The United Nations (
UN) was established in 1945 after World War II to promote international peace and cooperation.
联合国（联合国）成立于1945年二战之后，旨在促进国际和平与合作。
The
UN's main body is the General Assembly, composed of all 193 member states.
联合国的主要机构是大会，由所有193个成员国组成。
The Security Council is responsible for maintaining international peace and security, with five permanent members: China, France, Russia, the United Kingdom, and the United States.
安理会负责维护国际和平与安全，其常任理事国有中国、法国、俄罗斯、英国和美国。
The
UN promotes sustainable development through its various agencies, such as
UNESCO and the World Health Organization (WHO).
联合国通过其众多机构如教科文组织和世界卫生组织推动可持续发展。
The
UN holds annual conferences on climate change, known as the Conference of the Parties (COP).
联合国每年举行气候变化会议，即《巴黎协定》缔约方大会（COP）。
The
UN Peacekeeping missions have been deployed in over 30 conflict zones around the world.
联合国维和部队已在全球超过30个冲突地区部署。
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR), adopted by the
UN in 1948, outlines fundamental rights and freedoms for all people.
1948年，联合国通过了《世界人权宣言》，明确了所有人的基本权利和自由。
The
UN has a specialized agency for women's rights, the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (
UN Women).
联合国有一个专门关注妇女权益的机构：联合国妇女署（
UN Women）。
The
UN aims to eradicate poverty and hunger through its Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030.
联合国的目标是到2030年通过可持续发展目标消除贫困和饥饿。
The
UN Climate Change Conference, also known as COP26, took place in Glasgow, Scotland, in November 2021, where nations discussed global climate action.
2021年11月在苏格兰格拉斯哥举行的联合国气候变化大会（COP26），各国就全球气候行动进行了讨论。
Chinese truck-hailing platform Full Truck Alliance showcased its strategy for a greener, technology-driven trucking sector with lower emissions at the ongoing COP28 UN climate change conference in Dubai, the United Arab Emirates.
在正在阿拉伯联合酋长国迪拜举行的第28届联合国气候变化大会上，中国叫车平台全卡车联盟展示了其建设更环保、技术驱动、低排放的卡车运输行业的战略。
The country's leading sportswear company Anta Group and UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, announced, on Wednesday, a new global partnership focused on empowering displaced children and youth through the life-changing potential of education and sports.
该国领先的运动服装公司安踏集团和联合国难民署周三宣布，建立一个新的全球伙伴关系，重点是通过教育和体育改变生活的潜力，赋予流离失所的儿童和青年权力。
By inspiring and engaging more partners, it actively encourages the pursuit of sustainable development, making new contributions to the achievement of the UN's 2030 SDGs and the building of a community with a shared future for mankind, said the company.
该公司表示，通过激励和吸引更多合作伙伴，它积极鼓励追求可持续发展，为实现联合国2030年可持续发展目标和构建人类命运共同体做出新的贡献。
The landmark event marks the first GDI report by a Chinese enterprise on the UN platform.
这一具有里程碑意义的事件标志着中国企业首次在联合国平台上发布GDI报告。
With a keen understanding of the GDI and its correlation with the UN's Sustainable Development Goals, State Grid places a paramount emphasis on promoting common development.
凭借对GDI及其与联合国可持续发展目标的相关性的深刻理解，国家电网将促进共同发展放在首位。
By inspiring and engaging more partners, it actively encourages the pursuit of sustainable development, making new contributions to the achievement of the UN's SDGs on schedule and the building of a community with a shared future for humanity.
通过激励和吸引更多合作伙伴，它积极鼓励追求可持续发展，为如期实现联合国可持续发展目标和构建人类命运共同体做出新的贡献。
Anta Group, a domestic leading sportswear producer, signed the "Business in Action —Sustainable Industrial Development Commitments" during the Second United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) Summit in New York, which is the highest-level UN summit in the field of sustainable development.
国内领先的运动服装生产商安踏集团在纽约举行的第二届联合国可持续发展目标峰会上签署了《企业在行动——可持续工业发展承诺》，这是联合国在可持续发展领域的最高级别峰会。
Kose also focuses on sustainable development and has taken effective actions to respond to the UN's Sustainable Development Goals.
