The ocean is rising faster now than at any point in recorded history. The impacts are already being felt and the threats are ...

30 June 2025 — On the first day of the Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development (FFD4), Heads of State and Governments and global leaders gathered to launch the Sevilla Platform ...

Freedom of religion or belief, freedom of opinion and expression, the right to peaceful assembly and the right to freedom of association are interdependent, interrelated and mutually reinforcing. They ...

Progress toward quality education was already slower than required before the COVID-19 pandemic further stalled gains. Global school completion rates have risen only modestly since 2015, and overall ...

Development of an adequate understanding of mainstreaming requires clarity on the related concepts of gender and equality. Equality between women and men (gender equality): refers to the equal rights, ...

1. States Parties recognize the right of persons with disabilities to take part on an equal basis with others in cultural life, and shall take all appropriate measures to ensure that persons with ...

Negotiated by 193 Member States and informed by global consultations, the Compact commits governments to upholding international law and human rights online and to taking concrete steps to make the ...

A changing world demands a resilient response. The United Nations employs a diverse range of mechanisms and tools to prevent conflict, foster people-centered, peaceful resolutions, and build ...

The Committee on Conferences was established on an experimental basis by the General Assembly in its resolution 2239 (XXI) of 20 December 1966 and re-established in resolution 3351 (XXIX) of 18 ...

Climate variability and extremes are associated with more prolonged conflict through food price spikes, food and water insecurity, loss of income and loss of livelihoods (high confidence) ...

The steelpan (also known as a pan, steel drum, and sometimes, collectively with other musicians, as a steelband or steel orchestra) is a musical instrument originating in Trinidad and Tobago. It is ...

The UN’s 75th anniversary in 2020 arrived at a time of great upheaval and peril. If the world is to recover from COVID-19 and we are to deliver on our promises to future generations - to secure a ...