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[UNIC Lusaka @UNICLusaka]

To all our Followers please take note, we have moved to @UNZambia

[MINUSCA @UN_CAR]

In Sikikede, #MINUSCA combined its #DDR efforts with vital healthcare, organising a medical campaign from 10 to 12 December in a community that had long been cut off from healthcare.

➡️🩺 Peacekeepers, alongside local nurses, treated 1,241 patients, mostly women and children.

[IOM Zambia @IomZambia]

Pre-departure orientation is a key step in ensuring departing migrants transition into their country of destination. It empowers migrants with necessary and useful information to maximize the benefit of their overseas experience as part of the resettlement program #migrationweek

[UNIC Lusaka @UNICLusaka]

#HumanRightsDay

[Anna Maj Hultgård @AmHultgard]

On this #HumanRightsDay I call on everyone to put human rights at the heart of our efforts to #RecoverBetter.

I nominate @iampilato & @LauraMiti to join this challenge and invite you all to do the same.

#StandUp4HumanRights with me and @UNHumanRights

[Jennifer Bitonde @JenniferBitonde]

Targeted farmers in #Pemba and #Gwembe districts will also benefit from improved inputs, training, insurance, financial services and markets

[UNESCO @UNESCO]

🌿Energy Transition
🌿Resilience and Adaption
🌿Reducing carbon dioxide levels

... Climate change is a complex global crisis.

@ElyxYak breaks down the most important info and shows how easy it is to take #ClimateAction: https://t.co/FOxH5xUkMD #GlobalGoals

[UN Chronicle @_UNChronicle]

”Our disrespect for the natural world, of which we are a part and on which we depend, threatens our own survival”, writes @JaneGoodallInst, @UN Messenger of Peace & world-renowned conservationist. Read how “We All Must Take Action”: https://t.co/RVip3ob3Wg #UN75 #UNDay

[UN Zambia @UNZambia]

12 things you didn’t know about @WFP.
Winner of this year’s Nobel Peace Prize in pictures. https://t.co/DunuiEnbFq

[United Nations @UN]

"Now is the time for a collective new push for peace & reconciliation."
-- @antonioguterres has appealed for a global ceasefire amid #COVID19.

Ahead of #UNDay & our 75th anniversary, join the Secretary-General's call for peace. Sign here: https://t.co/ik97kjqyAU #UN75

[UNIC Lusaka @UNICLusaka]

António Guterres (UN Secretary-General) on the awarding of the 2020 Nobel Prize for Peace to the World Food Programme https://t.co/hLcnyTYYJq

[World Food Programme @WFP]

WFP is deeply humbled to receive the 2020 #NobelPeacePrize.

This is in recognition of the work of WFP staff who put their lives on the line every day to bring food and assistance to more than 100 million hungry children, women and men across the world.

[UN Peacekeeping @UNPeacekeeping]

Women serving in civilian, military & police roles have made an indelible impact in creating peace. This month, as we celebrate the 20th anniversary of UN Security Council res. 1325, join us in listening & sharing their stories. #WPSin2020 #womeninpeacekeeping #peaceismymission

[World Health Organization (WHO) @WHO]

LIVE from #UNGA side event on infodemic management with @DrTedros https://t.co/MHszdsPzCQ

[UN Office on Drugs & Crime @UNODC]

Cyberattacks, disinformation, & online abuse have become everyday hazards for everyone, especially young people. #UNODC promotes sustainable capacity building for a long term #DigitalCooperation: https://t.co/p4Fxghalv2
🔴https://t.co/aUy5Jbq4wz LIVE today at 16:00 CEST.
#UNGA75

[UNIC Lusaka @UNICLusaka]

What does the UN do?

[JoinUN75 @JoinUN75]

Big day coming up!

On Monday, we will finally get to share with you, what over 1 million people have shared with us.

The @UN Secretary-General is to present the #UN75 findings at the official UN75 Commemoration September 21, 9AM EST - join us!


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[UN Zambia @UNZambia]

"Compete in the marketplace of ideas and not fists or weapons" was part of the message to youth from @UNZambia Resident Coordninator @coumbagadio_ZM during today's virtual Dag Hammarskjöld commemoration with Swedish Ambassador @AnnaMajHultgard and @UNICLusaka

[UNIC Lusaka @UNICLusaka]

Today @UNZambia held a live discussion with @SwedeninZM with @coumbagadio_ZM & @AnnaMajHultgard on "the Role of the Youth in Peace and Security" watch here https://t.co/2s13a3veuT

[Anna Maj Hultgård @AmHultgard]

In commemoration of late SG of UN Dag Hammarskjöld 🇸🇪 I am pleased to participate in a virtual live discussion on the role of the youth in peace & security w/ @UNZambia @CBU_ZM & Zambian 🇿🇲 youth organisations. See you @ 2.30 pm (Lusaka) https://t.co/I0O3fjLGAt
Credit: UN Photo

[Sweden in Zambia 🇸🇪 @SwedeninZM]

Today we are honoring Dag Hammarskjöld and his crew who tragically lost their lives 59 years ago in Ndola.

Join us live today 14:30, on @UNICLusaka YouTube Channel https://t.co/Ji1h2RL9VV to discuss youth, pease and security.

See you then!

@UNZambia @AnnaMajHultgard