The Ninth World Water Forum is scheduled to take place in Dakar, Senegal, from 22-27 March 2022.  The 9th World Water Forum is the first of its kind in sub-Saharan Africa. The event will focus on the theme, 'Water Security for Peace and Development,' and will consider four priorities: water security and...

22 March 2022, Morogoro – Tanzania, like other countries in the world, has committed to achieve Sustainable Development Goal 2 “end hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition and promote sustainable agriculture” by 2030. The country has made strides to tackle hunger and malnutrition, although Childhood undernutrition remains a public concern at...

The UN General Assembly proclaimed 21 March as the International Day of Forests in 2012. The Day celebrates and raises awareness of the importance of all types of forests. On each International Day of Forests, countries are encouraged to undertake local, national and international efforts to organize activities involving forests and...

Monitoring and reporting SDG indicators in Arab countries is paramount to the development, implementation and monitoring of policies that leave no one behind. There remain great challenges such as limited data availability, timely dissemination of data and accessibility to data disaggregation especially those from administrative records and data flow to...

International Women's Day is celebrated annually on 8 March. It offers an opportunity to reflect on progress made, to call for change and to celebrate acts of courage and determination by ordinary women who have played an extraordinary role in the history of their countries and communities.  Find out more at: https://www.un.org/en/observances/womens-day...