El agua dulce sustenta la vida humana y es vital para nuestra salud. Hay suficiente agua dulce para todo el mundo; sin embargo, debido a la mala situación de la economía o a una infraestructura deficiente, millones de personas (la mayoría niños) mueren a causa de enfermedades relacionadas con un abastecimiento de agua, higiene o saneamiento inadecuados.| United Nations
Background The Least Developed Countries (LDCs) face significant challenges in providing quality inclusive education, particularly at the higher education level. With only five years remaining to achieve Sustainable Development Goal 4 (SDG4) on quality education, LDCs are falling behind its targets. With a rapidly growing working-age population expected to double from 610| www.un.org
World Environment Day aims to inspire more people than ever before to take action to prevent the growing strain on planet Earth’s natural systems from reaching the breaking point.| United Nations
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
Every step matters for impact: Mandate implementation review| UN80 Initiative
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
UNFF20 Outcome Documents| www.un.org
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
Transforming Africa with Youth-Driven Solutions| www.un.org
Capacity Needs and Priority Assessment (Latin American States) (30 June 2025 deadline - APPLY HERE)| BBNJ Agreement
World Population Prospects 2024: Summary of Results| www.un.org
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1 September 2023| General Assembly of the United Nations
1 September 2023| General Assembly of the United Nations
1 September 2023| General Assembly of the United Nations
1 September 2023| General Assembly of the United Nations
1 September 2023| General Assembly of the United Nations
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
Some of the key features of the Convention are the following:| 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
Peace, dignity and equality on a healthy planet| 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
Eighty years ago, in a world scorched by war, leaders made a choice. Cooperation over chaos. Law over lawlessness. Peace over conflict. That choice gave birth to the United Nations – not as a dream for perfection, but as a practical strategy for the survival of humanity … No matter the challenge. No matter the obstacle. No matter the hour. We must – and we will – overcome. Because in a world of many choices, there is one choice we must never make: The choice to give up. We must ne...| 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
Adolescents and Youth| www.un.org
Мир, достоинство и равенствона здоровой планете| United Nations
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
United Nations Sustainable Development Goals - Time for Global Action for People and Planet| United Nations Sustainable Development