Digital platforms are creating new income opportunities around the world, but they are also transforming how work is managed, ...
As the international community marks the twentieth anniversary of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities ...
The 81st session will open on 8 September 2026 under the theme “Restoring Trust, Managing Transformation: A United Nations ...
These developments build on the momentum of the International Year of Cooperatives 2025. In December 2025, the General ...
On 31 August 2026, the UN General Assembly adopted a draft resolution entitled "Enhancing the participation of Indigenous Peoples' representatives and representative institutions in meetings of ...
People are living longer in every region. A person reaching age 60 in 2025 could expect to live another 21.6 years on average, nearly three years longer than in 2000. By 2050, more than twice as many ...
Land degradation, desertification and drought are not only environmental challenges. They are also social development challenges that can deepen poverty and inequality, undermine livelihoods and food ...
The review asks not only, “What has been done?” but also, “What difference has it made, what have we learned and where do we go next?” National ownership, regional cooperation and global deliberation ...
Image Thème: « Vingtième anniversaire de la Déclarationdes Nations Unies sur les droits des Peuples Autochtones : les droitsdes Peuples Autochtones dans un monde en mutation » Dates: 10 -21 Mai 2027 ...
In a very special interview, conducted at UN Headquarters in New York earlier this year by UN DESA’s Division for Social Policy and Development’s programme on Ageing, four exceptional women over the ...
The United Nations is today urging countries to improve older persons’ accessibility to urban infrastructure, facilities and services as two phenomena – rapid urbanization and ageing populations – are ...