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1 December 2020 VIENNA, 1 December (United Nations Information Service) – On World AIDS Day, we stand in solidarity with the 38 million people living with HIV worldwide and we remember the millions who lost their lives to AIDS. We also focus on common solutions which will put us back on track to achieve a …
In solidarity with the persecuted Rohingya Muslim Minority of Burma, diverse leaders from a variety of countries, professions, and religious communities will come together online to oppose genocide on the anniversary of the brutal mass displacement of 2017. Despite the politicization of ethnic and Buddhist identity in Burma, leading Buddhist leaders will join the gathering, …
5 June 2020 Nature is sending us a clear message. We are harming the natural world – to our own detriment. Habitat degradation and biodiversity loss are accelerating. Climate disruption is getting worse. Fires, floods, droughts and superstorms are more frequent and damaging. Oceans are heating and acidifying, destroying coral ecosystems. And now, a new …
New York, 3 June 2020 COVID-19 continues to devastate lives and livelihoods around the globe — hitting the most vulnerable the hardest. This is particularly true for millions of people on the move — such as refugees and internally displaced persons who are forced to flee their homes from violence or disaster, or migrants …
NEW YORK, 21 May (UN Information Service) – Today the United Nations is launching ‘Verified’, an initiative to combat the growing scourge of COVID-19 misinformation by increasing the volume and reach of trusted, accurate information. “We cannot cede our virtual spaces to those who traffic in lies, fear and hate,” said UN Secretary-General, António Guterres, …
1 December 2019 VIENNA, 1 December (UN Information Service) – The world is engaged in a race against time to end AIDS by 2030. With only a decade to go, on this World AIDS Day we must take stock and spotlight solutions, while remembering the millions of people who have lost their lives to AIDS-related …
António Guterres calls on key business leaders to step up to the challenge of financing the SDGs UNITED NATIONS, 16 October 2019 – The UN announced today that 30 influential leaders from the corporate world will work together over the next two years in a bid to free up trillions of dollars from the private sector …
VIENNA/NEW YORK, 4 April (UN Information Service) – Sixty-plus international organizations, led by the United Nations and including the International Monetary Fund, the World Bank Group and World Trade Organization, jointly sounded the alarm Thursday in a new report, warning that unless national and international financial systems are revamped, the world’s governments will fail to …
Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire, 18 August 2018 – The African Development Bank has learned with deep sadness the news of the death of Kofi A. Annan, former Secretary General of the United Nations and Noble Peace Prize Laureate, at the age of 80 in Bern, Switzerland. “With Mr. Kofi Annan’s passing, Africa and the entire world …
VIENNA/NEW YORK, 13 July – The text of the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration, was finalized today. This is the first time that Member States of the United Nations have come together to negotiate an agreement covering all dimensions of international migration in a holistic and comprehensive manner. The Global Compact is …