For years, blended finance —utilizing public development funds to attract private investment in developing countries —has been touted as a powerful means to bridge the financing gap for achieving the ...

The Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development concluded today in Sevilla, Spain, with 130 initiatives turning the Sevilla Commitment or Compromiso de Sevilla into action through ...

Slavery. Drugs. Weapons. Corruption. These are the hallmarks of transnational organized crime--a multi-billion-dollar industry that operates across borders, exploiting vulnerable people and ...

A new mechanism offering debt-distressed countries a way to coordinate action and amplify their voice in the global financial system, has been launched at the UN’s pivotal sustainable development ...

A senior UN official has told UN News that the global development challenge is not lack of money, but how to align public and private capital flows. The Sevilla Agreement adopted this week, sets out a ...

As of January 2025, only 25 countries have a female head of state or government. Women make up 22.9% of cabinet ministers worldwide, with underrepresentation in key areas like foreign affairs and ...

September 2012, No. 3 Vol. XLIX 2012, Dialogue among Civilizations A lthough dialogue has been a human idea since ancient times, "dialogue among civilizations" became a pervasive and inclusive ...

Cocaine trafficking is surging worldwide and coca cultivation soared 35 per cent from 2020 to 2021, a record high and the sharpest year-to-year increase since 2016. A new UN repor ...

إن تعزيز احترام حقوق الإنسان هدف أساسي للأمم المتحدة ويحدد هويتها كمنظمة للناس في جميع أنحاء العالم. وكلفت ...

作为人权史上具有里程碑意义的文件，《世界人权宣言》第一次规定了基本人权应得到普遍保护。《世界人权宣言》已被翻译 ...

Qué hacemos: Trabajamos con cargos directivos para que promueven la inclusión de las personas con discapacidad; planificamos estratégicamente teniendo en cuenta a estas personas; desarrollamos ...