科塞还关注可持续发展，并采取有效行动应对联合国的可持续发展目标。
These products will include garment scissors, surgery scalpels and industrial blades, along with eco-friendly products in line with the UN Sustainable Development Goals.
这些产品将包括服装剪刀，手术用剃刀和工业刀片，同时也会推出环保型产品，以符合联合国可持续发展目标。
According to UN statistics, 1.35 million people lose their lives on the world's roads every year, making road traffic accidents the ninth leading cause of death globally, as well as the leading cause of death for economically active people aged 15-29.
He reiterated the company's alignment with the UN Sustainable Development Goals.
I think it's a great idea," said Nicholas Rosellini, UN resident coordinator in China.
He cited an article by Lv Jun, chairman of COFCO Corporation, which read that businesses, governments, civil society, producers and consumers all have a shared responsibility to the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) for food security and sustainable production.
The UN plans to partner with Chinese tech giant Alibaba Group Holding Ltd to use artificial intelligence to boost urban planning, an official said on Sunday.
The first UN Habitat Assembly, which will kick off on Monday, will bring together over 3,000 delegates from the UN members states to promote the sustainability cities.
"The greater the ability, the greater the responsibility," Li Nan, executive secretary general of the China Brand Leadership Alliance, said at the Global Corporate Social Responsibility and Chinese Brands Development Forum on Wednesday at UN headquarters in New York.
"The key words in this new wave include innovation, green economy, equalization, sustainability, which in large part has coincided with the 17 Sustainable Development Golas (SDGs) of the UN 2030 Agenda.
The Chinese entrepreneurs signed a declaration of Chinese brands to the UN, promising that future brand development will be founded on the principles of honesty and innovation, guided by environmental protection and energy savings, and underpinned by the concept of sustainable development.
However, environmental organization Friends of the Earth condemned the continued practice of drilling in the North Sea, citing a recent report from the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, or IPCC, that strongly urged governments to ramp down fossil fuel usage in light of global warming.
"The US is trying to target Huawei, especially because of the company's success in marketing cutting-edge 5G technologies globally," wrote Sachs, who is also the director of Columbia's Center for Sustainable Development and of the UN's Sustainable Development Solutions Network.
But Li stuck to his guns because, according to a report by the World Health Organization and UN Environment, over 1 million people are food-poisoned each year due to herbicide remains on grains, including about 20,000 in China.
China is also starting to demonstrate a stronger commitment to global social issues, such as climate change and the UN Sustainability Development Goals.
"The report was the first sustainability report written by China's energy and construction enterprises based on the 17 UN Sustainable Development GoalsWith credible data and a clear view of future power construction, the report systemically introduces the company's direct contributions to 11 of the 17 UN Sustainable Development Goals, and points out its positive influences on the remaining six, said Yu Zhihong, president and chief editor of the China WTO Tribune and an expert on assessing the Corporate Social Responsibility performances of China's international contractors.
By teaming up with the Investment and Technology Promotion Office of the UN Industrial Development Organization Shanghai, YITU will leverage its experience and capabilities in AI through platform partnerships, industrial applications, sharing of experts and technology.
With rising protectionism, the increasingly apparent lack of enthusiasm by the United States for multilateralism — evident in the US withdrawal from a bevy of world bodies such as UNESCO and the UN Human Rights Council, and a threat to pull out of the WTO — along with the Trump administration’s penchant to use tariffs as a foreign policy tool, observers doubt whether a global response can be counted on if another grave financial crisis hits.
Thanks to our technical competencies and ambition, DSM is uniquely positioned to contribute significantly to the UN Sustainable Development Agenda and achieving the Global Goals (SDGs) including zero hunger, good health and well-being, affordable and clean energy, climate action, responsible consumption and production.
According to UN Industrial Development Organization statistics for the third quarter of 2017, the sector grew at a rate of 1.3 percent of the world's total manufacturing output - an increase of 0.8 percent from the previous quarter - compared with 26.8 percent for the Asia-Pacific region and 16 percent for East Asia, with China logging 19.3 percent and North America 20 percent.
