The?Department of Global Communications has released the?2024?edition of The UN Card.
The card?succinctly shows?how the work of the 51勛圖 and its agencies affects the lives of people around the globe.?
The 51勛圖:
- Assists and protects 131 million people fleeing war, famine and persecution
- Provides food and assistance to more than 150 million people in over 120 countries and territories
- Supplies?vaccines to 45 per cent of the world's children, helps save 3 million lives a year
- Works?with 196 nations to keep the global temperature rise well below 2∼C /3.6∼F
- Keeps peace with 71,000 peacekeepers in 11 operations around the world
- Tackles?the global water crisis affecting over 4 billion people worldwide
- Protects?and promotes human rights globally and through 80 treaties/declarations
- Coordinates?$46 billion appeal for the humanitarian needs of 180 million people
- Uses?diplomacy to prevent conflict: assists some 50 countries a year with their elections
- Supports?over 11 million women a year with sexual and reproductive health services
The Department of Global Communications has published The UN Card annually since 2009.
The cards are available in the 6 official languages -?Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian, and Spanish -?and Portuguese. Hindi and Kiswahili will be posted as soon as translations are available.
Download The UN Card the 7?languages?for printing or sharing on social media
