UN Launches 2030 Strategy and Global Partnership Initiative for Youth

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The UN launched its strategy ‘Youth 2030: Working With and For Young People,’ and the Generation Unlimited partnership initiative on 24 September 2018, at UN Headquarters in New York, US.

ASEAN, UN move forward in achieving Vision 2025 and SDGs

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– ASEAN and the United Nations (UN) reaffirmed the importance of further strengthening their Comprehensive Partnership towards the fulfilment of the ASEAN Community Vision 2025 and UN 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development at the ASEAN-UN Ministerial Meeting at the UN Headquarters in New York

Good Human Rights Stories coalition launched

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At a high-level meeting at the UN General Assembly on 27 September, the EU together with 13 partners from all over the world launched the “Good Human Rights Stories Initiative”, a cross-regional coalition of countries to whom human rights matter.

SEPTEMBER 30 ORANGE SHIRT DAY in CANADA: Every Child Matters

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.The events were designed to commemorate the residential school experience, to witness and honour the healing journey of the survivors and their families, and to commit to the ongoing process of reconciliation

Living in Community

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What would it be like to actually live in an intentional community. This article delves into some of the alternatives

Great Speech of New Zealand's Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern at UN

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New Zealand's Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern addresses the 73rd session of the United Nations General Assembly at UN headquarters

Building Bridges: Using Soft Power to Promote a Culture of Peace

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The United Nations Secretary-General has committed to a vision of what he describes as sustaining peace. The Security Council and the General Assembly view this approach as “both a goal and a process to build a common vision of a society, ensuring that the needs of all segments of the population are taken into account”.

Global leaders and companies pledge to reduce the gender pay gap by 2030

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Global commitments – to ensure women in every sector of the workforce are paid equally to men for doing work of equal value – were made at the Equal Pay International Coalition (EPIC) Pledging event held during the United Nations General Assembly in New York.

World University Rankings 2019: results announced

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China is now home to the best university in Asia, while France’s Sorbonne University is the highest-ranked newcomer in the table

UNV and the UN Secretariat sign Memorandum of Understanding to strengthen their collaboration

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On Tuesday 11 September, the United Nations Volunteers (UNV) programme and the United Nations Secretariat signed a Memorandum of Understanding aimed at strengthening and deepening their collaboration. The purpose of the agreement is to standardize and simplify the process of deploying UN Volunteers to UN Secretariat departments and offices, as well as provide a solid legal basis for doing so.

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