UN – United Nations

The United Nations Foundation is committed to working with our colleagues in the media to share information and build understanding about some our generation’s most pressing issues. Part of that commitment is a series of media fellowships that connect with our partners, their stories, and journalists around the world. There is tremendous vale in bringing these groups together as people gather for important meetings like the UN General Assembly. These fellowships provide journalists from around […]

“Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much.” – Helen Keller Today, we wrap up our MDG Monday series with a look at Millennium Development Goal 8, which aims to promote cooperation among countries and among sectors to advance development.Here are the targets it sets: Millennium Development Goal 8: Develop a Global Partnership for Development Target 8.A: Develop further an open, rule-based, predictable, non-discriminatory trading and financial system. Target 8.B: Address

Did you know that half the world’s population is under 30, making today’s youth generation the largest in history? Today’s young people have inherited pressing challenges, from climate change to human rights abuses to unstable economies. Despite unprecedented challenges, they’ve displayed unprecedented skills. They are informed, connected via social media, and savvy, looking for global solutions for global problems. Today, on International Youth Day, the UN Foundation is celebrating young people by launching GenUN, a

As we think about the post-2015 development agenda and try to make sure that the much bandied notion of “women’s empowerment” (WE henceforth) gets its due attention, it may be time to stop and think further about what the term implies and includes. Broadly speaking WE is about gender equality in all walks of life, and in particular, about giving women the same rights of choice and control over the circumstances of their lives that

August 18, 2014 marks 500 days until the target date for the Millennium Development Goals – eight goals to improve lives around the world. We recently asked Leith Greenslade, a Vice Chair of the MDG Health Alliance in the office of the UN Special Envoy for Financing the Health MDGs, about where we are on the health-related MDGs. Jenni Lee: Both child and maternal mortality rates (MDGs 4 & 5) have been cut nearly in

I’m not sure what’s on your calendar for August 18, but it’s an important day for so many people who are working to build a better world. Why? On August 18, there will be only 500 days left until the target date to achieve the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). The MDGs are the world’s “to-do list” to alleviate poverty and improve millions of lives. The world embraced these eight goals at the United Nations in

Right now, conflicts around the world – Syria, South Sudan, Gaza, Central African Republic, and more – have put more pressure than ever on humanitarian aid groups and the United Nations. While the news can be overwhelming, what gives me hope are the stories of individuals, both those who manage to persevere in some of the world’s more dire situations and those who run toward these situations to help. On World Humanitarian Day today, we

The word “partnership” is one of those ambiguous terms that can be difficult to define. To partner means “to join with someone or something” – the word “with” being the most important as it means a mutually agreed upon, shared way to work together. The very nature of partnerships is that they differ depending on the relationships between parties – no two partnerships are alike, and this is what makes the process so exciting. The

On Monday, thousands of people and organizations from across six continents and more than 70 countries – from Colombia to China, Ghana to Georgia – spoke out about the importance of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), eight global goals to alleviate poverty and promote opportunity. Throughout the day, partners shared solutions and opportunities for MDG progress in a conversation that included over 10,000 contributors and reached more than 43 million people. With under 500 days