ساهمت البروفيسورة وانغاري ماثاي على مدى عقود عديدة في الدفع قدما بمثل الأمم المتحدة ومقاصدها. والسيدة ماثاي هي معروفة على مستوى العالم لعملها من أجل حقوق الإنسان وتمكين المرأة، وكانت البروفيسورة رائدة أيضا في توضيح الصلات بين حقوق الإنسان والفقر والحماية البيئية والأمن ...| United Nations
Joint written statement* submitted by the Association for World Education and the World Union for Progressive Judaism (WUPJ), non-governmental organizations on the Roster The Secretary-General has received the following written statement which is circulated in accordance with Economic and Social Council resolution 1996/31. [4 July 2006] [...]| Question of Palestine
El desarrollo sostenible requiere un enfoque integral que tome en consideración las preocupaciones ambientales junto con el desarrollo económico.| United Nations
The UN Independent Commission of Inquiry on the 2018 Gaza protests Arabic: العربية GENEVA (28 February 2019): The United Nations Independent Commission of Inquiry on the protests in the Occupied Palestinian Territory today presented its findings. The report focuses on the demonstrations in the Gaza Strip, referred to as the “Great March of Return and the Breaking [...]| Question of Palestine
يُحتفل باليوم الدولي للاعنف بوصفه — ووفقاً لقرار الجمعية العامة 61/271 المؤرخ 15 حزيران/يونيه 2007، الذي نص على إحياء تلك الذكرى — مناسبة لنشر رسالة اللاعنف، بما في ذلك عن طريق التعليم وتوعية الجمهور، وتوكيد الأهمية العالمية لمبدأ اللاعنف والرغبة في تأمين ثقافة السلام والتسام...| United Nations
24 July 2025 Statement by UNICEF Regional Director for the Middle East and North Africa Edouard Beigbeder on the unconscionable deaths of children by starvation in the Gaza Strip Children in the Gaza Strip are starving to death. Severe malnutrition is spreading among children faster than aid can reach them, and the world is [...]| Question of Palestine
Remittances serve as a vital lifeline for more than 200 million Africans. Beyond supporting the lives and livelihoods of families in the senders’ countries of origin, these transfers represent solidarity and symbolize the generosity and resilience of the African community on the continent and beyond.| www.un.org
GAZA SITUATION REPORT 42 19 August 2014/ Issue No. 42 UPDATE AT 16:30 The ceasefire was broken. 3 rockets were reportedly fired this afternoon from Gaza. There are reports of Israeli airstrikes in North, Gaza, Middle and Khan Younis. HIGHLIGHTS Last night, the 5 days ceasefire was extended by another 24 hours to continue the [...]| Question of Palestine
Africa has the youngest population in the world, with 70% of sub-Saharan Africa under the age of 30. Such a high number of young people is an opportunity for the continent’s growth – but only if these new generations are fully empowered to realise their best potential. It is especially important that young people are included in decision making and given appropriate| www.un.org
Fifty-four countries that are home to more than half of the poorest people on the planet need urgent debt relief now, the UN Development Programme (UNDP) said in a paper published on Tuesday that calls for rich countries to step up. | United Nations
World Population Prospects 2024: Summary of Results adopts the analytical framework of the demographic transition—the historic shift towards longer lives and smaller families—approximated here by the timing at which populations peak in size, to explore differences in population trends that characterise countries and regions today and provide insight into their future| www.un.org
NOON BRIEFING HIGHLIGHTS Spokesperson for General Assembly President Csaba Kőrösi United Nations Headquarters, New York Friday, 1 September 2023 WATER CONFERENCE FOLLOW-UP Let me start with the General Assembly. […]| General Assembly of the United Nations
Today, 55% of the world’s population lives in urban areas, a proportion that is expected to increase to 68% by 2050. Projections show that urbanization, the gradual shift in residence of the human population from rural to urban areas, combined with the overall growth of the world’s population could add another 2.5 billion people to urban areas by 2050, with close to 90% of this increase taking place in Asia and Africa, according to a new United Nations data set launched today.| www.un.org
The Nakba, which means “catastrophe” in Arabic, refers to the mass displacement and dispossession of Palestinians during the 1948 Arab-Israeli war. Before the Nakba, Palestine was a multi-ethnic and multi-cultural society. However, the conflict between Arabs and Jews intensified in the 1930s with the increase of Jewish immigration, driven by persecution in Europe, and with [...]| Question of Palestine
The eight Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) – which range from halving extreme poverty rates to halting the spread of HIV/AIDS and providing universal primary education, all by the target date of 2015 – form a blueprint agreed to by all the world’s countries and all the world’s leading development institutions. They have galvanized unprecedented efforts to meet the needs of the world’s poorest. The UN is also working with governments, civil society and other partners to build on t...| www.un.org
To foster a globally inclusive approach, the UN Secretary-General has convened a multi-stakeholder High-level Advisory Body on AI to undertake analysis and advance recommendations for the international governance of AI.| United Nations
On this website you can find information and guidance from the United Nations regarding the current outbreak of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) that was first reported from Wuhan, China, on 31 December 2019.| United Nations
The [Israeli-Palestinian] conflict cannot be managed. It must be resolved. We cannot wait for perfect conditions. We must create them. We cannot defer peace efforts until suffering becomes unbearable. We must act before it is too late. That is why I implore the international community not only to keep the two-State solution alive – but to take the urgent, concrete, irreversible steps necessary to make it real. — ANTÓNIO GUTERRES| www.un.org
World Population Prospects 2022 is the twenty-seventh edition of the official United Nations population estimates and projections. It presents population estimates from 1950 to the present for 237 countries or areas, underpinned by analyses of historical demographic trends. This latest assessment considers the results of 1,758 national population censuses conducted between| www.un.org
Following their appointment as co-facilitators to lead the intergovernmental process on the Global Digital Compact, the co-facilitators Rwanda and Sweden shared on XX January 2023 their roadmap for the process (see full letter here). Information for each session will be released below as details become available. Stakeholders interested in attending or speaking at a session| www.un.org
The first session was convened from 4 to 17 September 2018, the second session from 25 March to 5 April 2019 and the third session from 19 to 30 August 2019. The fourth session, which was postponed by decisions 74/543 and 75/570 owing to the COVID-19 pandemic, was convened from 7 to 18 March 2022. A fifth session of the Conference was convened from 15 to 26 August 2022 pursuant to General Assembly decision 76/564 (available as A/76/L.46). On the last day of that session, the Conference, in...| www.un.org
International Migrant Stock 2024 As a part of its mandate to bring population issues to the attention of the international community, the Population Division of the United Nations, in the Department of Economic and Social Affairs, publishes datasets on the world’s population and analyzes global demographic trends. The 2024 edition of the International Migrant Stock dataset| www.un.org
