While multilateralism remains “committed to solving global challenges”, the deputy UN chief said on Sunday, United Nations Day, it is “struggling to find the path to effective implementation”.
24 October will be observed as the United Nations “Honour Day” at Expo 2020 in Dubai. United Nations Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed will join the ceremony in person and deliver opening remarks.
Rural women are not often in the spotlight. Yet they should be, because in countries like Haiti, for example, which is vulnerable to natural disasters and extreme climate change, these women demonstrate a remarkable level of courage and resilience.
The world faces layer upon layer of challenges: a global pandemic, a climate crisis, and increasingly complex humanitarian emergencies that transcend borders. Compounding the challenges are attacks against democracy and human rights — especially those of women and girls. The Government of Bangladesh and the UN are joining forces to confront these crises.
Scaled-up investments in local food systems are critical to ensure sustainable food security and nutrition for forcibly displaced people and host communities, three UN agencies say, ahead of World Food Day on 16 October.
The UN Secretary-General on Sunday said he was committed to ensuring that the Organization is a place where “youth voices are heard, and their ideas lead”, as he spent the day in Barbados which tomorrow hosts a major UN conference on trade and development, focused on the need to build a global green economy and recover equitably from the COVID-19 pandemic.
The world is in trouble. We need look no further than the latest report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), which UN Secretary-General António Guterres called “code red for humanity.”
The world “is challenged like never before”, the UN Secretary-General António Guterres said on Monday, but the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) still offer a roadmap to get back on track.
In a nutshell, there is no easy way around this new normal derived from the pandemic. But amid so many challenges, Peru has also given some important lessons. First, democracy is a pillar for sustainable development. This is particularly important to stress as we mark the International Day of Democracy, 15 September, only three months after Peru’s electoral process, indicative of a vibrant democracy.
