Teaching the SDGs to Transform Our World
Peter Thomson, Fijian Ambassador and UN Secretary-General’s Special Envoy for the Ocean, asserts that it is essential to build awareness of the SDGs amongst children and youth to build momentum…
Women’s and Girls’ Education Drives a Transformative SDG Agenda
Executive Director of UN Women, Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, asserts that effective, appropriate and well-resourced education for the millions of marginalised women and girls across the Commonwealth is essential to the success…
Realising Sustainable Development Goal 4: There is no time to waste
Stefania Giannini, Assistant Director-General for Education at UNESCO, reviews progress against Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 4 and argues that as a powerful enabler for sustainable development and more inclusive and…
The Conference of Commonwealth Education Ministers and the Nadi Declaration
Rosy Akbar, Fijian Minister for Education, Heritage and Arts, discusses the outcomes of the last Conference of Commonwealth Education Ministers and calls for increased collaboration to deliver the commitments made…
Education Priorities in a Globalised World
UNESCO’s Director-General, Audrey Azoulay, implores Commonwealth governments to deliver education systems that are geared to the challenges of our time, and outlines the major educational priorities that need to be…
Education and the Commonwealth
“The SDGs can only be achieved with the active engagement, participation and ownership of young people.” The Commonwealth is home to one third of the world’s population, nearly two thirds…
UN looks forward to continued cooperation with the Commonwealth to uphold our shared values
The Commonwealth traverses a diverse grouping of countries that together house one third of humanity. As such, it makes important contributions to international cooperation for the common good. “The UN…