| 75th anniversary of the United Nations The world is facing coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic while undergoing significant shifts in technology, growing inequalities, long-running conflicts, and new forms of violence. Managing these trends will require global cooperation across generations. Browse a collection of latest books & reports to see how the UN is working to achieve its vision for a safer, fairer, and more sustainable world for all.
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| Sustainable Development Outlook 2020 The setbacks caused by COVID-19 (coronavirus) need not be permanent, and it is possible to regain the momentum and move ahead towards the SDGs. It is even possible to convert the COVID-19 crisis into an opportunity for recovering better, by directing much of the resources earmarked for recovery toward investment in promoting the SDGs.
| World Youth Report 2020 The Report seeks to further the discussion on how youth social entrepreneurship can support youth employment and development while helping accelerate the implementation of the SDGs. It examines weather youth social entrepreneurship can offer not only employment opportunities, but also support other elements of youth development such as youth participation. .
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| United Nations E-Government Survey 2020 The Survey assesses global and regional e-government development through a comparative rating of national government portals relative to one another. It is designed to provide a snapshot of country trends and relative rankings of e-government development in the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals.
| COVID-19 and Human Development The COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic is unleashing a human development crisis. On some dimensions of human development, conditions today are equivalent to levels of deprivation last seen in the mid-1980s. But the response to the crisis can shape how these conditions are addressed and whether inequalities in human development are reduced.
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| Report of the Inter-agency Task Force on Financing for Development 2020 The global economic recession and financial turmoil from COVID-19 are derailing implementation of the Addis Ababa Action Agenda and achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Even before the pandemic, the 2020 Financing for Sustainable Development Report (FSDR) of the Inter-agency Task Force noted that there was backsliding in many areas.
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| Basic Facts about the United Nations This comprehensive handbook explains the structure of the United Nations, how the Organization works, the main issues it addresses, and its importance for people everywhere. In addition to setting out the various roles played by principle UN organs and related organizations, Basic Facts about the United Nations documents the Organization's contributions to international peace and security, economic and social development, human rights, humanitarian action, international law, and decolonization.
| The Essential UN Everything you always wanted to know about the United Nations in one book! It covers the history of the UN, what it does and how it does it. As the world’s only truly global organization, the United Nations is where countries meet to address universal issues that cannot be resolved by any one of them acting alone. From international peace and security to sustainable development, climate change, human rights, and humanitarian action, the United Nations acts on our behalf around the world.
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