Every five years, World Statistics Day (WSD) is observed on 20 October. Since it was first celebrated in 2010, the Day provides an opportunity to recognize the importance of official statistics and to ...
Сегодня в штаб-квартире ООН в Нью-Йорке состоялась торжественная встреча по поводу завершения Международного года лесов. К этому событию была приурочена церемония награждения «лесных героев» — лиц, ...
October - Each year on 17 October, the world comes together to mark the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty. First commemorated in 1987 and recognized by the United Nations in 1992, the ...
La Journée mondiale de la poste est célébrée chaque année le 9 octobre pour marquer la date anniversaire de la fondation de l’Union postale universelle (UPU) en 1874.
Last month, UN DESA’s Economic Analysis and Policy Division hosted the fourth session of its Development Policy Seminar Series on the World Economic Situation and Prospects. The Seminar examined ...
As the UN General Assembly (GA) welcomed presidents, prime ministers and premier public intellectuals, the halls of UN Headquarters in New York echoed with the dignity and urgency of what we’ve ...
Thirty years ago, the United Nations General Assembly adopted the World Programme of Action for Youth – a landmark international commitment to prioritize the rights, aspirations, and potential of ...
A report issued by a UN-convened expert group finds that tackling the climate and sustainable development crises together could unlock efficiencies at scale and reduce government spending needed to ...
Today, the Agreement on Marine Biological Diversity of Areas beyond National Jurisdiction – the BBNJ Agreement – has reached the required threshold of ratifications for entry into force. I welcome ...
New York, 19 September 2025 — United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres has appointed a new group of independent scientists to draft the 2027 Global Sustainable Development Report (GSDR). This ...
The Secretary-General welcomes the issuance by Colombia’s Special Jurisdiction for Peace of its first restorative sentences, a historic milestone in the implementation of the Final Peace Agreement of ...
The Secretary-General strongly condemns the reported killing of at least 40 people, including women, children and elderly, during a brutal attack by armed gangs in the Cabaret commune of Haiti's West ...