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The United Nations works to #BuildBackBiodiversity with support from Global Environment Facility (GEF), set up in 1991 rb.gy/8zynm.

On this #BiodiversityDay , watch how the Wildlife Conservation Bond helps save rhinos and livelihoods in South Africa rb.gy/crnfd.

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In contribution to the work of IPCC, founded in 1988, @IAEAorg examined #NuclearScience for #ClimateAction throughout the 1990s bit.ly/41phOr4.

Another #Atoms4Climate scale-up followed the 2015 Paris Agreement, including with tools like the IAEA TC.

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#OTD in 1980, the World Health Assembly proclaimed the eradication of smallpox an unprecedented achievement in the history of public health bit.ly/42eGtzX.

Last week, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus declared #COVID19 over as a global health emergency bit.ly/3M5tHOj.

#HealthForAll

The United Nations honours #HarryBelafonte , who devoted his life to fighting injustice.

A powerful voice for civil rights, he campaigned fearlessly to dissuade entertainers and sports figures from performing in South Africa until #apartheid was dismantled bit.ly/41GZavR.

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#OTD in 1948, the United Nations Security Council adopted Resolution 47, recommending measures to end the fighting in the State of Jammu and #Kashmir and create conditions for a plebiscite to decide whether the State would accede to #India or to #Pakistan  bit.ly/43991M7.

#A4P

The Int'l Day of #HumanSpaceFlight was declared in 2011 bit.ly/3Gd17rg, 50 years after Yuri Gagarin became the first human in space.

Since 2000, there has been a constant human presence on the International Space Station, which functions as an int'l partnership of #space agencies.

Int'l #SportDay (6 April) was proclaimed in 2013, a year of milestones in United Nations work on sport for development and peace bit.ly/3ZB3JpI.

This year's 10th anniversary event—Scoring for People and the Planet—features top athletes and figures in sport bit.ly/3U1HNmt!

#OTD in 1964, the UN Peacekeeping Force in #Cyprus ( #UNFICYP ) began operations to prevent fighting between Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot communities bit.ly/42wJGeH.

Learn about UN Cyprus—one of the longest-running UN Peacekeeping missions bit.ly/42FMPsI.

In 1947–48, the annual death rate from tuberculosis was 4–5 million people, with 40–50 million contracting the disease per year bit.ly/3ngXpWT.

In 2021, 1.6 million people died from TB and 10.6 million fell ill.

It's #WorldTBDay , reminding us that 'Yes! We can #EndTB !'

The seeds of World Meteorological Organization were planted 150 years ago, at the 1873 Vienna Int'l Meteorological Congress bit.ly/3LGlctn.

It's #WorldMetDay , highlighting how advancements in weather services can save even more lives and livelihoods in a changing climate bit.ly/40nzwes.

The UN Convention against Corruption turns 20 this year bit.ly/3YRy6HU!

Corruption undermines rule of law, worsens poverty, facilitates the illicit use of resources and finances armed conflict.

A world #UnitedAgainstCorruption is critical for peace.

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For 75 years, UN peacekeepers have saved and changed lives in the world’s most fragile political and security situations.

Look back to 29 May 1948, amid the First Arab-Israeli War, for the origin of the inaugural UN Peacekeeping operation bit.ly/3YCpTHN.

#PK75 #UNTSO

Today is #WorldWildlifeDay , proclaimed in 2013 bit.ly/3xlGFPT.

#WWD2023 celebrates partnerships for wildlife conservation, honouring those who make a difference.

In particular, the United Nations recognizes the important work of CITES in its 50th year bit.ly/3xkFoZp!

Multicultural societies exist through languages, which transmit and preserve #TraditionalKnowledge .

It's #MotherLanguageDay bit.ly/3lsZOg9, promoting multilingual and mother-tongue-based #education and supporting non-dominant language inclusion bit.ly/3xnlAVs.

#Malta —this month holding the Security Council presidency—is today chairing a meeting on ' #SeaLevelRise : implications for peace and security'.

So far, the only formal #UNSC outcome on #climatechange , peace and security is a 2011 presidential statement bit.ly/3lntIlU.

By the 1970s, poor infant-feeding practices were a major global problem.

In 1981, World Health Organization (WHO) adopted the Int'l Code of Marketing of Breast-milk Substitutes bit.ly/3RKfTKE.

Check out The Lancet 2023 Series on #Breastfeeding bit.ly/3YfCQHZ.

#EndExploitativeMarketing

A promising practice towards ending female genital mutilation has been to involve a range of stakeholders, including NGOs and affected groups, in community interventions bit.ly/3HSj9jt.

For this Day of Zero Tolerance for #FGM , see how #MenEndFGM bit.ly/3X08TKv!

#OTD in 2005, #Iraq held it first free elections in decades bit.ly/3H4MPZe. The #UNSC saluted the bravery of the Iraqi people who demonstrated their commitment to democracy, defying the terrorists.

Learn how UN Political and Peacebuilding Affairs provides electoral assistance bit.ly/3jjuYWD.