2025 UN Ocean Conference | United Nations
9 June - 13 June 2025 Nice, France| United Nations
Promoting respect for human rights is a core purpose of the United Nations and defines its identity as an organization for people around the world. Member States have mandated the Secretary-General and the UN System to help them achieve the standards set out in the UN Charter and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.| United Nations
Site on the International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples. Here you will find information and related links.| United Nations
The International Day of Older Persons is an opportunity to highlight the important contributions that older people make to society and raise awareness of the opportunities and challenges of ageing in today’s world.| United Nations
An elderly woman at her window in Nepal, June 1981. UN Photo/John Isaac | United Nations
24/7 Carbon-free Energy Compact | United Nations
International Mountain Day is an occasion to create a large social movement that can bring mountain issues on the tables of politicians and society in general around the world.| United Nations
The Sustainable Development Goals spell out how we can protect our environment and slow climate change, from forests to oceans to everywhere in between. Think about your electricity use and your travel. Check your dinner table. Reuse whatever you can. The possibilities for action are many – and add up fast.| United Nations
Climate change is a global emergency that goes beyond national borders. It is an issue that requires coordinated solutions at all levels and international cooperation to help countries move toward a low-carbon economy. To tackle climate change and its negative impacts, 196 countries adopted the Paris Agreement at the COP21 in Paris on 12 December 2015. Entered into force less than a year later, the deal aims to substantially reduce global greenhouse gas emissions and to limit the global tempe...| United Nations
Past United Nations conferences on the least developed countries (LDCs)| United Nations
About the Responsibility to Protect| United Nations
Rising Internet connectivity has the potential to transform children and young people’s lives for the better, but also makes them vulnerable to sexual abuse, cyberbullying, and other risks. The UN is actively working to protect children and youth online through various programmes and initiatives.| United Nations
The 29th Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change took place in Baku, Azerbaijan, in November 2024. Illustration: United Nations Department of Global Communications.| United Nations
New data from ITU suggest ‘COVID connectivity boost’ – but the world’s poorest are being left far behind.| United Nations
The United Nations observes designated days, weeks, years, and decades, each with a theme, or topic. By creating special observances, the United Nations promotes international awareness and action on these issues. The majority of observances have been established by resolutions of the United Nations General Assembly, although some have been designated by UN specialized agencies. The United Nations also observes anniversaries of key events in its history.| United Nations
Since the earliest times, humanity has been on the move. Today, more people than ever before live in a country other than the one in which they were born.| United Nations
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The bicycle is a simple, affordable, reliable, clean and environmentally fit sustainable means of transportation.| United Nations
Two major reports on the first-ever global stocktake warn the world is significantly off track in meeting the goals of the Paris Agreement and urgent action is needed to combat the growing threats posed by climate change.| United Nations
World Children's Day is meant to celebrate worldwide fraternity and understanding between children, as well as to promote the ideals and objectives of the UN Charter and the welfare of the children of the world.| United Nations
The purpose of the day is to uphold women’s achievements, recognize challenges, and focus greater attention on women’s rights and gender equality to mobilize all people to do their part.| United Nations
The United Nations Secretary-General, António Guterres, on 31 March 2022, established a High-Level Expert Group on the Net-Zero Emissions Commitments of Non-State Entities to develop stronger and clearer standards for net-zero emissions pledges by non-State entities – including businesses, investors, cities, and regions – and speed up their implementation. | United Nations
World Toilet Day is raising awareness about the need for all human beings to have access to sanitation.| United Nations
At current rates of progress, the world is unlikely to meet the global goal of ending extreme poverty by 2030, with estimates suggesting that more than 600 million people will still be living in extreme poverty.| United Nations
Global Digital Compact| United Nations
Towards a Pact for the Future| United Nations
In recent years, major global shocks and setbacks to progress on the Sustainable Development Goals have increasingly underscored our shared vulnerabilities. International cooperation is needed more than ever, yet our collective problem-solving mechanisms do not match the pace or scale of the challenges we face. Today’s complex, interconnected, and rapidly changing world requires a more effective multilateral system – with the United Nations at its core.| United Nations
