Cut to the Quick: The Impact of Funding Cuts on the United Nations Development System
Special advance release – In a timely new article for the upcoming 12th Financing the UN Development system report, John Hendra argues that the current crisis facing the UN is far more than a liquidity problem. The unprecedented decline in Official Development Assistance and sharp reductions in voluntary contributions to the UN’s development work are already affecting lives, weakening the multilateral system, and eroding the capacity of the UN system to deliver on its normative and development mandates.
Investing in Youth for Peace: An Investors’ Guide to Supporting Youth-Led Peace
Out now! Read and download Investing in Youth for Peace: An Investors’ Guide to Supporting Youth-Led Peace, a new publication offering a roadmap for investors working in—or exploring opportunities related to—fragile and conflict-affected contexts to better understand how to engage with youth peacebuilders.
The 2025 Dag Hammarskjöld Lecture by Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus
On 28 November 2025, the Dag Hammarskjöld Foundation and Uppsala University were honoured to present
Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus as the 2025 Dag Hammarskjöld Lecturer.
Financing the UN Development System: Managing Unprecedented Times
Out now! Read and download the 11th annual report on financing the UN development system, produced by the Foundation and the UN Multi-Partner Trust Fund Office.
‘The perfect UN financing storm has arrived: It’s a tsunami!’
Special advance release – In this article for the upcoming 11th Financing the UN Development System report, John Hendra discusses the unprecedented funding challenges facing global development more broadly and, especially, UN humanitarian life-saving assistance and broader UN development support.
Evolution and reform of UN Peacebuilding – Ten areas of change
Out now – a resource for policymakers and practitioners to build an understanding of the UN Peacebuilding Architecture’s origins, evolution and linkages to other processes and entities.
Strengthening the UN’s Peacebuilding Architecture – Transforming commitments into action
Read the outcome report from the December 2024 workshop held in preparation for the formal phase of the 2025 Peacebuilding Architecture Review (PBAR).
The 2024 Dag Hammarskjöld Lecture by Jan Egeland
The 16 September, 2024, the Dag Hammarskjöld Foundation and Uppsala University were honoured to present Jan Egeland as the 2024 Dag Hammarskjöld Lecturer and medallist. Read the full lecture here.
The 2023 Dag Hammarskjöld Lecture by Rena Lee
The 16 September, 2024, the Dag Hammarskjöld Foundation and Uppsala University were honoured to present Rena Lee as the 2023 Dag Hammarskjöld Lecturer and medallist. Read the full Lecture here.
Financing the UN Development System: Resourcing the Future
Out now! Read and download the tenth annual report on financing the UN development system, produced by the Foundation and the UN Multi-Partner Trust Fund Office.