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#127013
2021-02-11

‘If I can do it, so can you’: women scientists on the power of education to reach gender equality

Women are extremely under-represented in science, but a UN research centre in The Netherlands is trying to address the gender imbalance, by raising awareness of the leading role that women researchers play in tackling global problems, such as the COVID-19 pandemic.

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#122722
2019-10-24

‘Amid stormy global seas, UN Charter remains our moral anchor’, says Guterres on United Nations Day

In his annual message for UN Day this Thursday, Secretary-General António Guterres issued a reminder of the role the Organization should be playing, focusing on the the real problems of real people, as a “shared moral anchor” amid “stormy global seas”.

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#131115
2021-10-25

Xi pledges enhanced coordination with UN for balanced, inclusive global development

Chinese President Xi Jinping on Monday met with UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres via video link, vowing to enhance coordination with the UN to work for a new stage of balanced, coordinated and inclusive global development.

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#122316
2019-09-23

World’s Hard Fought Battle Against Climate Change

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres describes the ongoing crisis as a “climate emergency”– as the world continues its hard fought battle against devastating droughts, floods, hurricanes and rising sea levels that threaten the very existence of small island developing states located in low-lyin ...

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#132694
2022-01-20

World worse now due to COVID-19, climate change, conflict, says UN chief Guterres as he begins second term

New York: As he starts his second term as UN secretary-general, Antonio Guterres said Thursday the world is worse in many ways than it was five years ago because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the climate crisis and geopolitical tensions that have sparked conflicts everywhere — but unlike US Presiden ...

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#133107
2022-02-11

World set to mark 50 years of UN environmental movement birth

The UN Environment Programme (UNEP), the world's highest-level decision-making body with a universal membership of all 193 nations, is celebrating its 50th anniversary on March 3 and 4, bringing together governments, businesses, civil society and other stakeholders to address the environmental c ...

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#120288
2019-03-11

World leaders gather in Nairobi to push for sustainable economies

Over 4,700 heads of state, ministers, business leaders, senior UN officials and civil society representatives are this week gathering in Nairobi for a UN Environment Assembly meeting where they will take decisions that move global societies to a more sustainable path.

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#127651
2021-03-10

World failing to take green Covid recovery path: UN

The world is missing a once-in-a-generation chance to rebuild a sustainable post-pandemic future, the United Nations said Wednesday in an assessment showing less than 20 percent of recovery finance can be considered "green".

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#5845

World Wildlife Day 2019: "Life below Water for People and Planet" (http://www.un.org/en/events/wildlifeday/)

3 March 2019, New York, United States of America

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#6285

World Water Day: "Accelerating Change"

22 March 2023, New York, United States of America

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#6071

World Water Day: "Valuing Water"

22 March 2021, Online, New York, United States of America

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#6209

World Water Day: "Groundwater - Making the Invisible Visible"

22 March 2022, New York, United States of America

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#127744
2021-03-22

World Water Day 2021: Narendra Modi to launch Jal Shakti Abhiyan; history, theme and significance

By 2050, the UN says up to 5.7 billion people could be living in areas that experience water scarcity for at least a month in the year

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#127743
2021-03-22

World Water Day 2021: Dia Mirza Shares An Alarming Fact About Year 2040

New Delhi: Dia Mirza, on the occasion of World Water Day 2021, shared a message spreading awareness about nature. The actress brought attention to the burning issue of water scarcity. Speaking about saving freshwater for the future generation, Dia wrote, "1 in 4 children will live with water sca ...

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#127739
2021-03-19

World Water Day 2021 highlights dire predictions of growing scarcity

About four billion people experience severe water shortages for at least one month a year, and around 1.6 billion — almost a quarter of the world's population — have problems accessing a clean, safe water supply, according to the United Nations.

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#127742
2021-03-22

World Water Day 2021

Globally, 2.2 billion people (almost one in three people) have no access to clean, safe water. World Water Day allows us to educate and inform people about worldwide domestic and industrial water wastage. World Water Day also supports the core goal of Water and Sanitation for All by 2030. AZoCle ...