If you care about environmental issues, health issues, economic issues, or development issues – or if you just care about the future – then you should know about today’s report from Working Group I of the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).  The IPCC provides the most comprehensive and authoritative scientific assessment on climate change.  Hundreds of climate scientists from around the world have evaluated the most up-to-date research on the physical science […]

Every day, when I head into work, I’m focused on how the UN Foundation can help the United Nations build a better world.  One of the top ways to do that: supporting the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). In her remarks to the UN General Assembly last week, Melinda Gates cited the MDGs as something the UN has done “very right,” and urged every leader to “move even faster on what has become an incredibly hopeful

By Amanda Kennedy, Girl Up intern Christine has faced many challenges in her 16 years of life in Malawi, but her drive to complete her education has helped her through it all. Christine lives in a community where tradition says that education is valuable only for males. She didn’t want to get married at age 12 or 14, like many other girls were forced to do in her community. Instead, she dreamed of going to secondary school

Leaders from around the world and across sectors came together last week at the United Nations General Assembly to reaffirm their commitment to Every Woman Every Child, a movement launched by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon in 2010 to mobilize global action on women’s and children’s health. Through this movement, governments, businesses, and other organizations make commitments and work off of a common framework to support women’s and children’s health. Why is this issue so important?  Most

By Amanda Kennedy, Girl Up intern Christine has faced many challenges in her 16 years of life in Malawi, but her drive to complete her education has helped her through it all. Christine lives in a community where tradition says that education is valuable only for males. She didn’t want to get married at age 12 or 14, like many other girls were forced to do in her community. Instead, she dreamed of going to secondary school

Beginning this week, inspectors are in Syria to oversee the destruction of the nation’s deadly chemical weapons stockpiles. Why? U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry probably put it best last Friday, when the United Nations Security Council authorized the move: “We say with one voice that atrocities carried out with the world’s most heinous weapons will not be tolerated. And when institutions like the Security Council stand up to defend the principles and values that

As Chief Operating Officer of the UN Foundation, I am involved in every issue we work on – from U.S.-UN relations to climate change to malaria and the rights of girls.  This broad portfolio means I keep up with a lot of global news. The United Nations continues to be the platform to bring countries and sectors together to work on urgent global issues.  This was definitely the case during UN General Assembly week. There