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Declaration on Future Generations — Revisions| United Nations
The world’s population is ageing: virtually every country in the world is experiencing growth in the number and proportion of older persons in their population. The number of older persons has increased substantially in recent years in most countries and regions, and that growth is projected to accelerate in the coming decades, but its sustained rise may peak by the end of the century.| United Nations
The ocean generates 50 percent of the oxygen we need, absorbs 30 percent of all carbon dioxide emissions and captures 90 percent of the excess heat generated by these emissions. It is not just ‘the lungs of the planet’ but also its largest ‘carbon sink’ – a vital buffer against the impacts of climate change. The ocean is central to reducing global greenhouse gas emissions and stabilizing the Earth’s climate.| United Nations
Forests cover one third of the Earth's land mass, performing vital functions around the world.| United Nations
The purpose of the day is the pursuit of happiness as a fundamental human goal.| United Nations
“Our Common Agenda” report looks ahead to the next 25 years and represents the Secretary-General’s vision on the future of global cooperation and reinvigorating inclusive, networked, and effective multilateralism.| United Nations
Summit of the Future: Multilateral Solutions for a Better Tomorrow. 22-23 September 2024. The Summit is a high-level event, bringing world leaders together to forge a new international consensus on how we deliver a better present and safeguard the future. This once-in-a-generation opportunity serves as a moment to mend eroded trust and demonstrate that international cooperation can effectively tackle current challenges as well as those that have emerged in recent years or may yet be over the ...| United Nations
The global population is projected to reach 8 billion on 15 November 2022, and India is projected to surpass China...| United Nations
The purpose of the day is to achieve full and equal access to and participation in science for women and girls.| United Nations
Water is the essential building block of life. But it is more than just essential to quench thirst or protect health; water is vital for creating jobs and supporting economic, social, and human development.| United Nations
Fresh water sustains human life and is vital for human health. There is enough fresh water for everyone on Earth. However, due to bad economics or poor infrastructure, millions of people (most of them children) die from diseases associated with inadequate water supply, sanitation and hygiene.| United Nations
Water and climate change are inextricably linked. Climate change affects the world’s water in complex ways. From unpredictable rainfall patterns to shrinking ice sheets, rising sea levels, floods and droughts – most impacts of climate change come down to water water (UN Water).| United Nations
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Climate change is one of the major challenges of our time. From shifting weather patterns that threaten food production, to rising sea levels that increase the risk of catastrophic flooding, the impacts of climate change are global in scope and unprecedented in scale.| United Nations
The 28th Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change is taking place in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, from 30 November to 12 December 2023.| United Nations
World Population Day seeks to focus attention on the urgency and importance of population issues, including their relations to the environment and development.| United Nations
Which foods cause the most greenhouse gas emissions?| United Nations
Greenwashing presents a significant obstacle to tackling climate change. By misleading the public to believe that a company or other entity is doing more to protect the environment than it is, greenwashing promotes false solutions to the climate crisis that distract from and delay concrete and credible action.| United Nations
Communicating on climate change is about educating and mobilizing audiences to take action to confront the climate crisis. Everyone can play a part by raising their voice, sharing solutions, and advocating for change – shaped by different experiences, cultural contexts, and underlying values.| United Nations
Information integrity refers to the accuracy, consistency and reliability of information. It is under threat from disinformation, misinformation, hate speech and more. This clear and present global threat demands coordinated international action to make the digital space safer and more inclusive while vigorously protecting human rights.| United Nations
World Soil Day (WSD) is held annually on 5 December as a means to focus attention on the importance of healthy soil and advocating for the sustainable management of soil resources.| United Nations
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Sustainable development requires an integrated approach that takes into consideration environmental concerns along with economic development.| United Nations
