Using data to support localization in Ukraine¡¯s front-line areas
As conflict continues in Ukraine¡¯s front-line areas¡ªespecially Kharkiv and Zaporizhzhia¡ªhumanitarian needs are growing rapidly.
¡°Íæż½ã½ã is not found, it is built. Brick by brutal brick, with hands that once knew how to fight but now choose to hold instead,¡± the Nigerian poet and peace activist said to the SummerStage audience.
The recent Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development was a platform for high-level finance discussions and a reminder of how multilingualism actively supports multilateralism.
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The report reveals real and substantial development gains during the past decade. Since 2015, the world has made notable strides in expanding access to education, improving maternal and child health, and bridging the digital divide. Effective prevention efforts have significantly reduced the burdens of infectious diseases such as HIV and malaria. Access to electricity has continued to grow, and renewable energy is now the fastest-rising source of power worldwide.
Yet progress has been fragile and unequal. Millions still face extreme poverty, hunger, inadequate housing, and a lack of basic services. Women, people with disabilities, and marginalized communities continue to face systemic disadvantages. Escalating conflicts, climate chaos, rising inequalities, and soaring debt servicing costs are holding back further advancements.
It is often assumed or implied that fertility rates are the result of free choice. Unfortunately, that is not the whole picture. Recent State of World Population reports have brought to light a number of concerning findings: that roughly half of all pregnancies are unintended; that public rhetoric around population size and fertility rates is driving fear, which can be, and has been, used to fuel ethnonationalism and undermine reproductive rights.
The 2025 edition of UN-Water¡¯s flagship annual report on water calls attention to the essential services and benefits mountain waters and alpine glaciers provide to societies, economies and the environment.
With a focus on the technical and policy responses required to improve water management in mountains, the report covers critical issues such as water supply and sanitation, climate change mitigation and adaptation, food and energy security, industry, disaster risk reduction and ecosystem protection.
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 2025 Edition of the UN CardThe 2025 edition of The UN Card brings you an update to 10 actions of the UN, that show in quantifiable terms how the daily work of UN colleagues affects the lives of people around the globe. |
 Because of human action the concentration of carbon dioxide in our atmosphere is reaching dangerous levels, driving Earth's temperatures higher and amplifying the frequency and intensity of extreme events. Built upon frontier scientific work, this platform visualizes hyperlocal human impacts of climate chnage and its effets on human security for more than 24,000 regions across the world. |
 UN System ChartThe UN System Chart intends to provide a graphical reflection of the functional organization of the United Nations system and is for informational purposes only. |
 UN Efforts to Address Racism¡°Racism is an evil infecting countries and societies around the world ¨C a deeply entrenched legacy of colonialism and enslavement. The results are devastating: opportunities stolen; dignity denied; rights violated; lives taken andlives destroyed.¡± said the Secretary-General Ant¨®nio Guterres on 14 March 2024. See . |