in the achievement of peace and sustainable development, the United Nations General Assembly adopted a resolution on November 13 reaffirming its...
View ArticlePromoting Decent Work for All: 4 Lessons From New York City
“Decent work and sustainable economic growth are two sides of the same coin.” This was the main message at the event “Creating the Conditions for Decent Work for All: Localizing Sustainable Development...
View ArticleEmpowerment through Travel: Achievements and Challenges of Sustainable Tourism
Acknowledging the declaration of 2017 as the International Year of Sustainable Tourism for Development, the United Nations held an event titled “Sustainable Tourism: Changing the world through travel”,...
View ArticlePromoting Peace Through Innovation: the 2017 Intercultural Innovation Award...
On November 29, the United Nations hosted for the first time the Intercultural Innovation Award Ceremony, which celebrates the most innovative grassroots projects that encourage intercultural dialogue...
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