April 2026 - The UN DESA e‑learning course Advancing Women’s Participation and Leadership in Public Institutions provides practical guidance on identifying barriers, designing gender‑responsive ...

The United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday adopted a landmark resolution to strengthen how UN mandates - the decisions taken by Member States that guide the Organisation’s work - are created, ...

A changing world demands a resilient response. The United Nations employs a diverse range of mechanisms and tools to prevent conflict, foster people-centered, peaceful resolutions, and build ...

Developing countries are being priced out of the affordable finance they desperately need for sustainable development, with sovereign credit ratings often overstating risk and overlooking long-term ...

In March 2025, the Secretary-General launched the UN80 Initiative to transform how the UN works - identifying efficiencies, reviewing how mandates are implemented, and examining potential structural ...

As the conflict in the Middle East unfolds and threatens to intensify, disruptions in maritime trade through the Strait of Hormuz risk creating ripple effects impacting humanitarian needs and ...

March 2026 - Hot on the heels of a scorching decade, the UN’s weather agency has said that the planet’s climate is “more out of balance than at any time in observed history”.

Eight decades on, the aspiration for peace, dignity and equality still resonates as the UN marks 80 years of its existence in New York City – a place now inseparable from the organization’s global ...

March 2026 - International tax cooperation will continue to be front and centre at the UN this month, with the 32nd Session of the Committee of Experts on International Cooperation in Tax ...

An estimated 4.9 million children died before their fifth birthday in 2024, including 2.3 million newborns, according to new United Nations estimates released on Tuesday – highlighting a worrying ...

World Water Day 2026, marked on 22 March, focuses on safe water and sanitation as human rights and critical enablers of gender equality.

17 March 2026 - The United Nations today announced the appointment of Joseph Gordon-Levitt as the UN’s first Global Advocate for Human-centric Digital Governance, a newly established role designed to ...