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The 2026 International Day of Zero Waste focuses on food waste, underscoring the scale of the challenge and the global momentum now coalescing behind solutions.
Predating its formal legal codification by decades, the right to truth has consistently been recognized across international lawmaking, court decisions and the lived experience of survivors.
The painful legacy of racism and discrimination has scarred societies globally. Millions have lost their lives or had their dreams diminished or denied because of the false ideology that one life is superior to another.
Victims of terrorism must remain at the heart of prevention efforts. Their voices and experiences highlight both the profound human costs of terrorism and the obligations of States to protect those within their jurisdiction.
On this first International Day of Peaceful Coexistence – 28 January 2026 – the global community is called not merely to reflect on a noble aspiration but to reaffirm its commitment to the demanding, transformative work of building peace through mutual understanding at every level of society.
To meet global climate goals and deliver energy for all, clean energy investment must more than triple by 2030, and much of it must go to emerging and developing economies.
Despite the near-universal commitment to the Chemical Weapons Convention and the progress made on the destruction of declared stockpiles, the world is still not free from the threat of chemical weapons.
Storytelling can restore dignity, or quietly take it away. As the world enters an era driven by generative artificial intelligence (AI), that truth matters more than ever.
Across valleys once alive with terraced fields, festivals and village schools, families are leaving for towns and plains – not out of choice but because they must.
Far from being restricted to those Sustainable Development Goals that explicitly touch on culture, governments are highlighting connections to culture across the 2030 Agenda.
Quantum mechanics has impressively completed our view of the world and made the atomistic cosmos accessible to us.
What does it take to be a United Nations worker in some of the world’s most difficult and dangerous locations?
How are UN humanitarians, human rights advocates, prosecutors, development experts, climate leaders and peacekeepers improving our world? Stationed in all reaches of the world and witness to suffering and atrocities, how are they helping people and coping themselves?
This issue focuses on the importance of fostering and maintaining a commitment to a culture of prevention. The articles provide a variety of perspectives on building and sustaining peace. They explore the relationship between conflict and crises, and themes such as the empowerment of civil society, media and information literacy, women’s role in ongoing peace processes, and desertification.
Issue 1, 2014 celebrates the fiftieth anniversary of the establishment of the Group of 77 at the United Nations, with a focus on the negotiations leading to the 15 June 1964 signing of the "Joint Declaration of Seventy-Seven Countries", as well as the Group of 77 role as a catalyst for international development.
World Economic Situation and Prospects 2026
Steady but subdued growth amid elevated policy uncertainty
Global Humanitarian Overview 2026
The GHO 2026 presents an analysis of global crises and needs and the humanitarian plans to address them.
The UN Chronicle, produced by the United Nations Department of Global Communications, has served as the Organization’s flagship magazine since 1946, providing authoritative information and debate on the activities of the larger United Nations system. Learn more...
