United Nations Day

  The launch of the UN80 Initiative in March 2025 was a recognition of the immense challenges facing the United Nations system and of the opportunity and responsibility to rise to meet them.  2. The challenges are found in the everyday lived experience of millions of people caught up in multiplying conflicts, denied the benefits of sustainable development or deprived of the exercise of their human rights. That same lived experience is also testimony to the glaring reality that a well-functioning and effective multilateral system is a precondition for a just, sustainable, peaceful and prosperous world. There is no credible alternative.  3. The UN system has agreed crucial blueprints for the substance of that better world: the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the  Pact for the Future , both major accomplishments and powerful statements of intent. But a real question remains about its capacity to work with its Member States to deliver them. It deserves a...

Informal briefing for Member States on the work of the UNSDG System-Wide Evaluation Office. This session will feature the presentation of the UNSDG SWEO annual report (E/2026/56) by the Executive Director, outlining progress on the system-wide evaluation policy, key findings from recent evaluations, and priorities for the period ahead. Attendees will have the opportunity to engage directly with these findings through an interactive dialogue with the Executive Director, including on how to ensure the institutional sustainability of SWEO through predictable and adequate resourcing to fulfil its mandate as an independent source of evidence for reform. This will be followed by a panel comprising representatives from the United Nations development system to examine how system-wide evaluations are informing decision-making and driving changes in strategies, practices and system-wide performance across the United Nations development system. Related Sites and Documents:  E/2026/56 ;...