Disability advocates drive change through the Doha Declaration
1 December 2025 – The Second World Summit for Social Development which concluded last month in Doha, was designed with inclusion at its core. Ahead of the International Day of Persons with Disabilities on 3 December, the team in UN DESA’s Division for Inclusive Social Development, shared how the Social Summit helped advance the rights of persons with disabilities.
Latest urbanization data reveal world’s most populous cities
1 December 2025 – Our world is becoming increasingly urban. Cities are now home to 45 per cent of the global population of 8.2 billion, according to UN DESA’s World Urbanization Prospects 2025: Summary of Results, released on 18 November 2025.
As global crises deepen, leaders in Doha urge shift from promises to action
3 November 2025 – As global challenges deepen, governments, civil society and international partners convened in Doha on Monday to highlight concrete solutions to advance social development and confront some of today’s most urgent crises – from widening hunger and poverty to growing inequality and climate-driven instability.
Voices of the world gather at the UN: What you need to know about UNGA80
19 September 2025 - World leaders are converging on United Nations Headquarters along the East River in Manhattan for what is shaping up to be one of the most consequential annual gatherings in recent memory.
Guterres pushes leaders to ‘turn the tide’ on global crises during high-stakes UNGA week
18 September 2025 - Secretary-General António Guterres has issued a stark call to world leaders on the eve of the United Nations...
Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development delivers renewed hope and action for sustainable development
3 July 2025 - The Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development concluded today in Sevilla, Spain, with 130 initiatives turning the into action through concrete steps to boost investment in sustainable development, address the debt crisis afflicting many of the world’s poorest countries, and give developing countries a stronger voice in the international financing architecture.
The future of a fair and just digital world
20 June 2025 – As the marks two decades shaping global digital policy, the need to create an equitable online future has never been greater.
Accelerating public service delivery for a sustainable future
20 June 2025 – With just five years left to achieve the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and its 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the urgency to accelerate action has never been greater.
Ahead of UN summit, countries finalise landmark ‘Compromiso de Sevilla’
18 June 2025 – UN Member States have reached agreement on the outcome document for the Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development, to be formally adopted at an upcoming summit in Sevilla, Spain – though without the participation of the United States, which withdrew from the negotiations and announced it will not attend the conference.
Only with a healthy ocean can we achieve healthy and thriving societies
15 June 2025 – The picturesque city of Nice took center stage as more than 15,000 participants joined the Third United Nations Ocean Conference (UNOC3), representing governments, the science community, civil society, and the private sector. With urgent calls to reverse the ocean’s declining health, the conference sparked record-breaking pledges and renewed international momentum toward achieving Sustainable Development Goal 14: Life Below Water.
Revealing the hidden face of poverty
- The International Day for the Eradication of Poverty 2024 highlights a widespread but often ignored aspect of poverty: social and institutional mistreatment.
Geospatial information: Game-changer for sustainable development
- Over 200 high-level policymakers and senior government officials with scientists, engineers, innovators, entrepreneurs...
Finance commitments under Energy Compacts reach $1.4 trillion towards achieving global goals on clean energy
- New report shows continued investment and impact...
Guterres to world leaders: Stay committed to UN development goals
- UN Secretary-General António Guterres called on Tuesday for finance, climate action and peace to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by the 2030 deadline.
SIDS4: Charting the course toward resilient prosperity
24 May 2024 - The international community is joining together to support small islands in their bid for a better future. Opening on 27 May in Antigua and Barbuda...