The UN adopted a resolution proclaiming May 25 as World Football Day, marking the 100th anniversary of the 1924 Paris Olympic football tournament, which was the first global football competition.

Italy held the G7 Presidency in 2024, hosting the leaders' summit in Borgo Egnazia.

The 2024 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to the Japanese organization Nihon Hidankyo, a grassroots movement of atomic bomb survivors working to achieve a world free of nuclear weapons.

The Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) applied for arrest warrants for leaders of both Hamas and Israel in May 2024 regarding alleged war crimes.

Niger, Mali, and Burkina Faso announced their withdrawal from ECOWAS in January 2024, forming a new 'Alliance of Sahel States'.

Kristalina Georgieva was re-appointed for a second five-year term as Managing Director of the IMF starting October 1, 2024.

The World Bank publishes the 'Global Economic Prospects' report. In 2024, it highlighted that the global economy was set for the weakest half-decade performance in 30 years.

In May 2024, the UNGA voted to grant Palestine new rights and privileges, allowing them to sit among member states and introduce proposals, though they remain a Non-Member Observer State.

Pakistan was elected to the UN Security Council in June 2024 as a non-permanent member for a two-year term starting January 1, 2025.

The Pact for the Future is an intergovernmentally agreed document focusing on sustainable development, international peace and security, science and technology, and digital cooperation (Global Digital Compact).