What is the United Nations?
Welcome to the United Nations!
The United Nations (UN) is an international organization, made up of almost all countries in the world. These countries come together to solve their common problems so they can live in peace with each other.
The UN works to:
- Keep peace between countries
- Help people during emergencies
- Protect human rights
- Improve people's lives, for example through better education and health
- Protect the environment
Be a climate action superhero
Climate change is a menace to our world. Our league of superheroes are taking action now and they want YOU to join them!
Our eight heroes need your help to spread facts about climate change, eat healthier, keep plants happy, and act in more ways to save the world's climate. You can limit global warming and take care of our environment. We count on you!
Stop Disasters!
Play Stop Disasters to experience 5 natural environmental hazards (wildfires, earthquakes, floods, tsunamis and hurricanes). Learn of the risks posed by natural hazards and manage your resources. Build schools, hospitals, housing and defences to protect the local population.
What Is Sustainable Development?
What Is Sustainable Development?
Learn how the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development will transform the world, and why it is a priority for the United Nations.
In September 2015, countries adopted a set of 17 goals to end poverty, protect the planet, and ensure prosperity for all as part of a new sustainable development agenda. Each goal has specific targets to be achieved over the next 15 years, including:
- Eradicate extreme poverty for all people everywhere
- End preventable deaths of newborns and children under 5
- Achieve universal and equitable access to safe and affordable drinking water
- End all forms of discrimination against all women and girls
- Minimize and address the impacts of ocean acidification
Go Goals Boardgame
Go Goals can help kids like you from around the world, to learn about the Sustainable Development Goals!
Spread the word on Social Media, use #SDGGame, share and tag yourself in photos and videos of you playing the game. We’d love to feature you playing the game on social media.
More stories
In the underwater adventure Phantom, we read about the tragic effect that plastic has on our planet. Phantom, the largest whale in the ocean, can normally overshadow any challenge thanks to his extreme size, but now, even he is struggling to survive in his natural habitat. So much plastic is being dumped into the ocean that is threatening underwater life. Discover how Phantom's friends help stop plastic pollution and what you can do to protect our planet.
After the Rain is a story about migration, about people who move from one country to another. Migration has been happening for many years. Recently it has been in the news a lot. You might be wondering why people cross a dangerous sea in a small boat to get to another country. Some leave to find a job and with a plan to send money to their families. Some go to get education. Others might leave because they have no choice. It is important for all of us to understand their difficulties, so that countries receive them and treat them with respect and kindness.
We only have one planet to live on and it depends on all of us to make sure future generations can use it too. This will only be possible if we all work together. Fairy Tales for a Fairer World takes us on a journey and shows us how working together across generations and across places is the way to go. It's time to redefine partnerships to save the world.