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UN calls for closing internet connectivity and digital governance gap

9 October 2023 - Against a backdrop of growing geopolitical tensions, proliferating crises and widening inequalities, the challenges facing the global...

Japanese Prime Minister delivers his opening remarks at the Forum

Leveraging benefits of rapid advances in artificial intelligence and digitalisation underpins UN Forum on Internet Governance

9 October 2023 - Against a backdrop of growing geopolitical tensions, proliferating crises and widening inequalities...

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8 topics that will bring us closer to the Internet we want

5 October 2023 - Surfing the Internet for work, school or to get the latest news. Today, more and more people have access to the world wide web. How can we further improve connectivity and create...

Launch of the the UN Data Commons for the SDGs at SDG media zone.

Empowering SDG actions with new tools for tracking SDG progress

4 October 2023 - During the SDG Summit, the UN DESA’s Statistics Division, partnering with , . 

Día Internacional de las Personas de Edad

Fulfilling the promises of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights across generations

2 October 2023 - This year marks the 75th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which was the first document to outline...

SDG Action Zone at the 78th session of the UN General Assembly.

‘We know the solutions’: Youth offer UN tips for better world

29 September 2023 - The UN General Assembly (UNGA) wrapped up its high-level week, world leaders flew home, and the security barricades...

UN DESA’s Under-Secretary-General Li Junhua at the stage in the SDG Media Zone

“Business as usual is no longer a viable option”

22 September 2023 - “We need to accelerate the implementation [of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)] with a sense of urgency,” said UN DESA’s Under-Secretary-General Li Junhua...

Secretary-General António Guterres addresses the opening of the general debate of the UN General Assembly’s 78th session.

‘Reform or rupture’ says Guterres, calling for multilateralism to be remade for the 21st century

22 September 2023 - Secretary-General António Guterres on Tuesday warned the world is “becoming unhinged” and underscored...

 
The UN Secretary-General, António Guterres and the President of the General Assembly Dennis Francis attend the High-level Dialogue on Financing for Development at UN Headquarters.

UN sets out bold solutions to rescue SDG finance

20 September 2023 - Taking urgent steps to deliver on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030, world leaders launched a high level dialogue on Financing for Development on Wednesday.

 
Opening of the High Level Dialogue on Financing for development

With trillions needed to achieve Sustainable Development Goals, world leaders gather to set out bold solutions to urgently scale up investments

20 September 2023 - Recognizing the urgency of delivering on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030, world leaders gathered at the UN High-level Dialogue on Financing for Development in New York today to present innovative and practical solutions to unlock better financing and tackle the great finance divide that has emerged between developed and developing countries.

The SDG Pavilion at UN Headquarters is hosting a week of discussions around the Sustainable Development Goals

Invest in SDGs ‘like never before’ implores UN chief

20 September 2023 - A “rescue plan” for the Sustainable Development Goals () must now result in policies, budgets and investment to ensure a more just, equitable and green future by 2030, UN Secretary-General António Guterres said on Tuesday. 

 
SDG Stimulus Session

The SDG Stimulus – a High Impact Initiative to deliver financing at scale to rescue the SDGs

19 September 2023 - The global economy is facing multiple shocks that are reversing progress on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The pandemic, the fallout from the war in Ukraine, rising food and energy prices, and much tighter financial conditions leave many developing countries faced with impossible choices.

The SDG Summit gets underway in the General Assembly hall at UN Headquarters in New York.

UN General Assembly adopts declaration to accelerate SDGs

19 September 2023 - Now is the time for a global plan to rescue the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) which are woefully off-track halfway towards their 2030 deadline, UN Secretary-General António Guterres said on Monday in New York. 

Responding to cascading global crises, SDG Summit launches new phase of accelerated action on the Sustainable Development Goals

18 September 2023 – Gathering at the SDG Summit on 18 to 19 September, world leaders agreed today to urgently step up their efforts to deliver  the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), our global roadmap out of crises, by 2030.

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‘We all need to step up’ to rescue the SDG’s and fight for a better future: UN chief

16 September 2023 - UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Saturday rallied a diverse cross section of civil society actors to use their passionate voices and energetic grassroots networks to “help rescue the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and fight for the better future every person deserves.”