The 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) set a new universal standard for development which aims to ensure that no one is left behind.
World leaders adopted the Pact at the Summit of the Future held in New York in September 2024. Its adoption demonstrates that countries are committed to an international system with the United Nations at its centre.
Climate change is the defining issue of our times. Every day, more and more people are getting involved in climate action.
That’s why the United Nations Development Programme prepared this resource of climate change terms and concepts. If you’re struggling to keep up with the climate conversation, the Climate Dictionary is for you.
"Together, let’s build resilient and inclusive communities where violent extremism finds no foothold, and peace prevails for all." — António Guterres
Eighty-one years after the liberation of the Auschwitz concentration camp on 27 January 1945, there are only a few people left who can talk about what happened during the Holocaust. Dirk Peter Adler is one of them.
Staff of the Vienna-based organizations, representatives of the diplomatic corps, the Jewish community and civil society gathered at the Vienna International Centre to mark the International Day of Commemoration in Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust.
On the International Day of Commemoration in Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust, the United Nations in Vienna honoured all victims of the Holocaust at a special event, including a moving testimony by Holocaust survivor Erika Freeman who called on people to make the world a better place.
Are you curious about what the United Nations is doing to make a better world?
The Visitors Service offers guided tours of the UN in Vienna Monday-Friday.