In addition, the e-mobility partnership agreement signed between TAILG and the UN Environment aimed at introducing electric vehicles in Africa and other areas of the world in March makes the company more confident in promoting globalization.
Attendees included the presidents of Nigeria, Niger, Chad, Central Africa and Gabon, the premier of Cameroon, representatives of the UN Secretary-General, the chairman of the African Union, representatives from the World Bank, African Development Bank, and Islamic Bank, and Director-General of UNESCO.
参会人员包括尼日利亚、尼日尔、乍得、中非和加蓬的总统，喀麦隆总理，联合国秘书长代表，非洲联盟主席，世界银行、非洲开发银行和伊斯兰银行的代表，以及联合国教科文组织总干事。
CHARLESTON, the United States - China's Xiamen Airlines on Friday received its first aircraft bearing the UN (United Nations) message of sustainable development, hoping to promote the message worldwide.
Zhao Dong, president of Xiamen Airlines, told the delivery ceremony that his company is committed to sustainable development, especially after becoming a partner of the UN to promote the agenda in early 2017.
Earlier this week, Wang was honoured the Champion of the Earth award during the UN Environment Assembly.
"Many companies have joined the movement to support the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
McGraw added that the gala provided a platform to underscore ongoing American and global business support for the SDGs, policies that promote more open cross-border trade and investment, and robust US engagement with the UN and other international bodies.
UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina J. Mohammed attended the gala.
UNITED NATIONS - Ant Financial, an affiliate of China's e-commerce giant Alibaba Group, called on delegates at a UN conference to form a digital finance working group in order to push forward the UN's 2030 Agenda and Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said at the event that finance is pivotal for success and the choices people make on finance will be critical.
Ma, the founder of the world's largest e-commerce trading platform, Alibaba, is visiting Kenya in a tour arranged by the UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), to promote global entrepreneurship and to mentor young and upcoming entrepreneurs.
especially in partnership with business, the government and the civil society in the global value chain," said Lakshmi Puri, assistant secretary-general of the United Nations and deputy executive director of UN Women.
The UN General Assembly designated June 27 as "Micro-, Small- and Medium-sized Enterprises Day" starting this year.
It agreed with outline plans with the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, the UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific, the League of Arab States, the African Union and the Gulf Cooperation Council Interconnection Authority.
In Coke-Hamilton's view, one of the most important ways to achieve the UN Sustainable Development Goals is to promote sustained export growth in the least developed countries, which is conducive to their economic and social development.
That developed nations should honor their long-standing pledge to mobilize $100 billion per year by 2020 to help poor countries cope with climate change has been a topic for years at the annual UN climate gathering.
"As a former negotiator of Costa Rica in UN climate negotiations, Rodriguez said he proposed such a mechanism "quite a few times", but received no proactive response from the Global North.
The report revealed that turbulence and challenges have hindered the progress in achieving the UN's 2030 Sustainable Development Goals for many countries.
Shahbaz Khan, UNESCO's representative to China, hailed the nation's efforts in aligning with the principles of the UN Charter, emphasizing its role as a builder of world peace, a contributor to global development and a defender of the international order.
"Liu Zhenmin, former UN undersecretary-general for economic and social affairs, said in an interview with China Daily last month that China's development presents opportunities, not threats, to the rest of the world.
In order to better carry out comparisons and analysis, various international organizations, such as the UN Conference on Trade and Development, the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund, have compiled lists of countries and regions under different categories, including developed economies, emerging markets and developing economies.
Noting that 2023 marks the midterm evaluation year for the UN's Sustainable Development Goals, Zhao said China is willing to work with other countries to develop consensus and expects the UN to play a key role in promoting the UN 2030 agenda by bringing the development issues back to the center of global agenda.
Ban Ki-moon, former UN secretary-general, said financial institutions, governments and multilateral development banks are critical for risk sharing amid the current challenging times for global development.
Noting that the importance of green and sustainable finance can never be overstated, he said the UN should ensure that sustainable infrastructure becomes a worldwide priority, in order to collaborate, with financial support from international institutions such as the AIIB.
