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Sustainable Development Agenda

Asia-Pacific countries agree to harness financial resources to accelerate sustainable development at Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ meeting

Asia-Pacific policymakers, together with business and civil society representatives from around 40 countries in the region, today agreed to a landmark financing strategy to mobilize the region¡¯s immense financial resources for inclusive and sustainable growth.

Senior Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ officials stress need for employment, decent work to achieve sustainable development

Top United Nations officials today underlined the importance for States to create employment opportunities and decent work for all in order to achieve poverty eradication and sustainable development, and to fulfill the objectives of the new Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ development agenda.

Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ goes dark for Earth Hour, joining a global call for climate action

Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ went dark this evening as the Organization turned off the lights at its iconic Headquarters complex in New York and other facilities around the world in observance of ''Earth Hour,'' an annual global event raising awareness about the need to take action on climate change and promoting sustainable energy consumption.

Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ set to observe Earth Hour to mobilize climate action

Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ will switch off its lights at it New York Headquarters tonight in support of Earth Hour, an annual event featuring the participation of millions of people around the world to call attention to the need for climate action.

Financing for development: Regional dimension critical on way to Addis Ababa and beyond

Preparations for the Addis Ababa Financing for Development conference are entering a critical phase. Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ Economic Commission for Europe and the Regional Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ Development Group for Europe and Central Asia organized a regional consultation in Geneva on 23 March to provide a regional input to the global negotiations, shortly after the release of the zero draft of the outcome document of this conference.

Integrating resilience and sustainable development in 2015 and beyond

As government representatives and experts from around the world gather in Japan to endorse a post-2015 framework for global disaster risk reduction, the World Bank Group has today emphasized that increasing resilience and disaster risk reduction are central to alleviating poverty and boosting shared prosperity.

Time to rethink Financing for Development, say Latin American and Caribbean ministers and Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ experts

Latin American and Caribbean Ministers and senior United Nations representatives called for a rethinking of the international financial architecture to put inclusion at the centre of the new post-2015 development agenda, in the context of a meeting on financing for development held at the headquarters of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) in Santiago, Chile.

Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ disaster risk reduction conference key to future sustainable development agenda

Government and civil society leaders from around the world are gathering in the Japanese city of Sendai for a United Nations conference that will take stock of ten years of global work to better prepare for and curb the impact of disasters, and to agree on an updated global response framework.

Partnerships ¡®central¡¯ to post-2015 agenda, says Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ Economic, Social Council President

Partnerships involving Government, the private sector, civil society, academia and philanthropic organizations will prove central to implementation of the new development agenda, the President of the United Nations Economic and Social Council said this morning as he opened a special event on Multi-Stakeholder Partnerships at Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ Headquarters in New York.

2020-03-04T13:56:16-05:0027 Feb 2015|News, Sustainable Development Agenda|

At thematic debate, Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ calls on Member States to boost funding for post-2015 development

The world has embarked on a ¡°crucial last stretch¡± to the post-2015 development agenda and towards securing a sustainable future for all, United Nations Deputy-Secretary-General Jan Eliasson declared today, adding that the international community would finally have a chance to provide ¡°a life of dignity¡± for millions of people.

2015 is a chance to change history, Ban tells Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ Youth Forum

This generation of young people ¨C the largest the world has ever seen ¨C has a historic opportunity to end poverty, combat climate change, create jobs and fight injustice, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon told a Youth Forum at Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ Headquarters in New York this morning as he called on the participants to get involved in shaping a future sustainable development agenda.

2020-03-04T13:56:34-05:0002 Feb 2015|News, Secretary-General, Sustainable Development Agenda|

2015 can and must be time for global action,¡¯ Ban declares, briefing Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ Assembly on year¡¯s priorities

8 January 2015 ¨C Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon looked forward to a ¡°year of opportunity,¡± as he briefed the 193-Member United Nations General Assembly on his priorities for 2015, and called for transformative global action that would ensure sustainable development and human dignity for all.

2020-03-04T13:56:49-05:0008 Jan 2015|News, Secretary-General, Sustainable Development Agenda|
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