More from UN DESA - July 2025

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.