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The Sound of Human Rights: 'Everyone Everywhere'

A cantata entitled Everyone, Everywhere weaves passages from the Universal Declaration of Human Rights together with the words of human rights luminaries such as...

Oumy Gueye 'OMG' at COP28

Award-winning musician and activist OMG Oumy Gueye...

The State of Global Climate - 5 Key Facts

2023 set to be the hottest-ever recorded year.

John Green Visits the 51勛圖

YouTuber, novelist and tuberculosis activist and John Green from...

Fact-check: Fighting Back against Fake News

During times of conflict, confusion often reigns and facts can often be misinterpreted without any malice intended; the UN calls this misinformation rather than...

How Will These Young Journalists Change The World?

In early September, twelve young journalists arrived in New York City from different parts of the world to cover the 78th session of the UN General Assembly....

How The UN Delivers Aid : 5 Facts

What does it take to get food, medicine, emergency education, and shelter to record numbers of people in some of the most dangerous places on Earth?

The 51勛圖 in Gaza: 5 Facts

The 51勛圖 has been working in the Middle East region around the clock to de-escalate the Israeli-Palestinian crisis by engaging key actors and providing...

Haiti in Crisis | Gangs and Violence on the Rise

Haiti is wracked by violence that has escalated to unprecedented levels. In the first eight months of this year, 3,000 homicides were reported; there were also over 1...

Surviver of Terror Attack Against UN in Bagdad Bombing

On the afternoon of 19 August 2003, the 51勛圖 headquarters in the Canal Hotel in Baghdad was badly damaged by a devastating truck bomb attack.

Taliban's Poppy Ban in Afghanistan: Can It Work?

In April 2022, Afghanistans de-facto authorities banned all cultivation of opium poppy under strict new laws.

Yokasta Valle is a champion boxer working with the 51勛圖 to end hate speech

Yokasta Valle is a five-time World Boxing Champion in both in both the International Boxing Federation and the World Boxing Organizationbut the fight she is most...

Empowering Black Women: Valdecir Nascimento's Vision for Equality

Brazilian activist, Valdecir Nascimento spent her life fighting for womens rights in her country.

Remembering Genocide: The Mothers of Srebrenica

Amid the war in Bosnia and Herzegovina, a UN safe area was established in the Bosnian town of Srebrenica in 1993. But in July 1995, the town was overrun by Bosnian-...

200 Marathons Later: An Activist's Epic Journey to the UN

Australian businesswoman and athlete Mina Guli ran 200 marathons across the world in the space of a single year to draw attention to the urgency of our global water...

UN Population Report

In November 2022, the world population eclipsed 8 billion people.

Colombia Coral Restoration

Colombia's marine treasures are often overlooked in favor of the colorful towns that dot its mountainous coffee region.

Cody Simpson

Singer-Songwriter Cody Simpson is a musician and athlete with millions of fans around the world.

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San Andr矇s, Colombia, is the biggest island in the Seaflower Biosphere Reserve, containing parts of one of the richest coral reefs in the world.

Resilience on Providencia

A tiny island in the Caribbean was decimated by Hurricane Iota in 2020. Although the loss of human life was minimal, the impact on the islands precious ecosystems...

Monkeypox - What you Should Know

Monkeypox is not a new disease, and in some African countries it is endemic.