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| Poverty Eradication
The flagship forecast launched in New York on Thursday indicates that last year’s stronger-than-expected GDP growth coming out of the COVID-19 pandemic masked short-term risks and structural vulnerabilities in the world economy.
The…
| Disabilities
In the challenging contexts of 27 low and middle-income countries where Humanity & Inclusion and its partners operates, we've observed that maintaining the continuity of education is of utmost importance, especially during transitions from…
| Poverty Eradication
The key to ensuring that communities – especially the most vulnerable – can leave fossil-fuel based economies behind, is to create space for a just transition to a green economy, clean energy advocates and representatives of indigenous groups argued…
| Innovation & Technology
Experts with deep experience across government, the private sector, technology, civil society, and academia have been tasked with supporting UN efforts to ensure Artificial Intelligence (AI) is used for the greater good of humanity.
The…
| Families
Since 2019, several activities have been shaping the preparations for the 30th Anniversary of the International Year of the Family in 2024. In this regard, Secretary General’s Reports have been presented for the General Assembly to set the…
| Sport for Development and Peace
In 2023 the hosting cycle of the Inter-Agency Games fell onto Vienna. With great excitement we took over the flag from our colleagues in Copenhagen last year and our now looking forward to welcoming the Inter-Agency Games family, our athletes, and…
| Innovation & Technology
Against a backdrop of growing geopolitical tensions, proliferating crises and widening inequalities, the challenges facing the global community in reaching the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development are vast, the UN said on Monday.…
| Innovation & Technology
The new ILO study, Generative AI and Jobs: A global analysis of potential effects on job quantity and quality, suggests that most jobs and industries are only partly exposed to automation and are more likely to be complemented rather than…
| Sport for Development and Peace
The Office of the Special Adviser to the Secretary-General on Cyprus is working to help build and nurture connections and interactions across the island, bringing together Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot communities.
The island of Cyprus, which…
| Families
Generations United organized, with United Nations DESA and IFFD, an Expert Symposium entitled “Changing Demographics Can Result in Strengthening Families”, as a pre-event to the Global Intergenerational Conference on July 25.
The Symposium…
| Poverty Eradication
It all begins with food. Small-scale farmers produce up to 70 per cent of the food in low- and middle-income countries, yet they are often cut off from the services they need to pull themselves out of poverty and food insecurity. What's more, hunger…
| Poverty Eradication
12/07/2023
Rome/New York/Geneva – Over 122 million more people are facing hunger in the world since 2019 due to the pandemic and repeated weather shocks and conflicts, including the war in Ukraine, according to the latest State of Food…