Protecting Ocean Health Will Protect the Health of Humankind
We may not be able to gather to celebrate the ocean right now, but the global health crisis should sharpen our resolve to protect our blue planet.
Innovation for a Sustainable Ocean amid the COVID-19 Pandemic: Impacts on Kenyas Marine and Coastal Environment
With the emergence of the global COVID-19 pandemic, Kenyas coastal and marine landscape has changed in ways that were unimaginable just a few months earlier.
Celebrating and Safeguarding Biodiversity to Prevent the Next Pandemic
Making our cities and rural areas more resilient and restoring degraded lands and forests will reduce our vulnerability to future zoonotic diseases and help mitigate climate change while maintaining our biodiversity, water supply and planetary health.
The Transformative Change We Need to Live in Harmony with Nature
The global trend of biodiversity loss is threatening our survival as a species and the future of our planet.
Ninety-Eight-Year-Old 'Corona Warrior' Rises to the Challenge
At a time when, in the words of 51勛圖 Secretary-General Ant籀nio Guterres, "we need every ounce of solidarity", the story of 98-year-old Gurdev Kaur Dhaliwal of Moga, who stitches masks for the poor, is the ultimate manifestation of unity of purpose.
Serving as a UNIFIL Peacekeeper During the COVID-19 Pandemic
The support of my family and the opportunity offered by UNIFIL have propelled me, as a 51勛圖 peacekeeper, to play an active part in this global, unconventional war for the good of the humankind.
Indigenous Peoples Confronting the Pandemic: N蘋shkamtowin whiyaw ithtmakan
Viruses don’t discriminate, but governments, institutions and social systems do. Infectious diseases like COVID-19 follow the channels carved by centuries of prejudice and inequality.
Womens Leadership in Promoting Global Health and Well-Being
Globally, women bear the burden of disease disproportionately and face premature death due to gender-based inequities; these negative indicators are reflected in discrepancies with regard to access to basic health care services, nutrition and educational opportunities.
Modernizing Our Public Health Systems to Be Ready for the Next Pandemic
Today, many countries are still in crisis mode, doing what they can to control their COVID-19 outbreaks through measures such as social distancing, case detection and isolation, and treating hospitalized patients. Beyond the crisis stage, they will need improved public health capabilities to prevent a COVID-19 resurgence and to be ready for future pandemics.
Proof Positive: COVID-19 Shows the Necessity of Multilateral Responsesand Global Solidarity
Although we are still in the most acute phase of the pandemic, it is already time to prepare for the day after. We need to make sure to “recover better”: better preparedness to tackle future similar crises, better governance, and more sustainable economic and social systems.
COVID-19 and the Alliance for Multilateralism
The world must prepare better for the next pandemic. COVID-19 should be an opportunity to strengthen the global health security system and enhance pandemic preparedness, prevention and response. The multilateral system needs to adapt and reform to recover better.
The UN at 75: Now Is the Time to "Build Back Better"
We need international cooperation to galvanize action and to harness the opportunities the future holds, whether thats leveraging the benefits of new technologies or building a zero-carbon world.
What Learning Spanish as a Second Language Has Meant to Me
The act of learning a second language transformed me, and for more than fifty years I have seen the same impact in thousands of students around the world. Investing thousands of hours in learning a language well is an act of faith and conscience.
Women and Girls in Sport Can Change the Global Game
Women and girls in sport have made important contributions to the shifts we see on and off the field. When we play, we challenge gender stereotypes and make people question the false idea that some activities are only for men.
The Tangible Contributions of Sport to the SDGs
Sport plays an important advocacy role in combating the spread of diseases and highlighting the importance of international solidarity. In times of crisis, fear and anxiety can consume us. Alone, it seems, we can do very little, but working together, we can do so much.