| Report | Description |
| Sustainable Development Report 2024 | By UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN) |
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| Globally, only 16% of SDG targets are on track for achievement by 2030. Progress varies widely among countries, with Nordic nations leading, BRICS making strides, and Poor & Vulnerable nations falling behind.
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| India is ranked 109th out of 166 countries, with on-track performance in Poverty reduction and Quality Education targets while decreasing progress in Sustainable Cities and Climate Action targets.
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| New Index of Support to UN-based Multilateralism (UN-Mi): It ranks countries based on their engagement with the UN System. Barbados ranks highest, India at 139th place while the USA ranks last.
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| Recommendations of the Report: The UNSDSN recommends keeping the Sustainable Development agenda central to global cooperation until 2050, ensuring it is well-funded. It advocates for strengthening UN agencies and systematically monitoring UN-based multilateralism. Additionally, it emphasizes enhancing governance of technological risks and ensuring universal access to essential technologies and R&D. The recommendations also include establishing a UN Parliamentary Assembly and reforming the UN Security Council by adding India as a permanent member and adopting procedures to override a veto.
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| About SDSN:
The Sustainable Development Solutions Network is a non-profit created in 2012 by the United Nations to promote the 17 Sustainable Development Goals at national and international levels. As of 2022, the SDSN has over 1,700 members in 50 networks across 144 countries, with offices in New York, Paris, and Kuala Lumpur. |
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| SIPRI Yearbook 2024: Armaments, Disarmament, and International Security released | The SIPRI Yearbook 2024 reports an increase in nuclear weapons development and modernization by the nine nuclear-armed states, with a total global inventory of approximately 12,121 warheads. The USA and Russia hold nearly 90% of these. China’s nuclear arsenal is expanding rapidly, now estimated at 500 warheads. Tensions over Ukraine and Gaza have further weakened nuclear diplomacy. |
| Nine nuclear-armed states are—the US, Russia, the UK, France, China, India, Pakistan, North Korea, and Israel. India, now with 172 warheads, has slightly surpassed Pakistan’s count. Both India and Israel primarily use plutonium in their nuclear weapons.
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| About SIPRI:
Stockholm International Peace Research Institute is an international institute based in Stockholm, Sweden. It was founded in 1966 and provides data, analysis and recommendations for armed conflict, military expenditure and arms trade as well as disarmament and arms control.
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