Conflict, inequality, corruption, and failure to respect human rights continue to pose substantial, intersecting and growing challenges to societies. These challenges are reflected in Sustainable ...

Conflict, inequality, corruption and a failure to respect human rights continue to pose intersecting and growing challenges to societies worldwide. The SDG 16 High-Level Conference takes place at a ...

Human life expectancy has improved across many parts of the world, according to recent data. Great strides have also been made in lowering fertility rates among young people and in reducing poverty ...

However, progress has been vastly unequal across countries and regions and has been slowed by a growing confluence of crises, conflicts and climate change. For the first time in decades, some ...

11 April 2024 - The UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII) is one of three UN bodies addressing Indigenous Peoples' issues, focusing on economic and social development, culture ...

The 2024 edition of International Jazz Day will be celebrated on 30 April in more than 190 countries. The Global Host for this year's celebration is the city of Tangier, Morocco. This marks the ...

The President of the UN General Assembly called for the acknowledgement of mixed efforts to achieve the goals of the Decade of Sustainable Energy, as the UN’s first ever Sustainability Week drew to a ...

*In accordance with Economic and Social Council decision 2005/213, the Commission, immediately following the closure of its fifty-sixth session, will hold the first meeting of its fifty-seventh ...

1. States Parties recognize the right of persons with disabilities to education. With a view to realizing this right without discrimination and on the basis of equal opportunity, States Parties ...

Segun Osisanya is an intern at Biological Weapons Convention Implementation Support Unit, Office for Disarmament Affairs, United Nations Office at Geneva. Security, like peace, identity and other ...

Paritosh Kasotia is an International Program Manager at the Iowa Council for International Understanding. She is also President of the United Nations Association-Des Moines Chapter. The ...

The purpose of the present Convention is to promote, protect and ensure the full and equal enjoyment of all human rights and fundamental freedoms by all persons with disabilities, and to promote ...