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.
"On this UN Day, let's stand together and fulfil the extraordinary promise of your United Nations. Let's show the world what is possible when "we the peoples" choose to act as one." — António Guterres
To mark International Disarmament Week, the United Nations Information Service (UNIS) Vienna, in cooperation with the United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs (UNODA) Vienna, invites you to the Ciné-ONU Vienna screening of the documentary “Mineland” – 3 November 2025, 6:30 p.m., Top Kino.
Our choices today will determine whether AI in space bridges the world's opportunity gap or makes it wider. Let us align innovation with inclusion. And let us ensure that when policy meets the pixel, it carries with it the values that bind us together: peace, cooperation, and shared benefit for all.
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.
