Asma Akhter, Deputy Director of the Demography and Health Wing of the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS), began her career at the BBS 13 years ago with an academic background in Sociology from ...
The global water crisis affects everyone – but not equally. Where people lack safe drinking water and sanitation close to home, inequalities flourish, with women and girls bearing the brunt. They ...
The Secretary-General condemns the incident on Friday, 6 March, which resulted in three Ghanaian peacekeepers of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) being injured inside their ...
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March 2026 - New global and regional data (forthcoming) reveal that women account for only 27 per cent of chief statisticians in national statistical offices (NSOs) worldwide, underscoring a ...
Last month, UN DESA launched the World Youth Report on Youth Mental Health and Well-being, highlighting the urgent need for inclusive, youth-informed mental health policies. Another report, World ...
The traces that conflict leaves on the mental well-being of global youth cut deep, often lingering for years after the guns go silent. Yet in global conversations about ceasefires, reconstruction and ...
March 2026 - “Across the world, expectations and demand for high-quality data and statistics have never been higher,” UN DESA’s Under-Secretary-General Mr. Li Junhua said as the 57th session of the UN ...
We spoke with Joseph Stiglitz, Nobel Laureate in Economic Sciences, and Professor at Columbia University, who weighed in on why financial integrity matters and what stronger international cooperation ...
The Agreement under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea on the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Marine Biological Diversity of Areas beyond National Jurisdiction (BBNJ Agreement) ...
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People everywhere rely on wildlife and biodiversity-based resources to meet our needs - from food, to fuel, medicines, housing, and clothing. For us to enjoy the benefits and the beauty that nature ...