The world is becoming increasingly urban, with cities now home to 45 per cent of the global population of 8.2 billion, according to the World Urbanization Prospects 2025: Summary of Results, released ...

Mr. Chair, Prime Minister Ibrahim, Thank you for your warm welcome and for your leadership of ASEAN this year.Southeast Asia stands at the vanguard of a changing world.For nearly six decades, ASEAN ...

United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres, following consultation with the Bureau of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD), announced ...

Organized crime thrives worldwide, affecting governance and political processes, and weakening the advancement of the rule of law. It encompasses, inter alia, illicit trafficking of firearms, drugs, ...

Globally, countless young individuals are victims of sexual misconduct and exploitation. Such violations are pervasive, cutting across all nations and societal strata. Children, especially girls, are ...

The International Think Tank for Landlocked developing countries (LLDCs) is the first intergovernmental body of the LLDCs. The International Think Tank for LLDCs is located in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia.

Each Member State may be represented by one person on each Main Committee - there are six in total - and on any other committee that may be established upon which all Member States have the right to ...

Beware of scams implying association with the United Nations The United Nations has been made aware of various correspondences, being circulated via e-mail, from Internet web sites, text messages and ...

Organized by the Permanent Mission of India to the UN in collaboration with the UN Secretariat, the event takes place in the North Lawn Area of UNHQ. Yoga is an ancient physical, mental and spiritual ...

The Secretary-General welcomes the Advisory Opinion issued today by the International Court of Justice, which reaffirmed several fundamental obligations of Israel under international law.

The World Urbanization 2025 dataset includes the latest estimates of city, town and rural populations for 237 countries or areas from 1950 to 2025, with projections until 2050. It also provides ...

At a time when civilians face heightened risks from widening conflicts, it is imperative that we strengthen the frameworks that protect human life and dignity. I am gravely concerned by recent ...