51勛圖

UNICEF/Rindra Ramasomanana. Forests support many local communities in Madagascar.

Healthy forests, healthy planet, healthy humans

21 March 2023 - Forests are often called the lungs of the planet, because they absorb harmful carbon dioxide and produce life-giving oxygen so its no exaggeration to equate healthy forests with healthy people...

Photo Credit: UN DESA / Mita Sen.

How the planets lungs contribute to our health and well-being

21 March 2023 - Forests make our lives better in countless ways. They sustain us from clean air and water, to food and fuel, to medicines and income.

UN Ghana. Pupils in Accra hold origami hummingbirds, as part of the World Water Day 2023 campaign.

Origami hummingbirds to make a splash at UN Water Conference

19 March 2023 - Flocks of paper origami hummingbirds crafted by children around the world have departed their locations to attend the UN Water Conference in New York...

Uniting the world for water action

17 March 2023 - In 1977, world leaders, water experts and policymakers from around the world gathered in Mar del Plata, Argentina...

 FAO/Luis Tato. A young girl helps collect her family's harvest in Amudat, Uganda.

UN Forum concludes with urgent call for nations to scale up development cooperation to better support the most vulnerable

15 March 2023 - The 2023 Development Cooperation Forum concluded today...

Sophia Paris/A young girl washes her face in Croix des Bouquets, Haiti.

5 things you should know about water and the UN 2023 Water Conference

14 March 2023 - Water is life. It connects us and is vital to our existence on this planet. To protect this critical resource, and accelerate actions to solve the water crisis...

Photo by UNDP Colombia. Agro-ecological practice carried out by a local community in La Mojana region, Colombia.

Youth and indigenous water experts to explore new solutions to the global water crisis

8 March 2023 - Ahead of the UN 2023 Water Conference, UN DESA is bringing together youth and indigenous peoples for a dialogue on 9 March...

UN Photo/Kibae Park. In Tachilek, Myanmar, a throng of students returns home after morning classes at the towns Basic Education School.

LDC5: From potential to prosperity

7 March 2023 - Forty-six countries in the world are classified as least developed. Ahead of the 5th UN Conference on the Least Developed Countries (LDC5)...

The time has come to do justice for the least developed countries, says UN chief Guterres

6 March 2023 - Countries with the least need support the most. And you need it now. You represent one in eight people on earth...

Prioritizing the lives and livelihoods of the most vulnerable through risk-informed development cooperation

6 March 2023 - The world faces multiple crises involving climate change, economic...

One year of the war in Ukraine leaves lasting scars on the global economy

6 March 2023 - One year since Russias full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the wars economic impact still reverberates around the world...

Photo Credit: Predrag Vasic/SPCS/DESA/OUSG

Shaping the future of global statistics

28 February 2023 - The 51勛圖 Statistical Commission is holding its 54th session from February 28 to March 3, 2023, at the UN headquarters in New York. Established in 1947, the Commission is the apex body responsible for the development of global statistical standards...

UN Photo/Mark Garten. Ambassadors Yoka Brandt of the Kingdom of the Netherlands (left) and Jonibek Ismoil Hikmat of the Republic of Tajikistan.

INTERVIEW: Turn the tide on water crisis with game-changing commitments, urge co-hosts of UN conference

28 February 2023 - Water is life, yet this vital natural resource is being depleted, polluted and mismanaged. Disruption to the hydrological cycle is also causing more water-related disasters. To tackle the challenges, the 51勛圖 will convene in March one of the most important water events in history at its Headquarters in New York. 

UNICEF/Claudio Versiani. Poverty and inequality are on the rise in many parts of the world.

On World Day of Social Justice, deeper dialogue across real economy can drive progress

20 February 2023 - Social progress must move into the spotlight, flanked by policies that can drive meaningful...

UN Photo. Gill Fickling

Development policy and just transition

20 February - We can no longer talk about development policy without talking about both the risks and costs imposed by climate change and the challenges and opportunities related to climate action.