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Albert Pujols, Manny Pacquiao and Giorgio Chiellini selected as Goodwill Ambassador of the United Nations Games
New York, N.Y. – The United Nations Games Organizing Committee has selected Mr. Albert Pujols, along with boxing champion Manny Pacquiao and 2020 UEFA Champion Giogio Chiellini as Goodwill Ambassadors for the United Nations Games. This initiative, launched and agreed upon during the Organizing Committee meeting on 7 March 2025, is in line with United […]

Interactive dialogue on Targeting Hunger: South-South and Triangular Cooperation for Transforming Agriculture.”
New York, NY – ‘Global hunger has been rising for the 4th consecutive year. Recent figures show that over 820 million people suffer from hunger. More than 60 percent (approximately 500 million) of these 820 million people live in Asia, while another 30 percent (approximately 250 million) in Africa. Hunger has its genesis in extreme […]

GFDD Joined Stakeholders in New York City to Protect Oceans and Seas
GFDD, together with multiple stakeholders from all around the world, discussed several ideas to preserve the oceans at the special meeting ‘Building Support for Our Ocean’, held in New York City this week. The event was co-sponsored by partner organizations as the Permanent Missions of Trinidad and Tobago, Antigua and Barbuda, and Vanuatu to the United Nations, as […]

GFFD joins UN Secretary-General’s Special Event on the SDGs
Germany – The GFDD, in its capacity as a think tank that works in support of the UN 2030 Development Agenda, has participated in the UN SDG Action Campaign, a three-day event in Bonn, Germany. During the opening of the conference at the United Nations offices in Bonn, several senior government officers and UN officials […]

GFDD/Funglode, ANU-RD and Globalmuners Kick Off the New York Model United Nations Conference for Latin America and the Caribbean
New York, NY. – The New York Model United Nations Conference for Latin America and the Caribbean (NYMUNLAC 2019) began at the Convention Center of the Hotel Grand Hyatt in New York, featuring the participation of more than 400 students from the US, Mexico, Chile and Colombia. The event will take place from April 21 […]

GFDD Continues Role as Institutional Secretary at the CoNGO Board Meeting in Vienna, Austria
Vienna, Austria – The Confederation of NGOs (CoNGO), an organization in consultative relationship with the United Nations, held its annual Board Members Meeting from Thursday, April 4 to Saturday, April 6 at the Vienna International Centre (VIC) and the Palffy Palace in Vienna, Austria. GFDD was an active participant in the discussions, following a partnership […]

GFDD and the Permanent Mission of Uruguay Join Efforts to Spotlight the Importance of Sports as a Tool to Achieve the SDGs
New York, NY. – GFDD Held a Side Event for International Day of Sport for Development and Peace 2019 at the United Nations in which the Foundation and the Permanent Mission of Uruguay to the UN agreed to a partnership through sports. On Thursday, April 4 the Global Foundation for Democracy and Development (GFDD) and […]

More than 500 Students to Debate Global Affairs in the New York Model United Nations Conference for Latin America and the Caribbean
New York, NY. – The New York Model United Nations Conference for Latin America and the Caribbean (NYMUNLAC 2019), the only youth conference on global affairs in Spanish that is held at the United Nations facilities in New York, will take place from Sunday, April 21 to Thursday, April 25 at the Convention Center of […]

GFDD/Funglode Fellow Presents Book During UN World Interfaith Harmony Week
On Friday, February 1, the Global Foundation for Democracy and Development (GFDD) and its sister organization in the Dominican Republic, la Fundación Global Democracia y Desarrollo (Funglode), facilitated a presentation of a recently-released study by GFDD/Funglode Fellow, Dr. Christina Davidson, at the United Nations Headquarters in New York City. In front of a large audience and […]

GFDD Joined Organizers of the Harvard Model United Nations in its Sixty-Sixth Session
The United Nations Association of the Dominican Republic (UNA-DR) as well as la Fundación Global Democracia y Desarrollo (Funglode) and its sister organization in the United States, the Global Foundation for Democracy and Development (GFDD), were present at the sixty-sixth session of the Harvard Model United Nations (HMUN). GFDD’s Massachusetts Liaison Katy Polanco Berndt attended the event […]