A new UNU-CPR Policy Brief draws from the 2024 Peacebuilding Fund (PBF) Thematic Review to evaluate the UN's Human Rights Due Diligence Policy (HRDDP) in PBF-supported programs and offers recommendations for enhancing its effectiveness.
Find out more: https://t.co/7OMfvhdqLK
"I want you to remember when you win your Nobel Prize that you learned that here."
2019 medicine laureate Gregg Semenza remembers his biology teacher Dr Rose Nelson who inspired him and foresaw him receiving the Nobel Prize.
Tell us about your remarkable teachers.
#NobelPrize
We are facing a 🌎cooperation gridlock. But I refuse to believe we are hopeless.
In a world marked by increasing polarization and division, neglecting to invest in each other poses a serious threat to our wellbeing and security. #HDR2024
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How can a more efficient @UN on the ground free up valuable resources #ForPeopleForPlanet?
Our @UnKenya team, led by @SWJacksonUN, is bringing together 60 @UN offices for more cost-efficient action that boosts impact towards the #GlobalGoals.
⏩ https://t.co/E3Ms2gfpzT
Famine in the northern part of Gaza is imminent.
1.1 million people in Gaza are facing catastrophic hunger - the highest number of people ever recorded –anywhere, anytime.
This is an entirely manmade disaster.
And it can - and must - be halted.
700,000 people have fled from the violence in Sudan, to Chad.
Another 9 million people have fled internally in Sudan.
The humanitarian operation here is screaming for more resources, and more protection for the civilian population:
Pleased to meet with Henrik Hammargren @HHammargren Executive Director of @DagHammarskjold.
Timely and fruitful discussion on the importance of peacebuilding & the need for inspired and effective leadership to address the threats facing our world.
I just get tired...Tired of hearing that 1.5°C is a "target" or "goal". IT IS NOT. It is a limit. The only real goal is 0°C. And not bad 1.5°C, when we LIKELY tip GIS, WAIS, Tropical Coral Reefs and Abrupt Boreal Permafrost, and get more floods, droughts, heat, disease, storms.
#EFFIS Fire Danger Forecast for 15 July
🔥Very Extreme Danger forecasted in:
➡️South & western #Spain🇪🇸
➡️Central & southern #Portugal🇵🇹
➡️Southeastern #France🇫🇷
➡️Southeastern #Greece🇬🇷
Extreme Danger is present in areas of:
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50 yrs ago, scientists warned us about a #ClimateCrisis. The environmental & social predicaments we face today are interconnected. The destruction of nature leads to both unsustainability & injustice.
There is a way forward ☀️ more from #Stockholm50: https://t.co/0DHX2BtJao
#Heat is scorching in Western Europe: #Portugal is seeing its forests burn, #Spain is feeling the heat and Central Europe will be next. How much #climatechange is in these heat waves? See PIK's latest study here: https://t.co/VrXnb5Uzsv
‘Policy makers are not making enough of an effort to include young people from indigenous or rural communities’ @NouraBerrouba#SthlmForum
What’s the Password? Language and inclusion of young people in policy spaces session
The stage is set for fruitful discussions tomorrow at Backåkra with the #UN High-Level Advisory Board on Effective Multilateralism. Find out more: https://t.co/IpH2UD54lW
The #UN High-Level Advisory Board on Effective #Multilateralism tour Dag Hammarskjöld's Backåkra and take some time to discuss the agenda for the days ahead with the press.
The #UN High-Level Advisory Board on Effective #Multilateralism kick off day one of discussions at Dag Hammarskjöld's Backåkra. https://t.co/IpH2UCNsXm
It was an honor to receive #DagHammarskjoldMedal in the #ServiceofPeace awarded to 🇧🇩 peacekeepers Mj.Mahmudul Hassan & L.Corporal Rabiul Mollah who gave their lives in the cause of #peace. We renew our commitment to #globalpeace; that is our tribute to them. #A4P#BlueHelmets
The Secretariat of the High-Level Advisory Board on Effective Multilateralism @UNUCPR celebrates a first and highly productive meeting of the Board in New York and looks forward to the second meeting in Sweden at the end of May.