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united-nations: “Literacy opens worlds of opportunities to everyone. And reading is fun!” –United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres on Tuesday’s World Book Day. Books change lives. They are a doorway to mutual respect and understanding between people, across all boundaries and differences.📚 Find out more from @unesco: https://bit.ly/2HD4nPj
united-nations: ♻ Reuse and recycle 💡 Turn off lights you don’t need🚲Get on your bike🚮Reduce food waste🚿Use less water On Monday’s Earth Day, learn how you can protect our planet by taking climate action: http://bit.ly/2lLcSgw
united-nations: “All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights.” Human rights are for everyone, everywhere, every day. They include our rights to freedom from fear and from want, freedom to speak up, rights to health and education; and to economic and social justice. On Sunday’s Human Rights Day and every day, join people around the world: standup4humanrights.org
united-nations: Violence against women and girls manifests itself in physical, sexual and psychological forms. With Saturday’s International Day to End Violence against Women, 16 days of activism starts. Let’s Orange The World together! Here are some facts that everyone should know: bit.ly/UNWomen-EndingViolence http://www.unwomen.org/en/what-we-do/ending-violence-against-women
united-nations: Happy United Nations Day! Vaccinating children, feeding hungry families, assisting refugees, preventing crises before they happen, tackling climate change – at 72 years old, the UN continues to make a difference to the lives of everyone, everywhere. On Tuesday’s UN Day, find out more here: un.org/en/essential-un/
united-nations: “No one, in any nation can avoid the impacts of climate change. We all have a responsibility – and an opportunity – to tackle climate change, starting today and wherever you are”. In his latest LinkedIn Pulse piece, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon explains why countries should sign the Paris Agreement on climate change – and why you should care. Find out here: http://j.mp/1YJ9aNR On this Earth Day, UN member states are signing the Paris Agreement in New York City. Also, this year’s theme is Trees for the Earth: Trees help combat climate change.They absorb excess and harmful CO2 from our atmosphere….
Happy weekend, everybody! Fall has undeniably arrived, according to the calendar and to the weather as well. The past days were incredibly gloomy in Hungary. These are very exciting times in world affairs, though, look! I will do my best to keep you updated on the events of UN week in the coming days, so stay tuned! Now, here is your round up for this week. 5 Big Stories that Will Drive the Agenda During UN Week Next week is UN Week! It has already started actually with the Sustainable Development summit this Friday, but the general debate starts tomorrow…
The Sustainable Development Summit is underway in New York City. The summit kicked off yesterday with an historic opening address by Pope Francis, a call to action from Malala Yousafzai and performances by Shakira and Angelique Kidjo among other events. The new sustainable development goals or global goals as they are widely referred to got adopted by the General Assembly too! Now comes the hard part: acting on the newly adopted goals. For a recap of yesterday’s events, click here. To learn more about the sustainable development goals, click here. The 2015 Global Citizen Festival is now also a part of…
