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 https://t.co/RwLpg4R9sz. 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 👉 https://t.co/kfnq5rluP0
#OTD in 1980, the World Health Assembly proclaimed the eradication of smallpox an unprecedented achievement in the history of public health https://t.co/PCqx9nupqr.
Last week, @DrTedros declared #COVID19 over as a global health emergency https://t.co/tyfUWgxihN.
#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 https://t.co/hyxreAXp1m.
@UNICEF
#OTD in 1948, the @UN Security Council adopted Resolution 47, recommending measures to end the fighting in the State of Jammu and #Kashmir and create conditions for a plebiscite to decide whether the State would accede to #India or to #Pakistan https://t.co/EJ8xo2UcbK.
#A4P
The Int'l Day of #HumanSpaceFlight was declared in 2011 https://t.co/s9ejPmvoc5, 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 https://t.co/YORUfWejq5.
This year's 10th anniversary event—Scoring for People and the Planet—features top athletes and figures in sport https://t.co/PTIzObTLqj!
#OTD in 1964, the UN Peacekeeping Force in #Cyprus (#UNFICYP) began operations to prevent fighting between Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot communities https://t.co/NZJZJxwULR.
Learn about @UN_CYPRUS—one of the longest-running @UNPeacekeeping missions https://t.co/L5PsCvNcrM.
In 1947–48, the annual death rate from tuberculosis was 4–5 million people, with 40–50 million contracting the disease per year https://t.co/PQiBSmaYfw.
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 https://t.co/J8vFkMBAzx.
It's #WorldMetDay, highlighting how advancements in weather services can save even more lives and livelihoods in a changing climate https://t.co/XheR3qg9yL.
The UN Convention against Corruption turns 20 this year https://t.co/LcD49IkUZw!
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 https://t.co/W4dhdyeCXA.
#PK75#UNTSO
Today is #WorldWildlifeDay, proclaimed in 2013 https://t.co/aVpPWxuGoe.
#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 https://t.co/jcQso9CXvY!
Multicultural societies exist through languages, which transmit and preserve #TraditionalKnowledge.
It's #MotherLanguageDay https://t.co/PEstWQ1AST, promoting multilingual and mother-tongue-based #education and supporting non-dominant language inclusion https://t.co/U26UMMJSlJ.
#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 https://t.co/fGmfrv2m0s.
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 https://t.co/NZu6J9nuKJ.
Check out @TheLancet 2023 Series on #Breastfeeding https://t.co/5YJUiSDmMt.
#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 https://t.co/hKyG5pXeIv.
For this Day of Zero Tolerance for #FGM, see how #MenEndFGM https://t.co/FGgiQoHr4d!
#OTD in 2005, #Iraq held it first free elections in decades https://t.co/x03AWeOSaw. The #UNSC saluted the bravery of the Iraqi people who demonstrated their commitment to democracy, defying the terrorists.
Learn how @UNDPPA provides electoral assistance https://t.co/YI1sk9TXAD.