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Official UN account for the UK and Ireland 🇺🇳 UN Department of Global Communications.
Communicating UN messages with a #UK & #Ireland focus.
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It’s #WorldHealthDay
Healthcare MUST be:
✅Available
✅Accessible
✅Acceptable
✅of Quality
World Health Organization (WHO) has been committed to keeping the world safe & serving the vulnerable for 76 years – so everyone, everywhere can attain the highest level of health & well-being.
World Health Organization (WHO)_Europe
Today, we reflect on the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda.
We remember the victims, the survivors, and resolve to #PreventGenocide and its hate-filled roots.
Above all, we stand as one against all forms of hatred and discrimination.
Almost 6 months since Hamas launched its abhorrent terror attacks in Israel, António Guterres tells journalists: Nothing can justify the horror unleashed by Hamas on 7 Oct.
I once again utterly condemn the use of sexual violence, torture, injuring and kidnapping of civilians
Mines, explosive remnants of war, and improvised explosive devices continue to cause death and injury, especially in situations of armed conflict.
On average, one person is killed or injured by such explosive device every hour.
UNMAS
#IMAD2024 #MineAction #ProtectandBuild
We wish Jane Goodall, a UN Messenger of Peace since 2002, a very happy birthday today!🎂🎁🎈
Dr. Jane Goodall & the Jane Goodall Institute
un.org/en/messengers-…
Ever wonder what a peacekeeper's first deployment looks like? Follow Lance Corporal Jemma Dickinson's journey from training to patrolling the buffer zone as a British Army 🇬🇧 peacekeeper serving with @UN_Cyprus. #PeaceBegins #WomenPeaceSecurity
This #ZeroWasteDay , let’s promote responsible production & consumption patterns.
To #BeatWastePollution , we must bolster waste management, while improving resource recovery & substantially reducing waste generation.
Find out more:
unep.org/events/un-day/…
UN Environment Programme UN Environment Programme_Europe
📢TODAY UN Environment Programme launches its latest #FoodWasteIndex Report.
Let’s strive to deliver on #SDG12 and halve food waste by 2030.
Follow the launch event 12.30 -13.30 GMT⏲️👇
unep.org/events/online-…
UN Environment Programme_Europe UNEP-WCMC
#EarthHour 🌍 is TODAY at 8.30pm local time🕣 Let’s switch off the lights💡and turn the world towards a brighter future for us all.
Help us to make it the #BiggestHourForEarth
@EarthHour WWF UK
‘People of African descent face a unique history of systemic and institutionalised racism, and profound challenges today. We must respond to that reality – learning from, and building on, the tireless advocacy of people of African descent’ - 🇺🇳António Guterres on #FightRacism Day