Sustainability
COVID-19 lockdown in Myanmar exposes precarious position of LGBTQI population |
When the first case of COVID-19 was discovered in Myanmar in late March, quarantine centres were set up in sites...
COVID-19 pushes more government activities online despite persisting digital divide – United Nations Sustainable Development
Denmark, Korea and Estonia top the 2020 UN e-government ranking New York, 10 July – As the COVID-19 pandemic forces...
United Nations launches framework to speed up progress on water and sanitation goal – United Nations Sustainable Development
Press release UN-Water New York, 9 July—The UN announced new plans to accelerate progress to achieve the water and sanitation-related...
Rising global temperature shows ‘enormous challenge’ of meeting climate goal |
The prediction is among the findings in the UN agency’s latest Global Annual to Decadal Climate Update, released on Thursday...
Reggae classic ‘One Love’ re-issued to help children upended by COVID crisis |
The fundraising initiative comes as the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) warned that an additional 6,000 children could die every day...
Global Acceleration Framework to speed up water and sanitation access for all |
The Global Acceleration Framework for SDG 6 addresses an issue which cuts across many areas of the UN’s work. Developed...
UN report finds COVID-19 is reversing decades of progress on poverty, healthcare and education – United Nations Sustainable Development
PRESS RELEASE The effects of the pandemic have devastated the most vulnerable and left them further behind New York, 7...
Identify and address ‘real needs’ to recover from COVID-19, UN rights expert urges |
“One of the main reasons implementation of the SDGs continues to lag behind is that policies and...
Amidst COVID-19 pandemic, UN High-Level Forum aims to chart pathways toward a sustainable recovery – United Nations Sustainable Development
PRESS RELEASE New York, 3 July—Facing the devastating impacts of COVID-19, which is threatening decades of progress in...
Move away from outdated ‘mad or bad’ approach to mental illness, urges independent UN expert |
While welcoming international recognition of mental health, Dainius Pūras, UN Special Rapporteur on the right to physical and mental health,...
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