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Shaping the Transition to a Low-Carbon Economy – International Trade Union Confederation
In a recent interview, Sharan Burrow, General Secretary of the International Trade Union Confederation says that ITUC advocates for the essential role of labour movements in shaping a just transition to a low-carbon e...
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Challenges facing the world: Secretary-General on the United Nations at 75
On the eve of the 75th United Nations General Assembly, Secretary-General António Guterres offers insights into the challenges facing the world and the solutions offered by multilateralism. At a time of unprecedented ...
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Climate Action for People and Planet
Delaying action on climate change will cost more lives and livelihoods. It is critical that all countries use the COVID-19 recovery to transition away from fossil fuels and toward a clean energy future. Delaying actio...
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Hymn to the United Nations
W.H. Auden’s “Hymn to the United Nations” is revived in this tribute produced for United Nations Day. The renown poet’s 1971 original reading is illustrated by images of today’s world, where his prescient vision, e...
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The 75th UN General Assembly – Live on YouTube #UNGA75
The 75th session of the United Nations General Assembly opens this September, marking three quarters of a century of the Organization’s existence. Against the backdrop of a global pandemic, climate crisis and risin...
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International Women’s Day – UN Chief (8 March 2020)
Video message by H.E. Mr. António Guterres, United Nations Secretary-General on International Women's Day. Gender equality is fundamentally a question of power. Transforming the balance of power is essential, not o...
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Mosul: The Road to Recovery
Three years of occupation by ISIL and a protracted military intervention to retake the area have left the once-thriving Old City of Mosul in northern Iraq devastated by conflict and explosive contamination. The Old Ci...
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#Youth4Disarmament event engages youth champions in disarmament issues
Today’s world is home to the largest generation of youth in history: 1.8 billion people. Young people around the world have a crucial role to play in securing our common future. That is why the United Nations Office f...
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UN Female Police Officer of the Year, Major Seynabou Diouf of Senegal
31 Oct 2019 - Major Seynabou Diouf of the Senegal National Police has been selected as the 2019 United Nations Female Police Officer of the Year.
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UN Female Police Officer of the Year, Major Seynabou Diouf of Senegal
31 Oct 2019 - Major Seynabou Diouf of the Senegal National Police has been selected as the 2019 United Nations Female Police Officer of the Year.
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We must act now – for people and our planet
The world is facing challenges of an unprecedented nature. A polarized political landscape, worrisome signs of a global economic slow-down, growing inequalities, conflicts and a global environmental crisis. The eviden...
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Planet or Plastic? The choice is yours!
With more than 2,000 participants from all over the world, this year’s High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF) was the largest global review of progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals y...