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Seventy years ago, during the closing days of the Second World War, representatives of 50 nations attended the United Nations Conference on International Organizations in San Francisco, leading to the [...]

The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) at their core are a groundbreaking, inclusive global initiative to eradicate poverty and achieve a better future [...]

One of the most intellectually engaging, politically challenging and personally gratifying periods of my life was the time I spent as an adviser to former United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, [...]

An interview with United Nations Deputy Secretary General Amina J. Mohammed is presented. She discusses conflicts and political upheavals that challenge Africa's economic development progress aimed by the United Nation's Sustainable Development Goals and Millennium Development Goals project. She discusses challenges due Africa's growing population, gender parity and low representation by women in parliament in Nigeria.

The article discusses the success of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) anti-poverty campaign established by the United Nations (UN). It states that the success of the MDGs has been achieved through political will and partnerships between businesses, governments, and civil society international institutions. However, the radical change occurred around the world led the MDGs to face new complexities including environmental degradation, joblessness, and climate crises.

The article focuses on the Post-2015 Sustainable Development Agenda (SDA) being created by the United Nations following the expiration of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) in 2015.