The authoritative reference work on the United Nations, covering all major UN actions and issues each year since the creation of the Organization.
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The @UN Dept of Global Communications has discontinued @UNYearbook production. For seven decades, the Yearbook has captured the growth of the Organization from a wartime idea to a catalyst of #peace and progress un.org/en/yearbook. Like the UN, that contribution will endure.
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Learn more about the deliberations of the @UN on peace and security matters, human rights, economic and social questions, and more from the last edition of the Yearbook of the United Nations 2015 available at the #UNiLibrary! Follow the link 👉 bit.ly/3Mspe91
The @UN works to #BuildBackBiodiversity with support from @theGEF, set up in 1991 rb.gy/8zynm.
On this #BiodiversityDay, watch how the Wildlife Conservation Bond helps save rhinos and livelihoods in South Africa rb.gy/crnfd.
@UNBiodiversity @WorldBank
In contribution to the work of @IPCC_CH, founded in 1988, @IAEAorg examined #NuclearScience for #ClimateAction throughout the 1990s bit.ly/41phOr4.
Another #Atoms4Climate scale-up followed the 2015 Paris Agreement, including with tools like the @IAEATC.
@IAEANE @IAEANA
#OTD in 1980, the World Health Assembly proclaimed the eradication of smallpox an unprecedented achievement in the history of public health bit.ly/42eGtzX.
Last week, @DrTedros declared #COVID19 over as a global health emergency bit.ly/3M5tHOj.
#HealthForAll
The end of the #COVID19 global health emergency is a moment for reflection. The painful lessons we have learned, the investments we have made, and the capacity we have built must be transformed into meaningful and lasting change.
The @UN honours #HarryBelafonte, who devoted his life to fighting injustice.
A powerful voice for civil rights, he campaigned fearlessly to dissuade entertainers and sports figures from performing in South Africa until #apartheid was dismantled bit.ly/41GZavR.
@UNICEF
The Int'l Day of #HumanSpaceFlight was declared in 2011 bit.ly/3Gd17rg, 50 years after Yuri Gagarin became the first human in space.
Since 2000, there has been a constant human presence on the @Space_Station, which functions as an int'l partnership of #space agencies.
Int'l #SportDay (6 April) was proclaimed in 2013, a year of milestones in @UN work on sport for development and peace bit.ly/3ZB3JpI.
This year's 10th anniversary event—Scoring for People and the Planet—features top athletes and figures in sport bit.ly/3U1HNmt!
#OTD in 1964, the UN Peacekeeping Force in #Cyprus (#UNFICYP) began operations to prevent fighting between Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot communities bit.ly/42wJGeH.
Learn about @UN_CYPRUS—one of the longest-running @UNPeacekeeping missions bit.ly/42FMPsI.
In 1947–48, the annual death rate from tuberculosis was 4–5 million people, with 40–50 million contracting the disease per year bit.ly/3ngXpWT.
In 2021, 1.6 million people died from TB and 10.6 million fell ill.
It's #WorldTBDay, reminding us that "Yes! We can #EndTB!"
The seeds of @WMO were planted 150 years ago, at the 1873 Vienna Int'l Meteorological Congress bit.ly/3LGlctn.
It's #WorldMetDay, highlighting how advancements in weather services can save even more lives and livelihoods in a changing climate bit.ly/40nzwes.
The UN Convention against Corruption turns 20 this year bit.ly/3YRy6HU!
Corruption undermines rule of law, worsens poverty, facilitates the illicit use of resources and finances armed conflict.
A world #UnitedAgainstCorruption is critical for peace.
#UNCAC20 @UNODC_AC
For 75 years, UN peacekeepers have saved and changed lives in the world’s most fragile political and security situations.
Look back to 29 May 1948, amid the First Arab-Israeli War, for the origin of the inaugural @UNPeacekeeping operation bit.ly/3YCpTHN.
#PK75 #UNTSO
Today is #WorldWildlifeDay, proclaimed in 2013 bit.ly/3xlGFPT.
#WWD2023 celebrates partnerships for wildlife conservation, honouring those who make a difference.
In particular, the @UN recognizes the important work of @CITES in its 50th year bit.ly/3xkFoZp!
Multicultural societies exist through languages, which transmit and preserve #TraditionalKnowledge.
It's #MotherLanguageDay bit.ly/3lsZOg9, promoting multilingual and mother-tongue-based #education and supporting non-dominant language inclusion bit.ly/3xnlAVs.
#Malta—this month holding the Security Council presidency—is today chairing a meeting on "#SeaLevelRise: implications for peace and security".
So far, the only formal #UNSC outcome on #climatechange, peace and security is a 2011 presidential statement bit.ly/3lntIlU.
By the 1970s, poor infant-feeding practices were a major global problem.
In 1981, @WHO adopted the Int'l Code of Marketing of Breast-milk Substitutes bit.ly/3RKfTKE.
Check out @TheLancet 2023 Series on #Breastfeeding bit.ly/3YfCQHZ.
#EndExploitativeMarketing
A promising practice towards ending female genital mutilation has been to involve a range of stakeholders, including NGOs and affected groups, in community interventions bit.ly/3HSj9jt.
For this Day of Zero Tolerance for #FGM, see how #MenEndFGM bit.ly/3X08TKv!
#OTD in 2005, #Iraq held it first free elections in decades bit.ly/3H4MPZe. The #UNSC saluted the bravery of the Iraqi people who demonstrated their commitment to democracy, defying the terrorists.
Learn how @UNDPPA provides electoral assistance bit.ly/3jjuYWD.
