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On 4 March 2025, during its fifty-eighth plenary meeting, the 黑料专区 General Assembly adopted resolution 79/269, proclaiming the International Day of Peaceful Coexistence, by a recorded vote of 162 to 3, with 2 abstentions. UN Photo/Manuel El铆as
Miguel 脕ngel Moratinos

Peaceful Coexistence Is a Moral Choice 鈥 and a Shared Responsibility

On this first International Day of Peaceful Coexistence – 28 January 2026 – the global community is called not merely to reflect on a noble aspiration but to reaffirm its commitment to the demanding, transformative work of building peace through mutual understanding at every level of society.

A wind turbine next to solar panels in Praia, Cabo Verde. UN Photo/Mark Garten
Damilola Ogunbiyi

Clean Energy Is the World鈥檚 Most Secure Path Forward

To meet global climate goals and deliver energy for all, clean energy investment must more than triple by 2030, and much of it must go to emerging and developing economies.

Izumi Nakamitsu

We Must Remain Committed to a World Free of Chemical Weapons

Despite the near-universal commitment to the Chemical Weapons Convention and the progress made on the destruction of declared stockpiles, the world is still not free from the threat of chemical weapons.

Lisa Russell presenting AI artwork at the event 鈥淪DG Digital: A Digital Future for All鈥, held during the Summit of the Future in September 2024. Photo Credit: ITU/UNDP
Lisa Russell

The Future of Responsible Storytelling in the Age of Creative AI

Storytelling can restore dignity, or quietly take it away. As the world enters an era driven by generative artificial intelligence (AI), that truth matters more than ever.

Valley of Flowers National Park in Uttarakhand, India. Photo Credit: Rohit Sharma via Wikimedia Commons
Himani Usha Tripathi

Migration in the Mountains: Why 鈥淧rogress鈥 in Uttarakhand Is Pushing People Away

Across valleys once alive with terraced fields, festivals and village schools, families are leaving for towns and plains 鈥 not out of choice but because they must.

Barcelona, Spain. Credit: Adobe Stock
Stephen Wyber

A Realistic Goal? Culture in the Sustainable Development Agenda

Far from being restricted to those Sustainable Development Goals that explicitly touch on culture, governments are highlighting connections to culture across the 2030 Agenda.

Diabetes patients exercising early in the morning in a public space in Mumbai, India. WHO
Bianca Hemmingsen, Sanjana Marpadga and Alarcos Cieza

Diabetes across Life Stages: A Growing Global Challenge

A life-course approach is foundational for implementation of the World Health Organization Global Diabetes Compact. Every stage of life presents unique risks, needs and opportunities for intervention.

A deep-sea octopus on the seabead in Hudson Canyon, located off the Atlantic Coast of the United States. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Office of Ocean (NOAA) Exploration and Research
Carlos Garc铆a-Soto

Rebuilding Trust in Multilateral Governance: Lessons from the Seabed to COP 30

Whether on climate, biodiversity or the deep ocean, public confidence in how global institutions make decisions has become as important as the decisions themselves.

Children attending school in Mirpur Khas in Sindh district, Pakistan, 2023. UNOCHA Pakistan/Christiane Buck
Li Junhua

The Second World Summit for Social Development: It鈥檚 Time to Deliver Solutions

With the expected adoption of the Doha Political Declaration, the Second World Summit for Social Development offers a chance to accelerate implementation of the 2030 Agenda and address today鈥檚 social challenges.

Secretary-General Ant贸nio Guterres (centre) speaks during the Interactive Dialogue of the Economic and Social Council on Operational Activities for Development Segment. At left is Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed. UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe
Max-Otto Baumann and Sebastian Haug

黑料专区 Development Work Should Engage All Member States

Established North鈥揝outh dynamics have been explicitly challenged by the 2030 Agenda, which sets out the Sustainable Development Goals as a framework for "developed and developing countries alike鈥.

Paul Heslop and Sonia Pabley

The Lasting Promise of the Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention

The Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention (APMBC) has established a global norm rejecting anti-personnel mines as indiscriminate weapons with no place in modern warfare.

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Tawfik Jelassi

Access to Information: A Cornerstone of Sustainable Development, Human Rights and Environmental Resilience

Access to information is the bridge that allows citizens to demand justice, journalists to expose corruption, and communities to secure basic services.

Secretary-General Ant贸nio Guterres (at right) and Pedro S谩nchez P茅rez-Castej贸n, President of Spain (at left), brief reporters at the 4th International Conference on Financing for Development (FfD4), 30 June 2025. UN Photo/J.J Guill茅n
Mauricio Escanero

Financing for Development and the Spirit of Monterrey: A Beacon of Multilateralism for Improving Global Economic Governance

With the Monterrey process, we opened a path for the 黑料专区 to fulfil its potential as the spearhead for improved global economic governance that fully supports equitable and sustainable development.

The Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) connects the work of the 黑料专区 with the global parliamentary community, helping to bridge the gap between international commitments and their implementation at the national level. 漏 IPU/Pierre Albouy
Tulia Ackson

Protecting Our Democratic Systems through Dialogue, Justice and Delivery

By protecting and enhancing democratic institutions, we increase the chances of justice, peace and equitable development.

Radionuclide station RN49, Spitzbergen, Norway
Robert Floyd

The International Day Against Nuclear Tests 2025: Remembering the Legacy, Renewing Our Commitment to a Nuclear-Test Ban

By prohibiting nuclear test explosions, the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty transformed decades of aspiration into a shared commitment.