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UN chief unveils new vision for peace across a ‘multipolar world’

1 year 9 months ago Breadcrumb Home UN chief unveils new vision for peace across a ‘multipolar world’ 20 July 2023 UN Photo/Rick Bajornas The flags of UN Member States fly outside UN Headquarters in New York. The UN Secretary-General on Thursday launched a new policy brief outlining his vision of a more robust multilateral framework to boost peace and security, for a world in flux…

Trust Fund helps victims and children born of sexual abuse, appeals for continued support

1 year 9 months ago Breadcrumb Home Trust Fund helps victims and children born of sexual abuse, appeals for continued support 20 July 2023 MINUSCA/CDT The Trust Fund is supporting community engagement in the Central African Republic to raise awareness on sexual exploitation and abuse. A new report reveals how projects supported by the UN Trust Fund for victims of sexual exploitation and abuse by UN personnel, are…

UN teams up with FIFA at Women’s World Cup in score for gender equality

1 year 9 months ago Breadcrumb Home UN teams up with FIFA at Women’s World Cup in score for gender equality 19 July 2023 FIFA The FIFA Women's World Cup 2023 is getting underway in Australia & New Zealand including at the Melbourne Rectangular Stadium. UN Women and FIFA have come together just ahead of the FIFA Women’s World Cup in Australia and New Zealand to advance gender equality in football, and help end abuse…

Unitaid: Close to a million deaths by 2035 if TB prevention is not acted on

1 year 9 months ago Breadcrumb Home Unitaid: Close to a million deaths by 2035 if TB prevention is not acted on 19 July 2023 © WHO/David Rochkind A doctor consults with a patient at hospital which teats TB in Mumbai, India. UN health innovation initiative Unitaid warned on Wednesday that the failure to implement tuberculosis contact tracing and prevention could lead to close to one million deaths by 2035…

Don’t play ‘geopolitical games’ with vulnerable lives, urges UN Assembly President

1 year 9 months ago Breadcrumb Home Don’t play ‘geopolitical games’ with vulnerable lives, urges UN Assembly President 19 July 2023 © UNICEF/Joe English Hygiene kits are distributed to displaced people at a camp in Syria. Life-saving relief programmes should not be held hostage by political interests, the President of the General Assembly said on Wednesday, as Member States gathered to debate the use of the veto by a permanent…

UN remembers 77 personnel who died in the line of duty last year

1 year 9 months ago Breadcrumb Home UN remembers 77 personnel who died in the line of duty last year 19 July 2023 UN Photo/Manuel Elías The UN Secretary-General António Guterres (right) honours the memory of UN personnel who lost their lives in the line of service in 2022. The United Nations family came together on Wednesday to pay tribute to the 77 members of staff who died in the line of duty in 2022.…

Lies about pandemic accord endangering future generations: WHO chief

1 year 9 months ago Breadcrumb Home Lies about pandemic accord endangering future generations: WHO chief 19 July 2023 © UNICEF/Rindra Ramasomanana Students attend an event after school in Madagascar. (file) The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) on Wednesday expressed concern over the continuing spread of false claims and conspiracy theories concerning the new global pandemic accord, currently being negotiated by…

Behind at halftime, but all still to play for in race to 2030 goals as top political forum closes

1 year 9 months ago Breadcrumb Home Behind at halftime, but all still to play for in race to 2030 goals as top political forum closes 19 July 2023 © UNDP The Sustainable Development Goals are a blueprint to achieve a better and more sustainable future for all. This year’s High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF) concluded in New York on Wednesday, laying the groundwork for the crucial SDG Summit …

Guterres launches latest report on youth participation at the UN

1 year 9 months ago Breadcrumb Home Guterres launches latest report on youth participation at the UN 19 July 2023 UN Photo/Manuel Elías Secretary-General António Guterres (centre right) and Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed (centre left) meet with Young Leaders for the Sustainable Development Goals. At left is Jayathma Wickramanayake, Secretary-General's Envoy on Youth. Youth participation in global decision-making…

UN celebrates Nelson Mandela, ‘a colossus of courage and conviction’

1 year 9 months ago Breadcrumb Home UN celebrates Nelson Mandela, ‘a colossus of courage and conviction’ 18 July 2023 UN Photo/Cia Pak A statue of Nelson Mandela was unveiled at the UN in New York in 2018. UN Secretary-General António Guterres called for action to build a better world in his message to mark Nelson Mandela International Day on Tuesday.…