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World News in Brief: Engagement with Sudan, Red Sea vessel attacks, SDGs disabilities promise

·December 2, 2023·2 min read

On Friday, the Security Council adopted a resolution to close the UN Integrated Transition Assistance Mission in Sudan (UNITAMS) following a request last month from the authorities. UNITAMS was established in June 2020 to provide support to Sudan for an initial 12-month period during its transition to democratic rule following...

World News in Brief: Gaza aid, support for Afghan returnees, end modern slavery, SDGs disabilities promise

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·December 2, 2023·3 min read

He said the UN was able to step up delivery of basic supplies into and across the Gaza Strip during the week-long pause in fighting, primarily through the Egyptian and Palestinian Red Crescent Societies. This included 630 metric tonnes of flour for 224,000 people in the south, and 63,000 blankets...

‘It’s crunch time’ to reach the SDGs, Mohammed tells Global Citizen Festival

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·September 24, 2023·1 min read

“Come rain or shine, we’re here because we are committed to our planet”, said Amina Mohammed, addressing the Global Citizen Festival, against the backdrop of the UN General Assembly High Level Week, taking place down the road. All to play for at halftime She highlighted the race to reach the...

UN marks halftime for the SDGs

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·September 15, 2023·1 min read

“This is a moment of solidarity for our global village at our global Town Hall – the United Nations,” said Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed. Halftime Talks During high-level week of the General Assembly, the SDG Pavilion will host a series of Halftime Talks. The UN Office for Partnerships is working...

Gender gap persists on road to the SDGs: UN Women

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·September 11, 2023·1 min read

The world is falling worryingly short in terms of closing the gender gap as part of the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) warned UN Women on Thursday....

Transforming food systems, key to get SDGs back on track: Mohammed

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·July 27, 2023·1 min read

According to development indicators, almost half of the SDG targets are moderately or severely off track, and 37 per cent are showing no change. “Transforming our food systems is one key to getting the world back on track and reversing these worrying trends,” Amina J. Mohammed said at the closing...

UN calls for gender equality push, central to SDGs

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·July 12, 2023·2 min read

“Halfway to the 2030 deadline the Sustainable Development Goals are dangerously off track,” he warned. “Gender equality is almost 300 years away. Progress on maternal health and access to family planning has been glacial.” World Population Day is commemorated annually on 11 July and this year’s focus is on unleashing...

Halfway there: 5 ways the UN is turbocharging the race to the SDGs

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·July 11, 2023·7 min read

Here are five key things you need to know: 1. Getting back on track The COVID-19 pandemic set back gains made towards realizing the SDGs by decades, and, if present trends persist, by 2030, a staggering 575 million people will remain trapped in extreme poverty, according to the new UN...

Boost global action and ambition to reach SDGs, urges new UN campaign

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·July 6, 2023·1 min read

Ahead of the critical SDG Summit in September, the campaign will amplify an urgent call for ambitious new action, showcase the Goals as the blueprint for sustainable progress globally, and mobilize people everywhere around this shared agenda for our common future. Crisis multiplier Halfway towards the 2030 deadline, the promise of the...

Developing countries face $4 trillion investment gap in SDGs

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·July 5, 2023·2 min read

According to a new UNCTAD report, developing countries actually face a staggering $4 trillion gap in sustainable development investments. UNCTAD Secretary-General Rebeca Grynspan said that a “significant increase” in material support for renewable energy in developing countries is “crucial” for the world to reach its climate goals by 2030. Poorer countries...

Don’t let SDGs turn into ‘mirage of what might have been’: UN chief

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·April 17, 2023·2 min read

The Secretary-General pointed to reports showing that, since the pandemic, the richest one percent of people around the world have captured nearly twice as much new wealth as the rest of the world combined. Inequalities within some countries, he said, are regressing towards early 20th Century levels, a time when...

UN deputy chief warns of faltering progress towards SDGs

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·March 14, 2023·3 min read

“Let me be frank: we are not doing well. Our progress towards the SDGs has faltered and even gone into reverse on some important targets and Goals, leaving many behind,” she said in opening remarks to the Arab Forum for Sustainable Development (AFSD) in Beirut, Lebanon. World leaders adopted the...