Barack and I were so honored to have @AkunyiliCrosby create our portrait for the Obama Presidential Center. Her artistic brilliance shines through — and the way she infused such life and joy into the piece is truly extraordinary. We love it, and we think everyone who visits the Center will too!
📚 Learning
🧸 Playing
🌟 Dreaming
This is how childhood should be spent.
Yet, nearly 138 million children are trapped in child labour — with over 60% occurring in agriculture.
On Friday's #EndChildLabour Day, @FAO is calling for urgent action to end this harmful practice.
UN Secretary-General @antonioguterres warns that hate speech ‘is spreading faster than ever’.
The Muscat Plan of Action highlights the critical role of traditional and Indigenous leaders in promoting peace and social cohesion.
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Annual Ngok Dinka & Misseriya Post‑Migration Conference is underway #Abyei, with 120 community members meeting to strengthen dialogue & peaceful coexistence. Meeting focus: assessing 2025/26 transhumance season & lessons learned to prevent conflict. #InvestInPeace#UNISFA
The 🇺🇸 announced $20 million in additional funding toward the Department’s ongoing Ebola response and preparedness efforts, bringing the total direct funding for the Department of State’s Ebola response to more than $220 million. This additional funding will help support comprehensive preparedness activities in countries surrounding the current outbreak, including in 🇧🇮, 🇰🇪, 🇷🇼, and 🇸🇸. This funding is in addition to $350 million for Ebola response and other humanitarian assistance in the 🇨🇩, 🇸🇸, and 🇺🇬, as part of our $1.8 billion in assistance to UN OCHA 🇺🇳 announced on May 14. The 🇺🇸 continues to be the largest financial contributor to the Ebola response.
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Ten years since Muhammad Ali's passing, a painting he made himself of UNHQ symbolizes his lasting legacy and vision for peace.
@AminaJMohammed reflects on the painting & the powerful letter he gave the UN:
“Service to others is the rent we pay for our room here on Earth.” 🌏️
Last night, the UN General Assembly elected five non-permanent members of the Security Council for a two-year term - beginning on 1 January 2027 :
Austria 🇦🇹
Portugal 🇵🇹
Trinidad and Tobago 🇹🇹
Zimbabwe 🇿🇼
Kyrgyzstan 🇰🇬
#BREAKING
UN General Assembly ELECTS following States as non-permanent members of the Security Council for two-year terms beginning 1 Jan 2027:
🇦🇹 Austria
🇵🇹 Portugal
🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago
🇿🇼 Zimbabwe
Voting continues for the remaining one seat from the Asia-Pacific States.