The 40 members of the Independent International Scientific Panel on AI include people from all five of the UN’s regions. They are from various different backgrounds, including academia, private sector ...

Every morning around the world, billions of people step onto a bus, bike to work, wait for a train, or drive long distances to reach their jobs, schools, markets, and health care.

The India AI Impact Summit 2026, anchored in the principles of People, Planet, and Progress, will focus on how artificial intelligence can advance humanity, support inclusive growth, and safeguard the ...

World Day of Social Justice, observed every 20 February by the United Nations, stands as a global reminder of our shared demand for fairness, dignity, and equity.

The SDGs give us a compelling framework for an economy that truly serves people and planet. We need an urgent reset of our economic fundamentals around growth, equity and human flourishing.

Across the world, a significant gender gap persists at all levels of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) disciplines due to lack of research funding, gender stereotypes, and ...

Last week, UN DESA launched the World Youth Report on Youth Mental Health and Well-being, convening Member States, UN entities, civil society partners, and dozens of young ...

The Secretary-General strongly condemns the escalating violence in South Sudan, where nearly 10 million people – more than two thirds of the population – need life-saving humanitarian assistance and ...

The Secretary-General welcomes today’s resumption of talks between the Islamic Republic of Iran and the United States and hopes they will help reduce regional tensions and prevent a broader crisis.

Today we honour the memory of the victims of the Holocaust with solemn reflection and unwavering resolve.We mourn the six million Jews murdered by the Nazis and their collaborators – as well as the ...

I am honoured to join you to mark this important milestone.Eighty years ago today, the Economic and Social Council met for the first time.Its mandate was ambitious, and has only gotten harder: to ...

For eight decades, the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), one of the six main organs of the United Nations, has provided a unique platform for Member States, civil society, the UN system and ...