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Go-Goals - Free #SDGGame. The game's purpose is to help children understand the Sustainable Development Goals, how they impact their lives and what they can do every day to help achieve the 17 goals by 2030. The game was developed in-house by our team at the United Nations Regional Information Centre for Western Europe (UNRIC). Play Now.
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Summit of the Future - United Nations Regional Information Centre
The Summit of the Future (September 2024) is a once-in-a-generation opportunity to enhance cooperation on critical challenges and address gaps in global governance. It will reaffirm existing commitments, including to the Sustainable Development Goals and the United Nations Charter, and move towards a reinvigorated multilateral system better ...
United Nations Regional Information Centre for Western Europe
The United Nations Regional Information Centre for Western Europe (UNRIC) is located in Brussels, the capital of Europe. Its mission is to communicate the values, history and mandate of the United Nations and its actions in building a more peaceful, fair and sustainable world. UNRIC represents the UN’s Department of Global Communications in ...
United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
Agenda 2030. The 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are the world’s best plan to build a better world for people and our planet by 2030. Adopted by all United Nations Member States in 2015, the SDGs are a call for action by all countries – poor, rich and middle-income – to promote prosperity while protecting the environment.
UN: the main challenges and key dates in 2024 - United Nations …
Mar 7, 2024 · António Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nations, outlined the priorities for 2024 and beyond to the UN General Assembly on 7 February. “It is a long and detailed agenda — but the varied challenges are connected by a common thread.Peace,” he told a press conference on 8 February. “On issues of peace and security — …
How the EU and UN cooperate - United Nations Western Europe
Dec 21, 2023 · The United Nations Secretary-General has recognised the European Union (EU) as “a pillar of the multilateralism system and as the most successful peacebuilding project since the end of WWII.” “Our institutions both transcend national borders and national interests,” recalled Ursula von der Leyen, President of the EU Commission, on 13 July 2023, when she received the head of the UN in ...
United Nations e-Learning courses: sharpen your skills
Oct 18, 2024 · Sharpen your skills with UN e-learning courses. In response to the outbreak of COVID-19 in 2020, when over half of the world’s population was in lockdown and people were encouraged to use the time to self-study and learn new skills, we’ve maintained an overview of e-Learning tools and online courses offered by the United Nations System ...
Sustainable Development Goals (SDG 1) - United Nations Western Europe
Targets. 1.1 By 2030, eradicate extreme poverty for all people everywhere, currently measured as people living on less than $1.25 a day. 1.2 By 2030, reduce at least by half the proportion of men, women and children of all ages living in poverty in all its dimensions according to national definitions. 1.3 Implement nationally appropriate social ...
The UN and the crisis in Sudan - United Nations Western Europe
Feb 2, 2024 · The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) warns that the crisis in Sudan is causing soaring rates of hunger and malnutrition, impacting at least 25 million people and leading to the world’s largest displacement crisis across Sudan, South Sudan, and Chad. As hunger and acute malnutrition escalate in Sudan, with 18 million acutely food ...