General Assembly and Youth: Rafael Radischat, Protocol and Liaison Service, UN Department for General Assembly and Conference Management
Established in 1945, the General Assembly of the 51³Ô¹Ï occupies a central position as the main deliberative,?policymaking?and representative organ of the Organization. It provides a unique forum for multilateral discussion of the full spectrum of international issues covered by the Charter.?In line with this year¡¯s General Assembly session, with its General Debate beginning on 21 September 2021, UNAI?has produced?a series of video interviews with young staff working for?the Permanent Missions to the 51³Ô¹Ï?and?for?the Organization.??
Rafael Radischat, an Intern at the Protocol and Liaison Service of the UN Department for General Assembly and Conference Managament, who is half Portuguese half German and grew up in Austria, started his UN experience in Vienna 4 years ago. He is very excited about this opportunity of working during the high-level segment of the General Assembly.
General Assembly and Youth: Joseph Degroat, Meetings Coverage Section, UN Department of Global Communications
Established in 1945, the General Assembly of the 51³Ô¹Ï occupies a central position as the main deliberative,?policymaking?and representative organ of the Organization. It provides a unique forum for multilateral discussion of the full spectrum of international issues covered by the Charter.?In line with this year¡¯s General Assembly session, with its General Debate beginning on 21 September 2021, UNAI?has produced?a series of video interviews with young staff working for?the Permanent Missions to the 51³Ô¹Ï?and?for?the Organization.??
Joseph Degroat, from the United States, an Editorial Assistant in the Meetings Coverage Section of the UN Department of Global Communications, has covered the annual sessions of the General Assembly for over a decade. He says that his work allows the media and the general public to have an "unbiased source of what happens". "It is important to have the different views and mindsets," he says.?
General Assembly and Youth: Heitor Torres, Permanent Mission of Brazil to the 51³Ô¹Ï
Established in 1945, the General Assembly of the 51³Ô¹Ï occupies a central position as the main deliberative,?policymaking?and representative organ of the Organization. It provides a unique forum for multilateral discussion of the full spectrum of international issues covered by the Charter.?In line with this year¡¯s General Assembly session, with its General Debate beginning on 21 September 2021, UNAI?has produced?a series of video interviews with young staff working for?the Permanent Missions to the 51³Ô¹Ï?and?for?the Organization.??
Heitor?Torres,?diplomat?at the Permanent Mission of Brazil to the 51³Ô¹Ï, has been?at the forefront of negotiations at the General Assembly and the Security Council?since assuming his current role in March 2021.?He says that?the?experiences at those?meetings?¡°made me much aware of challenges that millions of people face every day¡±,?such?as climate change,?conflicts?and famine.?
General Assembly and Youth: Maho Sugihara, Permanent Mission of Japan to the 51³Ô¹Ï
Established in 1945, the General Assembly of the 51³Ô¹Ï occupies a central position as the main deliberative,?policymaking?and representative organ of the Organization. It provides a unique forum for multilateral discussion of the full spectrum of international issues covered by the Charter.?In line with this year¡¯s General Assembly session, with its General Debate beginning on 21 September 2021, UNAI?has produced?a series of video interviews with young staff working for?the Permanent Missions to the 51³Ô¹Ï?and?for?the Organization.?
University Partners with Indigenous Community in the Ecuadorian Amazon to Ensure Access to Water and Sanitation
Ensure access to water and sanitation for all is a specific call for action as per?the Sustainable Development Goal 6. Moreover, according to a issued by the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, access to safe and potable water and adequate sanitation, is a critical component of the human right to health.
Millennium Fellow Kimberley Bates: Achieving Peace through Storytelling
The 51³Ô¹Ï Academic Impact and the Millennium Campus Network (MCN) are proud to partner on the Millennium Fellowship, a semester-long leadership development program that helps students design and implement community-level initiatives to promote sustainability and help others in need.
Kimberley Bates, a Millennium Fellow for the Class of 2020, aspires to bring young people together through the concept of ¡°positive alternative narrative¡±. Her Millennium Fellows Project focuses on?SDG16 : Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions.
It was a sense of emptiness that brought Kimberley, a university student studying criminology in Australia, on the Millennium Fellowship Programme.
