40 years after the UN declared development an inalienable human right, only 36% of SDG targets are on track or have made moderate progress
Guterres cites widening inequality, debt and climate crisis as growth continues to exclude billions

40 years after the UN declared development an inalienable human right, only 36% of SDG targets are on track or have made moderate progress
Guterres cites widening inequality, debt and climate crisis as growth continues to exclude billions
Forty years after the UN's Declaration on the Right to Development, promises remain unmet, from digital access gaps to unequal footing in the AI race
The UN chief's new blueprint aims to close these gaps, but as before, relies on political will to happen
✨Pooled funding–Because no one needs to be “just another brick in the wall”.
#RightToDevelopment is a universal human right.✨
Funds like the @jointsdgfund.bsky.social, GDF, WPHF & STFA help partners invest in social protection, inclusion & basic human needs.
➡️ UN Pooled Funding: mptf.undp.org
Who pays for development? Women do.
40 years since the world affirmed the right to development, women’s unpaid care still subsidizes economies, communities, and health systems—and still goes uncounted.
It’s time we counted the cost. #UNGA81 #RightToDevelopment
¿Quién paga el desarrollo? Las mujeres.
Durante 40 años, el mundo ha reafirmado el derecho al desarrollo. Sin embargo, el trabajo de cuidados no remunerado de las mujeres sigue subsidiando economías, comunidades y sistemas de salud. Es hora de visibilizar el costo.
UN Expert Mechanism on #RightToDevelopment Chair Juana Ibañez shares central findings of its #HRC63 report on #ClimateFinance, including:
🔹 Public climate funds remain inadequate
🔹 Climate finance must be new and additional
🔹 RtD principles in finance instruments
With #HRC63 starting on 7 September in #GENeva, consult our page dedicated to #environment at the Human Rights Council session, as it tackles:
🔹 #Toxics & #PFAS
🔹 #Water & #Sanitation
🔹 #ClimateChange
🔹 Rights of #IndigenousPeoples
🔹 #RightToDevelopment
🔹 & more!