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https://news.un.org/en/ 12-01-2010 21:25:52
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Survivors of conflict-related sexual violence shared with USG SRSG Ms. Patten their experiences and challenges in terms of livelihood support🌾& mental and medical services 🏥
We support the Government of #SouthSudan in their efforts to #EndRapeInWar
#Tuberculosis (TB) is the second deadliest infectious killer after #COVID19 . Deaths and infections rose during the pandemic, World Health Organization (WHO) reports.
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Our Mid-Year #GlobalTrends represent a horrific reality. The lives of 103 million individuals worldwide have been torn apart by conflict, persecution or human rights violations. We need stronger political effort to solve conflicts and prevent displacement. bit.ly/3W98RAy
A special meeting of the UN Counter-Terrorism Committee, United Nations CTED, to examine the threat posed by new technologies, opens on Friday in #India .
Committee Chair, Ambassador Ruchira Kamboj, explains why the issue is a growing concern for UN Member States.
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Refugee ➡️ Student and German citizen
Meet Anas Modamani #ThenAndNow .
He made the famous selfie with then Chancellor Dr. Angela Merkel after he fled the Syria crisis in 2015. He is now a student of Economical Communication and just became a German citizen.
#ClimateChange alert: There’s ‘no credible pathway’ to 1.5C limit without radical emissions measures UN Environment Programme report #emissionsgap report ahead of #COP27
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As the latest UN Environment Programme Emissions Gap report makes clear, we are headed for economy-destroying levels of global heating.
We need #ClimateAction on all fronts – and we need it now.
We must close the emissions gap before catastrophe closes in on us all.
“But the hope started vanishing as I noticed water gushing in. I had to leave my home.”
The #FloodsInPakistan have affected 33 million people. UNDP Pakistan is working w/ the Government of Pakistan on inclusive and climate resilient recovery and reconstruction. go.undp.org/EQik
UN #HumanRights chief Volker Türk, calls for a moratorium on forced returns to #Myanmar .
The issue highlights the need for coordinated regional response, UN Special Envoy Noeleen Heyzer has said.
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Over 1.25 M 🎧 & 📼 materials from around the 🌐 are stored on magnetic tapes and risk disappearing forever.
They are #MemoryOfTheWorld , part of our history & cultural & linguistic diversity.
On #AudiovisualHeritageDay , let's protect this heritage: on.unesco.org/2EFTH26
Current national climate commitments are falling pitifully short in an attempt to limit global temperature rise.
Leaders must listen to their people’s calls for change and lift their #ClimateAction ambition.