Last month, the world marked eighty years since the devastation of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Every day since then, the hibakusha – the survivors – turned their suffering into a call for peace. They were ...

New commitments to boost renewable energy and increase access to electricity and clean cooking technologies by 2030 have brought the finance and investment pledged through the United Nations to US$ 1.

A report issued by a UN-convened expert group finds that tackling the climate and sustainable development crises together could unlock efficiencies at scale and reduce government spending needed to ...

Madam President, I would like to make a small introduction and then my two colleagues will brief the Council. Excellencies, Two days ago, in this very chamber, I made a direct appeal: Give peace a ...

Music, memories and messages of peace filled the UN General Assembly Hall on Monday as the world body commemorated 80 years since its founding.

Guiding Principles of the Convention There are eight guiding principles that underlie the Convention and each one of its specific articles: Respect for inherent dignity, individual autonomy including ...

Join the United Nations Department of Global Communications during UNGA80 from 22-26 September and hear about the transformation and solutions needed to accelerate action on the SDGs. Organized in ...

Leonardo DiCaprio, an Academy Award®-winning actor, has been an outspoken advocate for environmental issues throughout much of his career. In 1998, at the age of 24, Mr. DiCaprio established his ...