On 9 January, UN DESA will release the 2025 World Economic Situation and Prospects (WESP) report, presenting the latest forecast for the global economy. What makes this edition different from other ...

While we’ve just counted down to a new year, another clock continues to tick: for the 2030 Agenda and its Sustainable Development Goals. In 2025 - the 80th anniversary of the United Nations - UN DESA ...

The Dag Hammarskjöld Library’s reading room and chat service will take a break over the holiday season from 25 December 2024 to 3 January 2025. During this time you can still reach the Library ...

Global leaders, private sector, civil society and technical community unite for comprehensive digital governance, strengthening the Global Digital Compact and declaring the Riyadh IGF Messages ...

17 December 2024 – Every year, millions of people leave their countries of origin to move abroad. The reasons and circumstances that motivate or compel people to migrate are diverse.

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, 9 December – Even as dramatic water-related disasters such as floods and storms intensified in some parts of the world, more than three-quarters of Earth’s land became ...

“I tell my colleagues … as humanitarians, our jobs are bigger than us… We don't do our job, we lose people. So every time you feel like you don't have to do 100 plus percent, just think ...

[Delivered by Ms. Lidia Brito, Assistant Director-General for Natural Sciences at the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization] ...

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As a changing climate intensifies its grip on our world with more unpredictable and extreme weather patterns, there is growing demand for the minerals critical for clean energy technologies.