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First Person: Why indigenous peoples can help save the planet
22 April 2023
FAO/Soe Moe Naing
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…
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First Person: Saving the Earth from space
22 April 2023
NASA
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…
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PRESS BRIEFING BY THE UNITED NATIONS INFORMATION SERVICE
21 April 2023
UN Geneva Press Briefing
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.
Fighting in Sudan…
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Experts of the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination Commend Tajikistan on Improved Treatment of Migrants and Asylum Seekers, Ask Questions on Discrimination against the Pamiri Minority and Human Rights Defenders
21 April 2023
Meeting Summaries
The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination today concluded its consideration of the combined twelfth and thirteenth…
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First Person: Aboriginal Australians suffer from ‘violent history’ and ongoing ‘institutional racism’
21 April 2023
UN News/ Conor Lennon
Hannah McGlade, Aboriginal Australian human rights lawyer.
Decisions made at the UN can push governments to improve the rights of indigenous peoples, who still face discrimination, says Aboriginal Australian activist and…
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Human, economic, environmental toll of climate change on the rise: WMO
21 April 2023
WMO/Šime Barešić
A shelf cloud in Zadar, Croatia.
The relentless advance of climate change brought more drought, flooding and heatwaves to communities around the world last year, compounding threats to people’s lives and livelihoods, the UN’s World Meteorological Organization (WMO…
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UN coordinator calls for urgent ‘humanitarian pauses’ in Sudan, as death toll mounts
21 April 2023
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Secretary General Antonio Guterres at Press Encounter on Sudan.
The UN Humanitarian Coordinator in Sudan issued a strong statement on Friday calling on both sides in the military power struggle to “implement humanitarian…
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WMO hybrid press conference
21 April 2023
Press Conference Announcement
State of Global Climate 2022 report
Petteri Taalas, WMO Secretary-General
Omar Baddour, Chief of WMO Climate Monitoring
