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UN DESA assists countries around the world in agenda-setting and decision-making with the goal of meeting their economic, social and environmental challenges.

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  1. UN DESA@UNDESA
    🌍 What do you want to know about the #SDGs? Simply type in a chatbox! Discover the new UN DESA SDG Chat, an AI-powered tool where you can explore trusted UN DESA knowledge on the #GlobalGoals. 💬 Explore the evidence. Go deeper. Try it now:
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  2. UN DESA@UNDESA
    The path toward socially inclusive transformation begins with the choices we make today. When transformations are inclusive by design, everyone gains. More in the #WorldSocialReport:
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  3. UN DESA@UNDESA
    The cost of leaving people behind is rising. The latest World Social Report shows that delaying investment in people has a measurable cost. A decade’s delay in social protection could mean losing 12% of economic output. More on the #WorldSocialReport:
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    Countries with similar progress in economic, digital and energy transformations can yield different outcomes in shared prosperity. The key is whether growth benefits everyone. Learn about the New Economics of Social Inclusion: #WorldSocialReport
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    Happening TODAY! Join us for the launch of the #WorldSocialReport 2026 and find out how social inclusion is a key player in driving economic growth. 🗓️ 15 October ⏰ 12:30 PM EDT 📺
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    What's the cost of social exclusion, and how can inclusive policies save us from paying a higher price down the road? The upcoming #WorldSocialReport from UN DESA lays out the stakes. Join the launch: 🗓️ 15 October ⏰ 12:30 PM EDT 📺
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    We need action to ensure everyone has access to clean and safe water supplies. Everyone can be part of the solution: 🚿Take shorter showers 🚰Don’t let the tap run 🍅Buy local, seasonal food Share your #WaterAction ➡️
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    What's the cost of social exclusion, and how can inclusive policies save us from paying a higher price down the road? The upcoming #WorldSocialReport from UN DESA lays out the stakes. Join the launch: 🗓️ 15 October ⏰ 12:30 PM EDT 📺
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  8. UN DESA@UNDESA
    Coming up tomorrow! The World Investment Forum brings the world together to drive investment and partnerships for sustainable investment. Learn more, follow along and catch UN DESA ASG @NavidHanif_UN at a session on SIDS: #WIF2026
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    Headed to the UN Water Conference? Sign up for the latest updates in our newsletter! Stay on top of registration, logistics and more. 🔗 #WaterAction
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  10. UN DESA@UNDESA
    Happy UN Day! Each year on 24 October, we celebrate our shared hope for global unity. Now more than ever, we need to join together for a better world. Learn more about #UNDay and see how the @UN makes a difference:
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    Our world is rapidly changing, but is everyone included in these shifts? Join us in commemoration of #PovertyDay to explore how we can realize inclusive transformation. 🗓️ 16 October 2026 ⏰ 10:30 AM EDT 🔗 Register: #WorldSocialReport
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    RT @UNDataForum: 📢 Official update: The sixth UN World Data Forum, originally scheduled for 9–12 November 2026 in Riyadh, has been postponed to 2027. New dates will be announced in due course. Road to Riyadh events will continue. Info:
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  13. UN DESA@UNDESA
    Transformation is inevitable, but exclusion is not. Submit your questions about making changes work for all to experts at the UN & join our Policy Dialogue ⤵️ 🗓️ 22 October ⏰ 3 PM EDT Register for in-person: Register for online:
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  14. UN DESA@UNDESA
    Global warming will overshoot 1.5°C in the coming years. There’s still a chance to bring temperatures back down, but the window is closing fast. This is the point of return. More in @UNEP's new #EmissionsGap report:
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    💧 Join us at the 2026 UN Water Conference! 🗓️ When? 8-10 December 2026 📍 Where? Abu Dhabi, UAE. ➡️ Make sure you read all the instructions on how to gain access to all the exciting events! 🔗 #WaterAction
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  16. UN DESA@UNDESA
    A water-secure future starts with science. For five decades, @UNESCO has connected scientists, policymakers and communities to safeguard our most vital resource. Ahead of the UN Water Conference, cooperation is key for people and planet: #WaterAction
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    RT @WMO: Today more than 120 countries have multi-hazard early warning systems, a big leap from ~50 countries a decade ago. But many are still unprotected. #EarlyWarningsForAll is not a luxury. It saves lives, reduces economic losses, & provides tenfold return on investment. #DRRday
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  18. UN DESA@UNDESA
    Happening SOON! Our Policy Dialogue will explore the changes impacting our world and answering your questions on making sure these shifts leave no one behind. Join us with HLAB members LIVE at 3PM EDT: #WorldSocialReport
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    What do we lose when inclusion is an afterthought? That's the heart of the question in the upcoming #WorldSocialReport, which calls for social inclusion as an integral part of progress from the start. More from our UN DESA expert Rashmi Banga:
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  20. UN DESA@UNDESA
    📰 Are you a journalist? We need YOUR voice at the UN Water Conference! Register to join us in Abu Dhabi by 13 November 2026. Get all the details and put water in the headlines: #WaterAction
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  21. UN DESA@UNDESA
    🔔 Reminder! Virtual side events at the 2026 UN Water Conference (8–10 December 2026) are open for applications. 🔗 Bring your water story to the global stage and apply by 16 October: #WaterAction
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  22. UN DESA@UNDESA
    Inequality compounds. But how? Look at employment: 23% of women with disabilities are employed, compared with 67% of men without disabilities. When inequalities overlap, the gaps grow. More #GenderData:
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    "Closing the gender gap isn’t a side issue for the 2030 Agenda. It’s one of the fastest ways we have left to deliver on all of it." In a NEW #SDGBlog, UN DESA ASG @BjorgSandkjaer on why women's leadership is not only right, but vital to global progress:
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    Happening this week! Join our Policy Dialogue on the changes shaping our world, organized around YOUR questions and insights from the #WorldSocialReport. 🗓️ 22 October ⏰ 3 PM EDT Register for in-person: Register for online:
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  27. UN DESA@UNDESA
    In most countries, the incomes of the poorest rose faster than the national average, but progress is uneven. Reducing inequality requires closing income gaps, protecting labour and scaling development finance. Learn more about #SDG10:
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    RT @UN_News_Centre: On Monday, governments gathering in Yerevan, Armenia, will have to confront a more practical question: are they doing enough to win the peace and put the world’s biodiversity goals back on track? #COP17Armenia is about moving from promises to delivery.
