{"id":353689,"date":"2026-01-10T18:12:25","date_gmt":"2026-01-10T12:42:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=353689"},"modified":"2026-01-10T18:12:25","modified_gmt":"2026-01-10T12:42:25","slug":"united-nations-department-of-economic-and-social-affairs-undesa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/united-nations-department-of-economic-and-social-affairs-undesa\/","title":{"rendered":"United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UNDESA)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>News: <\/strong>The United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs projected India\u2019s growth at 7.2% for 2025\u201326 in its World Economic Situation and Prospects 2026 report.<\/p>\n<h2>About United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UNDESA)<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_353693\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-353693\" style=\"width: 464px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-353693\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Source-UN-DESA.jpg?resize=464%2C167&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UNDESA)\" width=\"464\" height=\"167\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Source-UN-DESA.jpg?resize=300%2C108&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Source-UN-DESA.jpg?w=707&amp;ssl=1 707w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 464px) 100vw, 464px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-353693\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source &#8211; UN DESA<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li>UNDESA is a <strong>core department<\/strong> of the <strong>United Nations Secretariat<\/strong> that leads <strong>work on economic, social, and environmental<\/strong> development.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Established in: <\/strong>UNDESA was established in <strong>1948<\/strong> and was <strong>restructured<\/strong> into its present form in <strong>1997<\/strong> through <strong>mergers of UN development and policy departments.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Headquarters<\/strong><strong>: New York City, USA<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Aim: <\/strong>The aim of UNDESA is to <strong>support countries in achieving sustainable, inclusive, and equitable development<\/strong> by translating global UN commitments into national policies and actions.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Functions<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>E<strong>conomic and social analysis: <\/strong>UNDESA conducts <strong>global economic and social analysis<\/strong> by producing <strong>flagship reports such as the World Economic Situation and Prospects to guide policy decisions.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>SDG <\/strong><strong>Coordination<\/strong><strong>: <\/strong>It <strong>monitors and coordinates<\/strong> progress on the <strong>17 Sustainable Development Goals<\/strong> and supports their implementation across countries.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Advice and technical assistance:<\/strong> It provides <strong>policy advice and technical assistance to governments<\/strong> on poverty reduction, inequality, employment, climate action, and social protection.<\/li>\n<li>It offers <strong>intergovernmental support by providing secretariat services<\/strong> to the UN General Assembly, ECOSOC, UN Commissions, and the High-Level Political Forum.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Reports published by UNDESA<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>World Economic Situation and Prospects Report (WESP)<\/li>\n<li>World Social Report<\/li>\n<li>Sustainable Development Goals Report<\/li>\n<li>United Nations E-Government Survey<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News: The United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs projected India\u2019s growth at 7.2% for 2025\u201326 in its World Economic Situation and Prospects 2026 report. About United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UNDESA) UNDESA is a core department of the United Nations Secretariat that leads work on economic, social, and environmental development.&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/united-nations-department-of-economic-and-social-affairs-undesa\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UNDESA)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10393,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,3127,1236,12039],"tags":[11872],"class_list":["post-353689","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-economy","category-international-organisations","category-knolls","tag-9pm-daily-factly","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/353689","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10393"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=353689"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/353689\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=353689"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=353689"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=353689"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}