16/09/2020
FOREWORD The United Nations Volunteers (UNV) programme and the United Nations Office for South-South Cooperation (UNOSSC) are pleased to present the publication South-South volunteering as a driving force for development: Experiences from the Asia-Pacific region. In this time of global […]
10/09/2020
This publication was made possible through the collaborative efforts of the United Nations Office for South-South Coopera-tion (UNOSSC) and partners from Member States, UN entities, intergovernmental organizations (IGOs) and other development partners. It contains 195 good practices in South-South and […]
11/08/2020
FOREWORD This report is published at a time when South-South and triangular cooperation (SSTC) and sustainable urban development are increasingly recognized as important means for implementing the Paris Agreement (UNFCCC 2015) and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development with its […]
11/08/2020
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The scale of the challenges associated with sustainable development and climate change are global in nature. 2015 was a landmark year for charting a new era of sustainable development with the world embracing the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable […]
05/12/2019
FOREWORD The immediate impacts of climate change are clearwhen we consider the destruction that extreme weather brings to families, communities, economies and infrastructure. The long-term impacts of climate change, however, are much more extensive and are connected to almost all […]
14/12/2018
The world of long-term development finance created a new centre of gravity in recent years, based in the south and oriented to the south. This new, Southern-led landscape of development finance is potentially one of the most significant trends […]
28/11/2018
The “Good Practices in South-South and Triangular Cooperation for Sustainable Development Vol 2” publication – available in the six official UN languages, plus Portuguese – features Southern good practices that are relevant to the implementation of all 17 SDGs. They illustrate the central […]
27/09/2018
This publication is a collaborative endeavour initiated by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of Thailand, the ASEAN Secretariat and the United Nations Office for South-South Cooperation (UNOSSC).
17/09/2018
Summary The present report is being submitted pursuant to General Assembly resolutions 71/244 of 21 December 2016, and to resolution 71/318 of 28 August 2017, by which the Assembly decided to convene a second High-level United Nations Conference on South-South […]
14/08/2018
FOREWORD The 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) with their 169 targets came into effect in January 2016 as the common international goals, applicable not only for developing countries but for all the countries on the planet. They are […]
13/08/2018
Summary The present report is submitted in response to General Assembly resolution 72/237, in which the Assembly requested the Secretary-General to submit to it, at its seventy-third session, a comprehensive report on the state of South-South cooperation. The report focuses […]
12/06/2018
FOREWORDS UNESCO and the United Nations Office for South-South Cooperation (UNOSSC) are pleased to jointly present this edition of South-South in Action (SSiA). It is UNESCO’s first dedicated report on South-South and triangular cooperation, and presents an overall picture of […]