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‘Equal rights cannot wait’ on International Day of Women in Multilateralism

·January 30, 2023·1 min read

UNESCO Director-General Audrey Azoulay made the appeal in her message to mark the International Day of Women in Multilateralism, which highlights their role in building peace and ensuring sustainable development. It also provides an opportunity to advocate for increased representation of women in key decision-making positions in global collaboration. ‘Incomprehensible...

Afghan girls and women made focus of International Education Day: UNESCO

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·January 20, 2023·2 min read

The agency announced on Thursday that it was dedicating the International Day of Education on 24 January, to the country’s women and girls. “No country in the world should bar women and girls from receiving an education. Education is a universal human right that must be respected,” said Director-General Audrey...

General Assembly President hosts children from around the world, on MLK Day

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·January 17, 2023·2 min read

Swarming the office of President Csaba Kőrösi, the children – who ranged in age from toddler to high-school teen – pulled on the UN and Hungarian flags that flank a UN seal in the office and ran around to look at the skyline outside of the balcony. Meanwhile, parents tried...

UN chief issues global ‘wake-up call’ on Day of Epidemic Preparedness

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·December 28, 2022·2 min read

“The costs have been catastrophic”, Secretary-General António Guterres said in a statement marking the day. Since the pandemic struck, he pointed out that millions of lives have been lost, as hundreds of millions fallen ill. And economies have been shattered, health systems stretched, and trillions of dollars lost. Moreover, progress...

International Migrants Day: 280 million people leave home for ‘a better life’

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·December 18, 2022·3 min read

Secretary-General António Guterres credited the more than 80 per cent of those who cross borders in a safe and orderly fashion as powerful drivers of “economic growth, dynamism, and understanding”. “But unregulated migration along increasingly perilous routes – the cruel realm of traffickers – continues to extract a terrible cost”,...

World Cup joins team UN to kick-off Universal Health Coverage Day

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·December 12, 2022·3 min read

Be Active: Bring the Moves for Health For All, has been organized by FIFA, the World Health Organization (WHO), the Education Above All Foundation (EAAF) and Qatar’s Ministry of Public Health, featuring special appearances by stars from the world of dance, music and of course, the beautiful game itself. The...

Accelerated action needed to save 12,000 lives a day due to injury, violence

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·December 5, 2022·1 min read

“People living in poverty are significantly more likely to suffer an injury than the wealthy”, said the head of the World Health Organization (WHO), Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus. “The health sector has a major role in addressing these health inequities and in preventing injuries and violence, through collecting data, developing policies,...

‘Join forces’ for peaceful, prosperous continent, urges UN chief on Africa Industrialization Day |

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·November 20, 2022·2 min read

In his message commemorating the Day, Secretary-General António Guterres warned that countries across Africa are facing “a perfect storm”. He cited armed conflicts; rising food and energy insecurity; “skyrocketing” inflation and debt; shrinking fiscal space; and mounting climate catastrophes. Yet despite these challenges, the top UN official reminded that Africa includes some...

‘Fossil fuels are a dead end’, says top UN climate adviser on ‘Decarbonization Day’ at COP27 | Decarbonization, negotiations and US President Biden, on the spotlight at COP27

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·November 13, 2022·12 min read

To meet the goals of the Paris Agreement and prevent the worst impacts of the climate crisis, the world must abandon fossil fuels as quickly as possible, Selwin Hart, Special Adviser to the Secretary-General on Climate Action told UN News today. “There is no argument around the science at all....

Dirty fossil fuel investments and a new AI inventory of global emissions in the spotlight during ‘Finance Day’ at COP27 |

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·November 10, 2022·8 min read

Over 50 activists of all ages and backgrounds took over the so-called ‘Blue Zone’ – the main area of the conference centre in Sharm el-Sheikh overseen by the UN – to chant “Stop funding fossil fuels! Stop funding death!” Susan Huang, representing the NGO Oil Change International, was among the...

‘Act Local to Go Global’ provides universal theme for World Cities Day |

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·October 31, 2022·3 min read

In his message marking World Cities Day, the UN chief highlighted the critical role urban areas have in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The SDGs outline global action and targets across 17 critical areas including poverty reduction, gender equality and clean energy. “On World Cities Day, let us resolve...

UN chief’s Youth Day message: People of all ages need to ‘join forces’ for a better world |

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·August 14, 2022·2 min read

Commemorated annually on 12 August, Secretary-General António Guterres noted that this year’s theme – “Intergenerational Solidarity: Creating a World for All Ages” – reminds us of “a basic truth” that “we need people of all ages, young and old alike, to join forces to build a better world for all”....