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Joint SDG Fund
Our shared vision to end poverty, rescue the planet and build a peaceful world has never been so critical as the pandemic wreaks havoc across the world. Act Now for the SDGs and support a brighter future for the most vulnerable people and the planet.
COVID-19 Response
The United Nations System’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic is supported through several channels, including the first-of-its-kind Solidarity Response Fund and the Response and Recovery Trust Fund, as well as through the Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF).
OHCHR
The UN Human Rights Office works to protect and promote the rights of everyone, everywhere. Support our efforts by making a donation or a tax-deductible contribution from the United States. Your donation can assist a victim of sexual violence to obtain justice, support the work of human rights monitors during elections, contribute to an investigation of a serious human rights violation or make a difference for human rights defenders.
One place where the world’s nations can
gather together, discuss common problems
and find shared solutions.
The United Nations is an international organization founded in 1945. Currently made up of 193 Member States, the UN and its work are guided by the purposes and principles contained in its founding Charter.
The UN has evolved over the years to keep pace with a rapidly changing world.
But one thing has stayed the same: it remains the one place on Earth where all the world’s nations can gather together, discuss common problems, and find shared solutions that benefit all of humanity.
Secretary-General
In the end, it comes down to values [...] We want the world our children inherit to be defined by the values enshrined in the UN Charter: peace, justice, respect, human rights, tolerance and solidarity. António Guterres United Nations Secretary-General The Secretary-General is Chief Administrative Officer of the UN – and is also a symbol of the Organization's ideals and an advocate for all the world's peoples, especially the poor and vulnerable. The Secretary-General is appointed by the General Assembly on the recommendation of the Security Council for a 5-year, renewable term. The current Secretary-General, and the 9th occupant of the post, is António Guterres of Portugal, who took office on 1 January 2017. On the 18th of June, 2021, Guterres was re-appointed to a second term, pledging as his priority to continue helping the world chart a course out of the COVID-19 pandemic.