Achim Steiner
First lady meets UNDP head in Dubai
Turkish first lady Emine Erdoğan has engaged in discussions with United Nations Development Program (UNDP) head Achim Steiner on the sidelines of the Sustainable Development Goals Forum at a Dubai summit.
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3 years of crisis pushes 165 mln people into poverty: UN
The COVID-19 pandemic, the cost-of-living crisis and the war in Ukraine have pushed 165 million people into poverty since 2020, the United Nations has said, calling for a pause in debt repayments for developing countries.
EU to hold donors’ conference for quake-hit Türkiye, Syria
A donors' conference to be jointly organized by the EU Commission and EU's term president, Sweden, will be launched on March 20 in Brussels to get pledges from the international institutions, financial bodies, countries and other relevant institutions for Türkiye and Syria, which have been severely hit by the earthquakes of Feb. 6.
Human development set back 5 years by Covid, other crises: UN report
A United Nations report published Thursday argues that an unprecedented array of crises, chiefly among them Covid-19, has set human progress back five years and fueled a global wave of uncertainty.
Romanian Government - among the initiators of Global Hub on Governance for Sustainable Development Goals
The Romanian Government, alongside the Columbian Government, initiated the Global Hub on Governance for Sustainable Development, which was launched on Wednesday, in New York, in the context of the 74th edition of the UN General Assembly.
Nature reserves on the rise but funds lacking: UN
Vast areas of land and sea have become environmental sanctuaries in recent years but the world is not funding them adequately, the United Nations warned Nov. 13.
The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) said that countries were on track to meet targets to protect 17 percent of land and 10 percent of marine areas by 2020.
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