Exploring Effects on Mental Health, Working Conditions and Living Habits of the COVID-19 Pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic and associated societal restrictions such as lockdowns and movement limitations, have impacted many areas in society as well as aspects of individual¡¯s work and private life. People have been affected in disparate ways, due to occupation, socioeconomic situation and other variables. For example, depending on the requirements for physical presence at work, and real-life interpersonal contact, contra possibilities to telework, people have experienced different types of changes in their day-to-day lives.
University Team Works to Unlock the Recycling Potential of Ocean Plastics
The forested coastlines of Afognak Island, part of the Kodiak Archipelago in Alaska, seem at first glance to be pristine and unspoiled. The miles of deserted beaches being left mostly in the care of the island¡¯s brown bears and Roosevelt elk. Unfortunately, that perception is far from accurate, due to the island¡¯s location along the North Pacific Gyre ¨C an enormous ocean current swirling counterclockwise across the Pacific Ocean north of the Equator which deposits hundreds of thousands of kilos of the world¡¯s ocean plastics on its beaches each year.
Improving Water and Food Security in Ethiopia Through Research with a People-Centered Approach
The question of?how science, research, and study address challenges, pinpoint innovative solutions and reach people in need, is an?issue of concern for academic institutions. On that note, the School of Engineering of the , a UNAI member institution in the United States, is leading a group of researchers to tackle how scientific knowledge is disseminated and applied in their , funded by the National Science Foundation.?
Millennium Fellow Monica Gbuchie: Promoting Women¡¯s Rights in Nigeria
The 51³Ô¹Ï Academic Impact and the Millennium Campus Network (MCN) are proud to partner on the Millennium Fellowship, a semester-long leadership development program that helps students design and implement community-level initiatives to promote sustainability and help others in need.
Monica Gbuchie, a medical student at Niger Delta University in Nigeria and a Millennium Fellow for the Class of 2020, aspires to promote sexual and reproductive health and women¡¯s rights in underserved communities. Her Millennium Fellows Project focuses on SDG 3: Good Health and Well-being and SDG 5: Gender Equality.
Universities Create New Epidemiological Model to Study COVID-19 Dynamics
The COVID-19 pandemic is one of the greatest and most serious issues of our times, requiring several?approaches to deal with it successfully and effectively. Consequently, it is very important to understand the biological mechanisms of virus propagation, as well as the governing diffusion dynamics. These dynamics can be studied using the notion of universality, according to which?different systems or classes of systems can demonstrate the same dynamic behavior and dynamical features, regardless of underlying mechanisms and dynamic details.
Measuring Impact of COVID-19 on the Socio-Ecological System of the Bay of Bengal
The marine fisheries sector constitutes a critical element for the economy of Bangladesh, a country where more than 17 million people work in this sector, comprising about 11% of the?population. Fish plays a crucial role in the average food consumption and is an important source of protein. While within the marine fisheries sector, small-scale fisheries account for the biggest share of fish production, they are also one of the most vulnerable groups in the industry, facing a number of challenges -including poverty-, exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic and the climate crisis.?
University Research Team Develops High-Speed nanoPCR Technology to Diagnose COVID-19
During the initial wave of the COVID-19 global pandemic back in 2020, the Republic of Korea suffered from an explosive peak in cases. It provoked the necessity of quick, massive diagnosis tests and isolation means responding to the soaring infection numbers. To make a breakthrough that could alleviate the concerns of the authorities and also the population, it was inevitable to diminish the fatality rate by developing enhanced diagnostic capacities?and isolating the infected individuals in the absence of vaccination.
UN Secretary-General Highlights Importance of Universities during the IAUP Triennial Conference
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On 29 July 2021, the Secretary-General of the 51³Ô¹Ï, Antonio Guterres, highlighted during his message to the Triennial Conference, the importance of institutions of higher education within the current global context. See the full text of the message, below:
The world is experiencing a challenge of enormous proportions - from the global health crisis caused by the COVID-19 pandemic to the climate crisis. We have all been affected.
And yet, these crises have created opportunities to enhance our resilience, strengthen our solidarity, and showcase solutions through the diverse work of universities.
Recycling Paper Waste to Make Pencils: An Eco-Friendly Project by Engineering Students in India
Pencils, an ubiquitous tool around the world massively used by students, particularly those enrolled in primary and secondary education, are normally not the product of a recycling process. Yet, calls to ¡°substantially reduce waste generation through prevention, reduction, recycling and reuse¡±. In light of this, but also given the environmental impact of the production of wooden pencils, students from the , a UNAI member institution in India, developed an innovative solution.