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1 day ago · Holocaust Remembrance – new UNESCO Guidelines To mark the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau camp, UNESCO has published three new guides to help educators and journalists better combat Holocaust denial, the distortion and manipulation of historical facts relating to the Holocaust, and contemporary forms of anti-Semitism.

The SDG Summit in September 2023 marked the beginning of a new phase of accelerated progress towards the SDGs, at the halfway point to 2030. By adopting the Political Declaration, Heads of State and Government reaffirmed their commitment to effectively implement the 2030 Agenda, and recognised the urgency to attain the SDGs, amid a global context marked by insecurity, competition, and global ...

Bjørg Sandkjær is a former State Secretary for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Norway. Photo: Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office -Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres has announced the appointment of Bjørg Sandkjær of Norway as Assistant ...

1 day ago · The United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), in its seventy-seventh session, adopted the resolution “Promoting zero-waste initiatives to advance the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development” on 14 December 2022, which proclaims 30 March as the International Day of Zero Waste (hereafter Zero Waste Day), to be observed annually. The resolution invites the United Nations Environment Programme ...

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Nov 20, 2024 · In response to the outbreak of COVID-19 in 2020, when over half of the world’s population was in lockdown and people were encouraged to use the time to self-study and learn new skills, we’ve maintained an overview of e-Learning tools and online courses offered by the United Nations System.

A delegate from Germany casts her ballot during the election of members of the Human Rights Council. “The international community is facing significant challenges with human rights increasingly under threat in too many places,” said Thórdís Kolbrún Gylfadóttir Iceland´s Foreing Minister after the election of Iceland to the Council. “Our …