The UN should see an opportunity to work with the AIIB by creating more visible, inclusive and sustainable development.
On Monday, the AIIB signed an agreement with CIDCA to jointly accelerate the attainment of the UN's Sustainable Development Goals.
"While it's done very well in ending poverty, there's still parts of China that need to progress along with the UN family," he said.
The UN coordinator added that the country's 14th Five-Year Plan (2021-25), which laid more emphasis on bridging urban-rural inequalities, creates an opportunity for China and the UN to work together on that front.
Chatterjee said he has confidence that if China progresses at its current pace, it could achieve all of the UN's 2030 sustainable development goals.
The UN raised its forecast on China's economic growth from 4.8 percent to 5.3 percent in the World Economic Situation and Prospects 2023 Mid-Year Update.
For example, the UN uses geographical region as the standard.
According to the UN standard, apart from Japan, Canada, the United States, Australia, New Zealand and European nations, all others are developing countries.
That is the reason why China has been recognized as a developing country in international agreements and treaties, such as the WTO, the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change and the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer, which has been accepted by the majority of members of the international community.
China was the first country to achieve the UN Millennium Development Goals.
China is now the second-largest contributor to the UN's peacekeeping operations.
"The Chinese economy is on a very strong footing" compared to others, despite some downside risks, said Rashid, chief of the Global Economic Monitoring Branch, Economic Analysis and Policy Division at the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs.
"We firmly oppose the imposition of unilateral sanctions and long-arm jurisdiction against China, which are not authorized by the UN Security Council and have no basis in international law, on the grounds of China-Russia cooperation," she said.
Before the launch of the UN Climate Change Conference in 2015, China and conference host France had actively engaged in dialogue on relevant preparatory work.
The UN estimates that by 2030, as many as 700 million people will be displaced from their homes due to drought.
According to a forecast of the UN World Tourism Organization, the orderly restoration of the outbound travels will greatly promote the recovery of tourism in the Asia-Pacific region and even the whole world.
With the Chinese authorities adjusting COVID-19 containment policies in late 2022 and easing monetary and fiscal policies, China's economic growth is forecast to accelerate to 4.8 percent in 2023, said the UN report.
Our outlook for the country's economy remains positive, as China is the only country in the world that has all the industrial categories listed in the UN industrial classification and is the world's largest producer of over 220 types of industrial products.
In 2023, China "can play a very important role in stimulating" global growth, said Hamid Rashid, chief of the Global Economic Monitoring Branch, Economic Analysis and Policy Division, UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs.
"In 2023, China "can play a very important role in stimulating" global growth, said Hamid Rashid, chief of the Global Economic Monitoring Branch, Economic Analysis and Policy Division, UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs.
China "can play a vital role in stimulating global growth," said Hamid Rashid, chief of the Global Economic Monitoring Branch, Economic Analysis and Policy Division, UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs.
UNITED NATIONS -- China can play a significant role in stimulating the global growth in 2023, Hamid Rashid, a leading United Nations economist told Xinhua in an interview after the flagship report, World Economic Situation and Prospects 2023, was released on Wednesday.2022 was a rough year, but in 2023, China "can play a very important role in stimulating the global growth," said Rashid, chief of the Global Economic Monitoring Branch, Economic Analysis and Policy Division, UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs, while commenting on China's economic prospects.
UNITED NATIONS - World output growth is projected to decelerate from an estimated 3.0 percent in 2022 to 1.9 percent in 2023, marking one of the lowest growth rates in recent decades, according to a UN report launched on Wednesday.
The UN World Economic Situation and Prospects 2023 report predicted global growth to moderately pick up to 2.7 percent in 2024, as some macroeconomic headwinds are expected to begin to subside next year.
The UN chief called for efforts to advance the Sustainable Development Goals.
Amongst the prominent participants are Germany Chancellor Olaf Scholz, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and International Monetary Fund Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva, along with more than 600 of the world's top CEOs from sectors such as financial services, energy, materials and infrastructure, information and communication technologies.
Therefore, the UN includes the voices of youth and cooperates closely with them in the execution, planning and evaluation of SDGs.
