With challenges, COVID-19 also saw initiatives helping migrants: Guterres

The Global Compact for Migration, adopted by countries in 2018 as a comprehensive framework for cooperation on international migration, is “taking root in promising ways”, the UN Secretary General said on Tuesday.

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Countries adopt landmark framework that transforms ‘value’ of nature

11 Mar 2021

Countries, on Wednesday, adopted a new statistical framework that takes into account the contributions of nature, when measuring economic prosperity and human well-being.

Stories from the UN Archive: UN proclaims world’s first Earth Day

25 Apr 2024

The General Assembly designated 22 April as International Mother Earth Day through a resolution adopted in 2009, but the roots of the Day go back to the 1970s.

Gaza: ‘high time’ for ceasefire and hostage release, says Guterres

11 Jun 2024

A comprehensive ceasefire in Gaza linked to the release of all remaining hostages cannot come too soon, UN Secretary-General António Guterres said on Tuesday, as he welcomed the Security Council resolution adopted a day earlier seeking an end to the war there.