Tag: United Nations
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Plastic bricks in Kenya – Nzambi Matee – Young Champion of the Earth 2020
Nzambi Matee is a Kenyan engineer and head of Gjenge Makers Ltd., a social enterprise that produces sustainable low-cost construction materials made of recycled plastic waste. Nzambi was honoured with the United Natio...
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USA, Germany & Nauru on Climate and Security – Security Council Stakeout (8 April 2021)
Co-chairs of the Group of Friends on Climate and Security Ambassador Christoph Heusgen, Permanent Representative of Germany, and Ambassador Margo Dieye, Permanent Representative of the Republic of Nauru, with Ambassad...
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Nigeria: Meet Rashidat, A Female Human Rights Lawyer Breaking Down Barriers
Rashidat Mohammed is a Nigerian human rights lawyer and barrister who provides free legal services to vulnerable groups, especially women and children who have experienced violence. She’s the only woman to have opened...
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Hadzabe Tribe: 40,000 year-old hunter-gatherer tribe gains land rights in Tanzania
The Hadzabe people in Tanzania are among the last remaining hunter-gatherers on earth. In 2011, the Hadzabe gained legal rights over their ancestral lands, allowing them to protect their forests from farmers and herde...
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Sudan: Beginning of New Path & Farewell to the First Joint Peacekeeping Operation
After 13 years in Darfur, the United Nations - African Union Hybrid Operation in Darfur (UNAMID) ceased its operations in December 2020. UNAMID was the first joint operation to be created in the UN’s 75-year peacekeep...
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Ghana gets COVID-19 vaccines from global COVAX facility
Six hundred thousand doses of lifesaving COVID-19 vaccine from the UN-partnered COVAX initiative have arrived in Ghana: a historic first for the international partnership to provide equitable inoculations for all. “To...
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Sir David Attenborough on Climate and Security – Security Council Open VTC
Briefing by Sir David Attenborough, English broadcaster and natural historian, on the Maintenance of international peace and security: Climate and Security, during the Security Council Open VTC.
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Climate and Security – Security Council Debate, 23 February 2021
The high-level open debate on the theme of “Maintenance of international peace and security: Climate and security” will allow to discuss the role of the Security Council, Member States and the UN in addressing future ...
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Celebrating America’s Re-entry into the Paris Agreement – 2021 Global Engagement Summit
February 19 marks the date the United States will officially rejoin the Paris Climate Agreement, a historic multilateral effort to reduce global emissions and combat the harmful effects of climate change. UNA-USA is ...
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Apply TODAY for 2021 #GlobalClimate Action Award – Highlights from 2020
Are you taking bold #ClimateAction to combat climate change? Applications for the 2021 UN Global Climate Action Awards are NOW OPEN! Apply online today: http://momentum.unfccc.int Channel: @UN Climate Change From...
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UN Chief on UN Climate Change Conference (COP26) preparations
The United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres, along with the COP26 United Kingdom President, Alok Sharma, briefed the Member States on the road to Glasgow. The Secretary-General stressed the need to furth...
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Returning to Brazil: Stories of Young Migrants in Portugal
In 2019, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) created the project SURE to help Brazilian migrants in Portugal, Belgium and Ireland return to Brazil. Meet Gercivaldo, Vitor and Diego, three Brazilian migr...