In January 2020, the United Nations launched a global consultation to mark its 75th anniversary. Through surveys and dialogues, people from across the world were asked about their hopes and fears for the future, their priorities for international cooperation and for the United Nations.

Before the COVID-19 pandemic struck, the world faced diminishing global cooperation against a backdrop of rising global challenges: the climate crisis and threats of nuclear weapons; changes in our populations and in the digital sphere; growing geopolitical tensions and new forms and patterns of violence; and deepening inequalities with growing social unrest.

The Secretary-General saw UN75 as an opportunity for the UN to listen to the people it serves. Amid the pandemic, the initiative increased efforts to reach people online, by promoting a one-minute survey and encouraging online dialogues. It also placed greater emphasis on reaching those without internet access.

As of September 2020, more than a million people across the world had responded to the UN75 survey. 50,000 in 50 countries took part in independent polling by Edelman Intelligence or the Pew Research Center. Artificial intelligence analysis of social and traditional media was conducted in 70 countries, along with academic and policy research mappings in all regions.

This report presents the analysis of all five data streams including more than 800,000 UN75 survey responses and 412 dialogue summaries collected between 2 January and 1 September 2020.

View the breakdown of UN75 survey respondents by region, gender, age and education.