The best chapters of the Economic and Social Council are still being written, that organ heard today as Nepal handed over the presidency to Algeria and a vision of a leaner, more substance-oriented Council.
The high-level political forum on sustainable development concluded its 2026 session today, adopting a ministerial declaration, as amended, calling for transformative, equitable, innovative and coordinated action to accelerate implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and its 17 Goals.
With just four years remaining to achieve the vision laid out in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, only a third of its targets remain on track or are progressing, senior UN officials told the Economic and Social Council’s annual High-Level Political Forum Ministerial Segment today, warning that “we’re now entering the toughest stretch in our journey”.
Connect ideas with action, finance with innovation and national leadership with international solidarity, the 2026 United Nations High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development heard as it opened its eight-day session today.
The General Assembly today adopted several texts, including one that urged Member States to strengthen health systems towards the provision of equitable universal health coverage.
The United Nations Forum on Forests concluded its twenty-first session today, adopting its omnibus resolution emphasizing the urgent need to accelerate implementation of the United Nations Strategic Plan for Forests and its six Global Forest Goals by 2030.
With the window to 2030 “narrowing”, the United Nations Forum on Forests opened its twenty-first session by launching the Global Forest Goals Report 2026, calling for faster action, stronger partnerships and scaled-up resources to keep agreed forest commitments within reach.
Safeguard open access for emerging technologies, leading scientists from around the world underscored today at a United Nations forum on how their work can support development.
The crucial question about artificial intelligence is not how powerful it is, but who it is being designed for, the United Nations heard today from a scientist whose life and work experience spans multiple continents.
The largest global gathering of Indigenous Peoples concluded its annual session at the United Nations today, adopting a number of recommendations, one of which drew attention to how Indigenous Peoples’ health is “cultural, collective and rooted in ancestral territories, languages, spiritual practices and governance systems”.
