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UN CLIMATE CONFERENCE SIGNALS BEGINNING OF THE END OF FOSSIL FUEL ERA
The United Nations Climate Change Conference in the United Arab Emirates, known as COP28 from November 30 to December 12, 2023 ended with an...
AI GOVERNANCE SHOULD BE BASED ON UN CHARTER AND HUMAN RIGHTS PRINCIPLES, UN SAYS
London/New York, November 2 – Calling the threats posed by artificial intelligence “insidious” and “dangerous,” the UN chief urged the AI Safety...
UPDATE: WORLD LEADERS AGREE TO TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION TO UNLOCK MORE AND BETTER FINANCING FOR DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
Responding to cascading global crises, the Sustainable Development Goals Summit launches a new phase of accelerated action on the Goals. Following...
GOVERNMENT LEADERS TO MEET AT U.N., DEEPLY TROUBLED BY “BOILING” CLIMATE, WARS AND WIDESPREAD POVERTY
Heads of states and governments will attend a series of high-level annual meetings of the 78th U.N. General Assembly session in September. The...
U.N. AMBITIOUS BLUEPRINT SEEKING A BETTER WORLD FOR ALL IS IN PERIL
New York, July 10 – Since the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) were adopted in 2015 with the promise to make a healthy and prosperous world for...
UN PRIORITIES FOR 2023: END CONFLICTS WITH NEW AGENDA FOR PEACE
New York, February 6 – Citing the inalienable right to peace under the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, U.N. Secretary-GeneralAntoniocalled...
CLIMATE CHANGE IS A LONG-TERM THREAT TO GLOBAL ECONOMY, WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM SAYS
Geneva/New York, January 11, 2023 – The Global Risks Report published by the World Economic Forum ahead of its annual meeting at Davos, Switzerland...
CLIMATE CHANGE SUMMIT IN EGYPT URGED TO TAKE URGENT ACTION
Sharm el-Sheikh/New York, November 6 – The climate summit opening in the famed Egyptian tourist city of Sharm el-Sheikh is strongly urged to...
UNITED NATIONS ANNUAL MEETINGS TO SEEK SOLUTIONS TO INTERLOCKING CRISES
New York, September 13 – The United Nations General Assembly has opened its 77th session while urging its 193 member states to work out global...
WORLD POPULATION TO REACH 8 BILLION IN NOVEMBER; INDIA TO BECOME WORLD’S MOST POPULOUS COUNTRY
New York, July 11 – Despite a deep drop in fertility rates to below 1 per cent in 2020 and after a period of slowest population growth since 1950,...
PICASSO’S GUERNICA TAPESTRY RETURNS TO UNITED NATIONS HEADQUARTERS
New York, February 5 – Famed Spanish painter Pablo Picasso’s Guernica tapestry, which depicts war’s atrocities, was returned to the United Nations...
CLIMATE SUMMIT FACES MAJOR CHALLENGES TO REVERT GLOBAL WARMING
News source: The United Nations Correspondent Website: https://theunitednationscorrespondent.com Glasgow/New York, October 30 – The United Nations...
Pandemic’s restrictions will be strictly observed in this year’s UN General Assembly session.
New York, August 20 – The United Nations headquarters has informed international media as well as the 193 governments that will send representatives...
World Development Foundation’s Program Director Mr. Patrick Sciarratta, named President to the Global NGO Executive Committee
China to host international conference on biodiversity in October 2021
The Chinese government will host the 15th Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity to review progress and...
Gets to know our Program Director Mr. Patrick Sciarratta
Patrick Sciarratta is a respected leader, educator, speaker, and influencer. For that reason, he wishes to bring his successful record to the...
UN calls for new system to measure global economic growth by integrating natural capital in gross domestic product (GDP)
For decades since the end of World War II governments have been using a statistical system to measure a country’s gross domestic product. The United...
A majority of over 1.5 million respondents to UN75 survey support international cooperation to solve global problems
New York, January 8 – United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres launched a survey-and-dialogues campaign in January 2020 and the results now...
Congratulations – UN wins Nobel Peace Prize for food program during pandemic
Oslo/New York, October 9 – The United Nations World Food Program has won this year’s coveted Nobel Peace Prize for its intensified efforts to...
World Development Foundation Granted Consultative Status with ECOSOC at the United Nations
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