The transformative power of sports and its positive values bring us together. They also help address conditions conducive to terrorism by building community cohesion and resilience. At the same time, ...

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 ...

Assistant Secretary-General for Human Rights Applications must be sent to: [email protected] 19 September 2025 (midnight New York time) Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The ocean covers over 70% of the planet. It is our life source, supporting humanity’s sustenance and that of every other organism on earth. The ocean produces at least 50% of the planet’s oxygen, it ...

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

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 ...

Nationally Determined Contributions, or NDCs, are national climate action plans by each country under the Paris Agreement. A country's NDC outlines how it plans to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to ...