{"id":98,"date":"2015-01-07T02:09:22","date_gmt":"2015-01-07T02:09:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/sustainabledevelopment\/?page_id=98"},"modified":"2018-04-22T11:45:41","modified_gmt":"2018-04-22T15:45:41","slug":"press-releases","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/sustainabledevelopment\/news\/press-releases\/","title":{"rendered":"Press releases"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 hundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-overflow:visible;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-one-full fusion-column-first fusion-column-last fusion-column-no-min-height\" 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href=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/sustainabledevelopment\/blog\/2026\/07\/press_release_ai_and_human_development_mexico_jul24\/\">Press Release | Reimagining Artificial Intelligence and Human Development<\/a><\/h2><p class=\"fusion-single-line-meta\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/sustainabledevelopment\/blog\/author\/isabel-gontijohamdanun-org\/\" title=\"Posts by Isabel Gontijo Hamdan\" rel=\"author\">Isabel Gontijo Hamdan<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2026-07-27T09:52:02-04:00<\/span><span>27 Jul 2026<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/p><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>PRESS RELEASE Reimagining Artificial Intelligence and Human Development UN Convenes Leaders in Mexico for Second International Gathering \u00a0 MEXICO CITY, 24 July 2026 \u2013 The United Nations brought together AI thought leaders in Mexico City [...]<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/sustainabledevelopment\/blog\/2026\/07\/press_release_ai_and_human_development_mexico_jul24\/\" aria-label=\"More on Press Release | Reimagining Artificial Intelligence and Human Development\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-118235\" class=\"fusion-post-medium-alternate post-118235 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-featured category-press-material\">\n<div class=\"fusion-date-and-formats\"><div class=\"fusion-date-box updated\"><span class=\"fusion-date\">16<\/span><span class=\"fusion-month-year\">07, 2026<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-format-box\"><i class=\"awb-icon-pen\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/div><\/div>\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider 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href=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/sustainabledevelopment\/blog\/2026\/07\/closing-press-release-hlpf-2026\/\">Press Release | UN Forum concludes with renewed commitment to accelerate action on the Sustainable Development Goals<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/sustainabledevelopment\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/55389981047_d7fea78268_6k.jpg\" data-options=\"\" data-id=\"118235\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"55389981047_d7fea78268_6k\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/sustainabledevelopment\/blog\/2026\/07\/closing-press-release-hlpf-2026\/\" aria-label=\"Press Release | UN Forum concludes with renewed commitment to accelerate action on the Sustainable Development Goals\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/sustainabledevelopment\/blog\/2026\/07\/closing-press-release-hlpf-2026\/\">Press Release | UN Forum concludes with renewed commitment to accelerate action on the Sustainable Development Goals<\/a><\/h2><p class=\"fusion-single-line-meta\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/sustainabledevelopment\/blog\/author\/isabel-gontijohamdanun-org\/\" title=\"Posts by Isabel Gontijo Hamdan\" rel=\"author\">Isabel Gontijo Hamdan<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2026-07-16T10:42:20-04:00<\/span><span>16 Jul 2026<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/p><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>PRESS RELEASE UN Forum concludes with renewed commitment to accelerate action on the Sustainable Development Goals \u00a0 NEW YORK, 15 July 2026\u2013The High-level Political Forum on Sustainable\u00a0Development (HLPF)\u00a0concluded this week with the adoption of a [...]<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/sustainabledevelopment\/blog\/2026\/07\/closing-press-release-hlpf-2026\/\" aria-label=\"More on Press Release | UN Forum concludes with renewed commitment to accelerate action on the Sustainable Development Goals\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-118216\" class=\"fusion-post-medium-alternate post-118216 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-press-material\">\n<div class=\"fusion-date-and-formats\"><div class=\"fusion-date-box updated\"><span class=\"fusion-date\">15<\/span><span class=\"fusion-month-year\">07, 2026<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-format-box\"><i class=\"awb-icon-pen\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/div><\/div>\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/sustainabledevelopment\/blog\/2026\/07\/press-release-new-sdg-advocates-announcement-pmspain\/\">Press Release | UN Secretary-General Ant\u00f3nio Guterres announces Prime Minister of Spain as new Co-Chair of SDG Advocates group<\/a><\/h2><p class=\"fusion-single-line-meta\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/sustainabledevelopment\/blog\/author\/isabel-gontijohamdanun-org\/\" title=\"Posts by Isabel Gontijo Hamdan\" rel=\"author\">Isabel Gontijo Hamdan<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2026-07-16T09:50:57-04:00<\/span><span>15 Jul 2026<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/p><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>PRESS RELEASE UN Secretary-General Ant\u00f3nio Guterres announces Prime Minister of Spain as new Co-Chair of SDG Advocates group NEW YORK, 15 July 2026\u2013Amidst the growing number of development crises facing the world, United Nations Secretary-General [...]<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/sustainabledevelopment\/blog\/2026\/07\/press-release-new-sdg-advocates-announcement-pmspain\/\" aria-label=\"More on Press Release | UN Secretary-General Ant\u00f3nio Guterres announces Prime Minister of Spain as new Co-Chair of SDG Advocates group\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-118184\" class=\"fusion-post-medium-alternate post-118184 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-press-material\">\n<div class=\"fusion-date-and-formats\"><div class=\"fusion-date-box updated\"><span class=\"fusion-date\">7<\/span><span class=\"fusion-month-year\">07, 2026<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-format-box\"><i class=\"awb-icon-pen\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/div><\/div>\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/sustainabledevelopment\/blog\/2026\/07\/press-release-sdgs-report-2026\/\">Press Release | For over a decade, the SDGs have delivered results \u2013 now the world must urgently scale up what works, UN report finds<\/a><\/h2><p class=\"fusion-single-line-meta\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/sustainabledevelopment\/blog\/author\/isabel-gontijohamdanun-org\/\" title=\"Posts by Isabel Gontijo Hamdan\" rel=\"author\">Isabel Gontijo Hamdan<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2026-07-06T10:38:19-04:00<\/span><span>07 Jul 2026<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/p><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>PRESS RELEASE For over a decade, the Sustainable Development Goals have delivered results \u2014 now the world must urgently scale up what works, UN report finds \u00a0With fewer than five years to 2030, a decisive [...]<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/sustainabledevelopment\/blog\/2026\/07\/press-release-sdgs-report-2026\/\" aria-label=\"More on Press Release | For over a decade, the SDGs have delivered results \u2013 now the world must urgently scale up what works, UN report finds\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-118165\" class=\"fusion-post-medium-alternate post-118165 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-press-material\">\n<div class=\"fusion-date-and-formats\"><div class=\"fusion-date-box updated\"><span class=\"fusion-date\">2<\/span><span class=\"fusion-month-year\">07, 2026<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-format-box\"><i class=\"awb-icon-pen\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/div><\/div>\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/sustainabledevelopment\/blog\/2026\/07\/media-advisory-hlpf-072026\/\">Media Advisory | HLPF 2026<\/a><\/h2><p class=\"fusion-single-line-meta\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a 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