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Youth Forum: How change-makers are shaping a more sustainable world
24 April 2023
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(left to right) Ari Afsar, Artist & Activist; Andrea Carrasquel, Director Client Services Cultura Colectiva; Aicha Cherif, Filmmaker & Activist.
Young people are valuable agents of change and around the world they are taking matters into their own hands and championing innovative…
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UN pledges to ‘stand with and work for the Sudanese people’
24 April 2023
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Smoke rises following a bombing in the Al-Tayif neighbourhood of Khartoum, Sudan.
The UN Secretary-General on Monday welcomed the temporary relocation of hundreds of staff members and their families from the Sudanese capital Khartoum, amid the continuing intense fighting between rival military factions…
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UN Data Forum: Fast-tracking solutions to reach the SDGs
24 April 2023
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The 2023 UN World Data Forum is taking place in Hangzhou, China.
UN Secretary-General António Guterres has issued a major call at a UN forum to find new ways to harness data today, to shape a peaceful and prosperous tomorrow, for all people and the planet…
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Guterres: Urgency of global challenges demands bold, swift action
24 April 2023
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Secretary-General António Guterres addresses UN Security Council meeting on maintenance of international peace and security.
The world’s multilateral system is under greater strain than at any time since the creation of the United Nations, requiring swift action to “do better, faster” in…
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India poised to become world’s most populous nation
24 April 2023
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India is projected to overtake China as the world's most populous country.
India is about to surpass China as the world’s most populous nation in the coming days, the UN population data chief told reporters on Monday…
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First Person: Why indigenous peoples can help save the planet
22 April 2023
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Farming remains the primary source of income for rural families in Myanmar.
On Mother Earth Day, marked annually on 22 April, Naw Ei Ei Min, a member of Myanmar’s indigenous Karen people, explains why indigenous peoples have an important role to play, in protecting the environment and addressing the…
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First Person: Saving the Earth from space
22 April 2023
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Apollo 8, the first manned mission to the moon, entered lunar orbit on Christmas Eve on December 24th, 1968.
Ahead of International Mother Earth Day, observed on 22 April, NASA’s Chief Scientist, Dr. Katherine Calvin, shared her terrestrial and intergalactic experiences with UN News and how viewing the Earth from outer space has…
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PRESS BRIEFING BY THE UNITED NATIONS INFORMATION SERVICE
21 April 2023
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Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the hybrid briefing, which was attended by spokespersons and representatives of the World Health Organization, the United Nations Children’s Fund, and the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies.
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Alessandra Vellucci, for the…
