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Ensuring Indigenous Peoples’ rights in the age of AI
Artificial intelligence (AI) is reshaping our world at an unprecedented pace. For Indigenous Peoples, this technology can bring both significant challenges and promising opportunities.
Strengthening partnerships for SIDS: A renewed commitment through the ABAS Agenda
The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development affirms that partnerships are essential to delivering lasting results—particularly for small island developing States (SIDS), whose development needs are both unique and urgent. The SIDS Partnership Framework, established following the 2014 SAMOA Pathway and anchored in A/RES/70/202, remains a cornerstone for mobilizing, monitoring, and advancing genuine and durable partnerships for SIDS.
ECOSOC convenes its High-level Segment
The High-level Segment of ECOSOC, including the three-day ministerial segment of the HLPF, will be convened from Monday, 21 July, through Thursday, 24 July 2025. The theme of the 2025 ECOSOC and HLPF is Advancing sustainable, inclusive, science- and evidence-based solutions for the 2030 Agenda and its SDGs for leaving no one behind.
Cooperatives: Building a better world through inclusion and sustainability
On 5 July, the United Nations celebrates the International Day of Cooperatives, honouring the unique contributions of cooperatives to inclusive and sustainable development. This year’s theme—Cooperatives: Driving Inclusive and Sustainable Solutions for a Better World—reflects the growing recognition of cooperative enterprises as essential actors in addressing today’s global challenges.
Youth Localizing the SDGs: 2025 International Youth Day to spotlight local solutions
Each year on 12 August, International Youth Day (IYD) brings global attention to the challenges and opportunities facing young people. Spearheaded by UN DESA, IYD celebrates youth contributions to all aspects of global development.
UN DESA Under-Secretary-General Li Junhua joins online community on LinkedIn
“At the United Nations, we represent diverse voices connected by a shared purpose: building a more inclusive, equitable and sustainable world. I’m glad to join LinkedIn as part of this community and look forward to the rich and scholarly discussions around the most pressing global issues of our time,” said UN DESA’s Under-Secretary-General Li Junhua as he joined the platform on 28 May 2025.
ECOSOC events to look out for in June 2025
In June, the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) will convene a series of key meetings focused on humanitarian, development, and peacebuilding:
Reliable data on international migration matter more than ever
Reliable data on international migrants and migration are crucial for assessing current and future trends, identifying policy priorities, making informed decisions, promoting evidence-based discourse and dispelling misleading and harmful narratives. Yet there is often a lack of clarity about what international migration is, who should be considered an international migrant for statistical purposes, and how migration should be measured. Even when there is agreement on these specific technical issues, data on international migration and migrants are often incomplete or out of date.
Accelerating public service delivery for a sustainable future
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. Governments around the world are grappling with interconnected challenges including high and rising inequality, climate change, public health crises, economic instability, and declining trust in institutions.
COSP18: Spotlight on disability rights ahead of Second World Summit for Social Development
Persons with disabilities continue to face persistent barriers in daily life - limited access to education and employment, discrimination, and exclusion from decision-making. While progress has been made since the adoption of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD), the pace of change remains far too slow.