Key Takeaways from UN General Assembly 2019

From September 23 to 27, leaders from around the world gathered at the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA). Amid calls for faster progress toward achieving the Global Goals, many of them put forward commitments for tackling humanity’s most pressing challenges: climate change, inequality, poverty, and health care, among others.

Leaders’ promises to deliver a better future for people and planet were positive signs of momentum for achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). But it’s clear that there is still much more to be done, and that the world needs action more than ever.

Now civil society, governments, and the private sector must prepare to step up for a Decade of Action.

In the meantime, here’s what you need to know about what the discussions and decisions made at UNGA mean for the world.