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Environmental champion hails rivers as ‘arteries of our planet’
14 September 2023
UN Video/Grace Barrett
UNEP Patron of the Ocean Lewis Pugh speaks with UN News after his Hudson Swim 2023
Endurance swimmer Lewis Pugh traded the ocean for New York State’s Hudson River, declaring at the end of his epic 517 kilometre journey downriver on Wednesday that “we can never become complacent when it…
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UN marks halftime for the SDGs
14 September 2023
UN Photo/Mark Garten
تم تصميم جناح أهداف التنمية المستدامة في مقر الأمم المتحدة باعتباره "مساحة اجتماعات فريدة ذات تركيب فني".
The SDG Summit, taking place at the start of the UN General Assembly High Level Week, marks halftime for the crucial Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).…
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Iran: Harassment, reprisals continue for Mahsa Amini’s family
14 September 2023
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Sara Hossain, Chair of the UN Human Rights Council-mandated Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on the Islamic Republic of Iran. (file)
One year since the nationwide protests in the aftermath of death in custody of Mahsa Amini, harassment of women and girls by Iranian…
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WMO press conference
14 September 2023
Press Conference Announcement
Launch of United in Science report (focus on sustainable development goals and climate change)
Prof. Petteri Taalas, WMO Secretary-General
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AFTERNOON - Human Rights Council Starts Interactive Dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on the Promotion of Truth, Justice, Reparation and Guarantees of Non-Recurrence
13 September 2023
Meeting Summaries
Council Concludes General Debate on the High Commissioner’s Global Update and Hears Address by a Dignitary from Equatorial Guinea
The Human…
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MORNING - Human Rights Council Continues General Debate on the High Commissioner’s Global Update
13 September 2023
Meeting Summaries
The Human Rights Council the morning continued its general debate on the global update of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, raising issues like development, climate change, and the rights of women and girls, among others.
Prior to the commencement of the…
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UN’s work and mission ‘more vital than ever’: Guterres
13 September 2023
UN Photo/Cia Pak
Transforming Education Summit was convened at the UN Headquarters in New York in 2022.
In a world grappling with increasingly complex crises ranging from poverty and inequality to the climate emergency, the United Nations remains at the forefront of the global response, determined to set humanity on a…
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Peace our ‘most fundamental job’, says Guterres
13 September 2023
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UN Secretary-General António Guterres attends the annual Peace Bell ceremony held at UN Headquarters in observance of the International Day of Peace.
Today “peace is under assault” across communities, countries and regions, UN Secretary-General António Guterres said on Wednesday, underscoring the need for…
