Tongogara Refugee Camp (TRC), located in Chipinge District of Zimbabwe has become a safe haven where nationalities from different countries in Africa have learned to live together and exchange their diverse life experiences. It is a space where tolerating the next person’s way of living is the norm, while also adapting to a different setting away from home.
As Chair of the United Nations Sustainable Development Group, I am deeply troubled over recent decisions and proposals to markedly cut Official Development Assistance (ODA) to service the impacts of the war in Ukraine on refugees.
From the economic repercussions of the COVID pandemic to food insecurity exacerbated by the Ukraine war, Secretary-General António Guterres painted a picture of accumulating crises that have put the drive towards the global goals into reverse.
The United Nations Sustainable Development Group (UNSDG) met today in Vienna to assess impacts and challenges of the global effects of the war in Ukraine and discuss ways to ensure an effective and integrated multilateral response to countries to rescue the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), leveraging the Secretary-General’s report on Our Common Agenda.
The Ukraine crisis may pose a threat to food security and living standards in Africa, but it could also provide incentives to boost intra-African trade. Those were the key messages from Hanan Morsy, Deputy Executive Secretary and Chief Economist at the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), during a recent online presentation to over 100 UN officials from all over the continent. Many UN Resident Coordinators chimed in with observations from the field.
As Indonesia celebrates Ramadan, Valerie Julliand, the United Nations Resident Coordinator in the country, and Toily Kurbanov, Executive Coordinator, United Nations Volunteers, explain why volunteerism encapsulates the generosity and compassion of the Muslim holy month.
This blog is based on recent remarks delivered by the Secretary-General at the launch of the first report of the Global Crisis Response Group on Food, Energy, and Finance.
When it comes to mitigating climate change everyone has a role to play. This video produced by our team in Belarus talks about the importance of taking small steps, both at home and in the workplace, and things each of us can do to help restore our planet.