Women are increasingly being seen as more vulnerable than men to the impacts of climate change, mainly because they represent the majority of the world's poor and are proportionally more dependent on threatened natural resources. The difference between men and women can also be seen in their differential roles, responsibilities, decision making, access to land and natural resources, opportunities and needs, which are held by both sexes.| United Nations
Get to know all the events that will take place during the High-Level Week 2023.| United Nations
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The observance of the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty can be traced back to 17 October 1987. On that day, over a hundred thousand people gathered at the Trocadéro in Paris , where the Universal Declaration of Human Rights was signed in 1948, to honour the victims of extreme poverty, violence and hunger.| United Nations
International Day of Awareness of Food Loss and Waste (IDAFLW) raise awareness of the importance of the problem and its possible solutions at all levels and to promote global efforts and collective action towards meeting SDG target 12.3.| United Nations
The International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women aims to create awareness of the fact that violence against women is a human rights violation that impedes progress in many areas, including poverty eradication, combating HIV/AIDS, and peace and security, and therefore must be confronted and eliminated.| United Nations
The UN condemns all attacks and violence against journalists and media workers. It also urges Member States to do their utmost to prevent violence against journalists and media workers, to ensure accountability, bring to justice perpetrators of crimes against journalists and media workers, and ensure that victims have access to appropriate remedies.| United Nations
The purpose of the day is the pursuit of peace as a fundamental human right.| United Nations
Human Rights Day commemorates the day on which, in 1948, the United Nations General Assembly adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.| United Nations
Heads of State, Ministers of environment and other UN Member States’ representatives endorsed a historic resolution at the UN Environment Assembly to develop a legally binding agreement on plastic pollution by 2024, addressing the full lifecycle of plastic, including production, design and disposal.Read more.| United Nations
Infographics about all BSGI shipments (August 2022 – July 2023)| United Nations
Nationally Determined Contributions, or NDCs, are national climate action plans by each country under the Paris Agreement. A country's NDC outlines how it plans to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to help meet the global goal of limiting temperature rise to 1.5C and adapt to the impacts of climate change. The Paris Agreement requires that NDCs are updated every five years with increasingly higher ambition, taking into consideration each country’s capacity.| United Nations
The Charter of the United Nations was signed on 26 June 1945, in San Francisco, at the conclusion of the United Nations Conference on International Organization, and came into force on 24 October 1945. The Statute of the International Court of Justice is an integral part of the Charter. Visit the UN Dag Hammarskjöld Library's collection of translations of the UN Charter.| United Nations
SDG Summit 2023, September 2023, New York, sustainable development goals, sdgs| United Nations
Renewable energy – powering a safer future| United Nations
Against the backdrop of the worsening climate crisis, the UN Secretary-General’s Climate Ambition Summit aimed to showcase “first mover and doer” leaders from government, business, finance, local authorities, and civil society who came with credible actions, policies and plans – and not just pledges – to accelerate the decarbonization of the global economy and deliver climate justice in line with his Acceleration Agenda.| United Nations
The International Day of Sign Languages seeks to raise awareness of the importance of sign language in the full realization of the human rights of people who are deaf.| United Nations
The International Day of Democracy provides an opportunity to review the state of democracy in the world. Democracy is as much a process as a goal, and only with the full participation of and support by the international community, national governing bodies, civil society and individuals, can the ideal of democracy be made into a reality to be enjoyed by everyone, everywhere.| United Nations
In 1950, five years after the founding of the United Nations, world population was estimated at around 2.6 billion people. It reached 5 billion in 1987 and 6 in 1999. In October 2011, the global population was estimated to be 7 billion.| United Nations
In recent years, major progress has been made in increasing awareness and acceptance of autism, not least thanks to the many amazing autistic advocates who have worked tirelessly to bring the lived experience of autistic people to the wider world. Additionally, medical professionals, researchers and academics in many countries are now incorporating the neurodiversity paradigm, coined by sociologist Judy Singer in the late 1990s, in their work.| United Nations
A milestone document in the history of human rights, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights set out, for the first time, fundamental human rights to be universally protected. It has been translated into over 500 languages.| United Nations
