This #WorldImmunizationWeek , we celebrate one of humanity’s greatest achievements, vaccines 💉 helping more children 👶to survive and thrive 🤸

Let’s push to make vaccines available to everyone, everywhere 🌍

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We’re celebrating #GirlsinICT Day👩‍💻

Women’s participation in ICT-related fields continues to be low. We need strong female role models in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) careers.
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🆕Acute hunger rose for the fourth year in a row, while funding to address needs is dwindling.

In the newest Global Report on #FoodCrises , learn where and why conflicts, climate and economic shocks are driving people into extreme levels of food insecurity. #GRFC24

The International Day of Multilateralism and Diplomacy for Peace highlights a fundamental truth: no country can solve today’s challenges alone.

We need to resurrect a new spirit of global cooperation to rebuild trust, heal divisions, and place humanity on the path to peace.

📢We’re looking for our next intern! Would you like to work on the UK 🇬🇧 and Ireland 🇮🇪 desk at the📍UN🇺🇳 Regional Information Centre in Brussels?

Kickstart your career in a multilingual, international environment and apply below before 16 May👇
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🗣️ It’s #EnglishLanguageDay !

Our English word of the day is 'Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia', ironically meaning a fear of long words 😱

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UN Human Rights Chief Volker Türk and UNHCR High Commissioner Filippo Grandi call on the #UK government to reconsider its plan to transfer asylum-seekers to #Rwanda .

New legislation seriously hinders the rule of law in the UK and sets a perilous precedent globally.

Today is #MotherEarthDay 🌍🌱

'Together, we must restore harmony with nature, embrace sustainable production and consumption, and protect ourselves from harm' - 🇺🇳 UN Secretary-General António Guterres.

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The European State of the Climate🌍2023 report is out!

In June, a marine heatwave affected the Atlantic Ocean around Ireland🇮🇪 and the UK🇬🇧, with sea-surface temperatures up to 5°C warmer than average.🌊🌡️Read our article below 👇
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Today📢UNFPA published its State of World Population Report.
👉162 countries have passed laws against domestic violence
👉1990 - 2021: the number of women using modern contraception doubled
👉2000 - 2020: maternal mortality declined by 34%
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#ICPD30 #GlobalGoals

The world is forgetting about the people of Sudan.

Half of the country’s population needs lifesaving assistance.

But they need more than humanitarian support.

They need an end to the bloodshed.

They need peace.

The only path out of this horror is a political solution.

The UN ECOSOC President #Youth2030 Forum is taking place 📅 16-18 April at UN HQ in 📍NYC.

A space for young people to contribute to UN policy discussion, bringing fresh ideas, solutions, and innovations. 🙋🙋‍♀️

Join the young people solving our biggest problems: bit.ly/EYF2024

After one year of war, Sudan faces acute food insecurity, mass displacement, the collapse of healthcare services and gross human rights violations.

25 million people are in need of humanitarian aid.

Civilians must be protected and violence must stop.

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It’s #WorldHealthDay
Healthcare MUST be:
✅Available
✅Accessible
✅Acceptable
✅of Quality

World Health Organization (WHO) has been committed to keeping the world safe & serving the vulnerable for 76 years – so everyone, everywhere can attain the highest level of health & well-being.
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Today, we reflect on the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda.

We remember the victims, the survivors, and resolve to #PreventGenocide and its hate-filled roots.

Above all, we stand as one against all forms of hatred and discrimination.