Noting the recent measures to ease COVID-19 restrictions, Liang Guoyong, a senior economist with the UN Conference on Trade and Development, observed that although the change will inevitably bring about some pains in the short term, the adjustment is beneficial for the revitalization of economic activities and business confidence, pushing the economy back on a healthy growth track.
IMF MD, UN chief, ex PBOC head underline financial and climate goalsThe world now stands at a "precarious moment" and joint efforts are required by all countries to address some crucial post-COVID challenges on the financial, developmental, growth and climate change fronts, to ensure healthy global growth, heads of international organizations and officials said on Friday.
As UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned: "Our world is in big trouble, divides are growing deeper, inequalities are growing wider and challenges are spreading farther.
"Responding to the troubled times, President Xi proposed the GDI when delivering an important speech at the General Debate of the 76th Session of the UN General Assembly on Sept 21, 2021, calling on the world to stay committed to development as a priority, a people-centered approach, benefits for all, innovation-driven development, harmony between man and nature and result-oriented actions.
Guterres called the GDI a plan of great importance in advancing the realization of the UN Sustainable Development Goals for 2030 and addressing the inequality and imbalance in global development.
China is stepping up efforts to work with all partners to advance GDI, promote global development and better achieve the UN's SDGs.
GAO: Reduction of inequality is among the 17 sustainable development goals of the UN for 2030.
China is ready to work with other members of the Group of 20 to proactively take part in the reform of the World Trade Organization and promote the multilateral trading system in a bid to achieve the UN's Sustainable Development Goals, according to Wang Shouwen, vice-commerce minister and China international trade representative at the Ministry of Commerce.
The UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Report 2022, released on July 7, estimated that an additional 75 million to 95 million people could fall into extreme poverty this year.
Last year, Chinese President Xi Jinping proposed the GDI at the United Nations, aiming to contribute to strengthening international development cooperation and accelerating the implementation of the UN 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
The Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization announced in late June that it had approved the establishment of the UN Ocean Decade Collaborative Centre on Ocean-Climate Nexus in Qingdao, the first of its kind in China and one of the first of six across the world.
The facility will be located in Qingdao's West Coast New Area and is designed to provide Chinese solutions to global ocean governance by promoting the implementation of major science projects under the UN framework, such as the Ocean to Climate Seamless Forecasting System.
As China's economy transforms toward a low-carbon path, "the UN must unlock this historical opportunity, to support the alignment of China's developmental trajectory, with the SDGs", she said.
According to the UN Sustainable Development Report of 2021, China ranked 57th globally in terms of sustainable development, which counts ending poverty, gender equality, good health and wellbeing, quality education, decent work and economic growth, as well as climate action, among its goals.
The initiative will also support China's sustainable development priorities reflected in China's 14th Five-Year Plan (FYP) (2021–2025), in alignment with the UN's strategy and framework, according to a press release of the plan.
Zhang Jun, China's permanent representative to the UN, another keynote speaker at the conference, encouraged the UNGC and its member enterprises to participate in China's Global Development Initiative, which calls on the international community to work together to overcome challenges and speed up the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for "stronger, greener, and healthier global development.
UN Resident Coordinator in China Siddharth Chatterjee said the world stands at "an inflection point in history", noting that countries are now reaching the mid-point of the time available to reach the SDGs, which were set up in 2015 by the UN General Assembly and are intended to be achieved by 2030.
The UN system always welcomes initiatives by any member states that marshal ideas, capacities and resources in support of the SDGs, he said.
"ASEAN countries are also pledging to enhance cooperation to implement the China-proposed Global Development Initiative in a bid to accelerate the UN 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
"Business as usual is no longer an option," said Sanda Ojiambo, CEO and executive director of the UN Global Compact.
As delegates from nearly 200 countries gathered in Glasgow, Scotland, for the COP26 UN Climate Change Conference in November, many dubbed the gathering "the last chance for humanity".
To safeguard world peace and development and effectively address international and regional security risks and challenges under the new circumstances, countries around the world are paying close attention to and working actively on export control under the framework of the UN and applicable international treaties.