SDGs
The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are a collection of 17 global goals designed to be a “blueprint to achieve a better and more sustainable future for all.” Set up by the UNGA in 2015, the SDGs are included in Agenda 2030.
- Dawn Clancy and Maurizio Guerrero
- • September 19, 2023
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Biden Pushes Global Unity as Russia Keeps Demolishing Ukraine President Joe Biden called for unity and partnership as world leaders gathered at what he described as an “inflection point in world history,” where nations must work together to “preserve…
- Categories: Africa, General Assembly, Latin America, SDGs, Secretary-General, UNGA78
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- Arthur Bassas
- • September 15, 2023
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You are reading This Week @UN, summarizing the most pressing issues before the organization. The information is gathered from UN press briefings, PassBlue reporting and other sources. This week, we focus on the bookended natural disasters in Libya and Morocco….
- Categories: Africa, Climate Change, General Assembly, SDGs, Secretary-General, This Week @UN, Ukraine-Russia War, US-UN Relations
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- Damilola Banjo
- • September 13, 2023
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The world is wary that the Sustainable Development Goals will not be achieved by their deadline of 2030, but Lachezara Stoeva thinks that people should instead be focusing on how to speed up progress at this crucial midpoint. “Although…
- Categories: SDGs
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- Opinion by Fergal Mythen
- • September 11, 2023
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There’s an old Irish proverb, “Ní hé lá na gaoithe lá na scolb.” Roughly translated, it means that “the day of the wind is not the day for fixing the thatch” — a common roofing material for homes in…
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- Arthur Bassas
- • September 8, 2023
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We are back with our ever-popular weekly summary after a pause in August, grappling with the hottest summer on record. We continued to publish exclusive stories, provocative opinion pieces and a podcast episode, staying active on Twitter (X), Facebook, Instagram and LinkedIn. Follow us…
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- Chloé Cosson
- • July 14, 2023
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You are reading This Week @UN, summarizing the most pressing issues before the organization. The information is gathered from UN press briefings, PassBlue reporting and other sources. This week, we look at promising developments around the FSO Safer crisis,…
- Categories: Human Rights, SDGs, Secretary-General, Security Council, This Week @UN, Ukraine-Russia War
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- Dulcie Leimbach
- • June 16, 2023
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This week, the UN secretary-general introduced his policy agendas on peace, AI and the “integrity” of digital platforms, while in the Security Council, Mali told the UN to withdraw its peacekeeping mission from the country immediately. You are reading This…
- Categories: Africa, Cities, Climate Change, Disabilities, Human Rights, SDGs, Secretary-General, Security Council, This Week @UN, Ukraine-Russia War
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- Laura E. Kirkpatrick
- • June 12, 2023
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BUFFALO, N.Y. — On Mother’s Day weekend in the United States, families across Buffalo were commemorating a mass shooting of exactly one year ago. Occurring at the only supermarket in the city’s Masten District, the massacre killed 10 people…
- Categories: Cities, Human Rights, Poverty, SDGs, Women
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- Dulcie Leimbach
- • June 9, 2023
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This week, the UN’s humanitarian arm jumped in to help mitigate the disaster at Ukraine’s Kakhovka dam, while back in New York City, the UN secretary-general tweeted on June 7, as daylight darkened ominously: “At our @UN Headquarters in…
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- Damilola Banjo
- • December 2, 2022
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This week, we focus on the issues of intensifying violence in the Mideast raised separately by UN special envoys in the Security Council. You are reading This Week @UN, summarizing the most pressing issues before the organization. The information…
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- Opinion by Bilawal Bhutto Zardari
- • November 30, 2022
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The decision at COP27 in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, to establish a fund to assist developing countries address loss and damage from the adverse impacts of climate change was a momentous signal of hope for humanity and the planet. The…
- Categories: Climate Change, OPINIONS, SDGs
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- Dulcie Leimbach
- • July 24, 2022
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A new agreement between Russia and the United Nations to specifically propel Russia’s food products and fertilizers back into commercial markets was signed in Istanbul last week. It comes with big ambitions for a country waging war and an…
- Categories: Africa, Humanitarian Aid, SDGs, Secretary-General
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- Susanne Courtney
- • July 12, 2022
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With the world facing an unprecedented food crisis, the smallest of the three Rome-based agencies of the United Nations — the International Fund for Agricultural Development — has a new president. Álvaro Lario, its chief financial officer and a…
- Categories: Development, Poverty, SDGs, UN Agencies
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- Emma Beilouny
- • April 25, 2022
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The Washington-based Feminist UN Campaign has been grading the performance of United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres since 2017. And he’s not exactly excelling. The group’s 2021 report card gave him a big B-. In 2020, he at least earned…
- Categories: Human Rights, LGBT, SDGs, Secretary-General
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- Barbara Crossette
- • September 6, 2021
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Sima Sami Bahous, until recently Jordan’s ambassador to the United Nations since 2016, has been chosen as the next executive director of UN Women. Her appointment may be announced as soon as Tuesday, Sept. 7, according to numerous people…
- Categories: Gender Violence, SDGs, Secretary-General, UN Agencies, Women
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