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  29. UN DESA@UNDESA
    Decent work is for EVERYONE. More women are entering the workforce—but too many are still shut out of decent work. In 2026, 63.9% of women aged 25–54 were in the labour force, compared with 92% of men. See more #GenderData from @UN_Women and UN DESA:
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  30. UN DESA@UNDESA
    #LDCs need more than market access. It’s time for better support to build productive capacity, competitiveness, and resilience. Learn more from UN CDP's latest Issue Brief, by Taffere Tesfachew:
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  31. UN DESA@UNDESA
    Finance ministers will gather in Bangkok, Thailand on 14 October 2026 to discuss the ongoing negotiations on the United Nations Framework Convention on International Tax Cooperation and its two protocols. Learn more:
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  32. UN DESA@UNDESA
    Behind many of our schools, hospitals and roads is a government that found a way to pay for it. Fair and effective taxation is one of the most powerful tools for sustainable development. Follow the UN Tax Committee from 20 to 23 October 2026:
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  33. UN DESA@UNDESA
    Economic, digital and green transformations create both opportunities and risks for advancing social inclusion. Join our interactive discussion on how these dynamics can be made socially inclusive by design. Register: #PovertyDay #WorldSocialReport
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  34. UN DESA@UNDESA
    🔔 If you're a journalist from the Global South, this is for you! Join us at this year's Internet Governance Forum in Nairobi, Kenya and report LIVE on digital issues affecting our shared future. 🗓️ Apply by 26 October 2026: @intgovforum
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    📰 Call for applications: the IGF invites journalists from the Global South to cover the 21st Annual IGF in Nairobi (14–18 Dec 2026) and bring local perspective to the global debate on our digital future. 🔗 Learn more & apply:
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  35. UN DESA@UNDESA
    The GISD Alliance Strategy Group Meeting on 12 October 2026 will advance the Sevilla Commitment and the FFD4 Business Communique. Learn more about progress in blended finance, sustainable finance and financial regulation on the path to the #GlobalGoals:
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    📰 Call for applications: the IGF invites journalists from the Global South to cover the 21st Annual IGF in Nairobi (14–18 Dec 2026) and bring local perspective to the global debate on our digital future. 🔗 Learn more & apply:
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  37. UN DESA@UNDESA
    📣 Deadline tomorrow! Apply to host an event at the SDG Pavilion during #COP31 in Antalya, Turkiye this November. Bring your ideas, partnerships and solutions to help advance the #SDGs. 🗓️ Apply by 9 October 2026:
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  38. UN DESA@UNDESA
    Inclusive growth starts from day one. Broad participation boosts productivity, resilience and lasting prosperity. Learn about the New Economics of Social Inclusion: #WorldSocialReport
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  39. UN DESA@UNDESA
    If you could ask experts about the economic and social changes shaping our future, what would you ask? Submit your questions and join our Policy Dialogue ⤵️ 🗓️ 22 October ⏰ 3 PM EDT Register for in-person: Register for online:
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  40. UN DESA@UNDESA
    Registration is open for stakeholders from accredited organizations to attend the 2026 UN Water Conference! Join us 8-10 December 2026 in Abu Dhabi, UAE. Register by 6 November: #WaterAction
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  41. UN DESA@UNDESA
    Coming up next week! How can investing in social inclusion transform societies to be more productive and resilient? Join us for the launch of the #WorldSocialReport 2026 to find out. 🗓️ 15 October ⏰ 12:30 PM EDT 📺
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    As we navigate economic, digital and green transformations, the World Social Report provides an actionable blueprint to ensure these transitions are socially inclusive by design. Learn more in the #WorldSocialReport 2026:
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    Women belong in the innovation race 🚀 But startups with at least one woman or non-binary founder made up just 18% in 2024 — and raised 37.5% less funding than all-male founded teams. See more #GenderData in the Gender Snapshot 2026:
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