The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) is calling on countries in the region to accelerate ...

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The U.S. renunciation was one of the first — if not the first — by any country of the 17 goals that were adopted unanimously ...

In a speech before the United Nation’s General Assembly, a representative of President Donald Trump ’s administration rejected the U.N.’s 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. Edward Heartney, a ...

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — In 2015, then-President Barack Obama committed the United States to achieving newly adopted U.N. global ...

The United States has denounced the United Nations' 2030 agenda and sustainable development goals, or SDGs, dampening prospects for their achievement. US representative Edward Heartney was ...

On 24 March 2025, the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) adopted a resolution to extend United Nations Decade of Action ...

Of all the geopolitical stunts Donald Trump has pulled since returning to the White House, the United States' votes at the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) on March 4 stand out as some of the ...

In a speech before the United Nation’s General Assembly, a representative of President Donald Trump ’s administration rejected the U.N.’s 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. Edward ...