UN General Assembly celebrates 20 years of promoting a culture of peace
Ms. Espinosa was speaking at a high-level forum to mark the 20th anniversary of the General Assembly’s adoption of a Declaration and Programme of Action on a Culture of Peace. “Because peace is more than the absence of war, it ne..
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New General Assembly President brings ‘valuable insights’ into key UN challenges
“He also brings valuable insights into some of the pressing peace and security, human rights and sustainable development challenges facing this body, from the spread of violent extremism to the threat of the global climate crisis”, Se..
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World’s 1.8 billion youth must ‘have a say in the future of the planet’
Young activists, innovators, entrepreneurs and change-makers are due to gather at UN headquarters in New York at the Youth Climate Summit on Saturday 21 September to put pressure on global leaders to take action to prevent climate ch..
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With 5 billion set to miss out on health care, UN holds landmark summit to boost coverage
Some five billion people risk missing out on health care in 2030, unless countries close glaring gaps in health coverage, a new report revealed on Sunday, as the UN prepares to host a landmark summit to speed up progress on univ..
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Elimination of nuclear weapons ‘only real way’ to allay fear of a constant threat, Guterres insists
Progress made in reducing the danger posed by nuclear arsenals has not only come to a halt, “it is going in reverse”, and any use of a nuclear weapon in the future would ignite “a humanitarian cata..
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