ĢƵ Archives - United Nations Sustainable Development /sustainabledevelopment/blog/tag/un/ 17 Goals to Transform Our World Sun, 22 Apr 2018 16:09:04 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.4 ĢƵ chief launches first report to track Sustainable Development Goals /sustainabledevelopment/blog/2016/07/un-chief-launches-first-report-to-track-sustainable-development-goals/ Tue, 19 Jul 2016 16:22:15 +0000 /sustainabledevelopment/?p=19015 Launching the first-ever Sustainable Development Goals report on the new global development agenda adopted last year, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today said that the 15-year undertaking is “off to a good start” but will require all parts of the ĢƵ family and its partners to work together.

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]]> ‘When we stand together, there is no limit to what we can achieve,” Ban tells ĢƵ Assembly /sustainabledevelopment/blog/2015/09/when-we-stand-together-there-is-no-limit-to-what-we-can-achieve-ban-tells-un-assembly/ Mon, 28 Sep 2015 16:28:00 +0000 /sustainabledevelopment/?p=10666 Facing a world where inequality is growing, trust is fading, and impatience with leadership can be seen and felt far and wide, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon set the stage for 70th General Debate of the United Nations General Assembly today with a call to “translate promises on paper to action on the ground” by backing a bold new sustainability agenda that aims to wipe out poverty and build a sustainable future for a

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]]> ĢƵ General Assembly’s annual debate opens with focus on sustainable development /sustainabledevelopment/blog/2015/09/un-general-assemblys-annual-debate-opens-with-focus-on-sustainable-development/ Sun, 27 Sep 2015 22:03:54 +0000 /sustainabledevelopment/?p=10641 Monarchs, Presidents and Prime Ministers will gather by the scores at United Nations Headquarters in New York today for the General Assembly's annual General Debate, with a small island State that symbolises the combat against climate change – an urgent threat to global sustainability – set to occupy the first seat.

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]]> New ĢƵ report finds drop in global foreign direct investment in 2014 /sustainabledevelopment/blog/2015/06/new-un-report-finds-drop-in-global-foreign-direct-investment-in-2014/ Thu, 25 Jun 2015 15:54:25 +0000 /sustainabledevelopment/?p=6286 Global foreign direct investment (FDI) declined in 2014 but flows to developing countries actually reached their highest level ever, says a new United Nations report released today that also calls for systematic reform of the current international investment agreement regime.

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