Press Releases / #UN
24 February 2025
United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP)
Community-driven innovations closing SDG data gaps in Asia and the Pacific
UN Environment Programme (UNEP)
New coalition aims to put artificial intelligence on a more sustainable path
16 February 2025
UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
Small island nations: How oceans offer solutions to climate change
United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
How the pact to protect the ozone layer is helping counter climate change
United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
How the world can tackle the yawning gender gap in the sciences
10 February 2025
United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP)
Asia-Pacific region to chart bold path for migration governance
United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP)
New United Nations, UK project to support shift to electric mobility in Thailand
24 January 2025
United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
UNEA-7 charts a path toward a resilient planet
United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
Innovative financing plan helps Vietnamese wind farm get off the ground
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
New GEF funds towards UNDP supported projects to benefit 9.4 million
20 January 2025
14 January 2025
World Economic Forum
Global cooperation at a crossroads amid rising geopolitical uncertainty
United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs
Economic resilience in East and South Asia supports global growth amid challenges: UN flagship economic report
7 January 2025
United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP)
Asia-Pacific policymakers call for urgent action to bridge financing gaps for sustainable development
14 December 2024
UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP)
UN forum urges 'whole-of-society' in data to leave no one behind
5 December 2024
UN Trade and Development
Empowering women digital entrepreneurs in South Asia
20 November 2024
United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP)
UN conference calls for renewed, bold efforts to make gender equality commitments a reality in Asia and the Pacific
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