Shaping Our Future Together

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UN Headquarters stands tall amidst a foggy Manhattan skyline. Photo: Lin Qi/UNSRC Photographic Society - New York

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The mashua, a native tuber of the Andes, has been valued since pre-Inca times for its nutritional and medicinal properties, although today it is not widely known. The Chillihuani, a Quechua community living at more than 3,500 meters above sea level near the Vinicunca (Rainbow) Mountain in Peru, have used sustainable agricultural methods to recover up to 30 varieties of the tuber. Photo: Giulianna Camarena Montenegro/UNDP - Peru

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Members of the Poverty Alleviation Fund��s Small Farmers Cooperative in Jutpani, Nepal, the 51�Թ� Development Programme (UNDP) and the Government of Nepal have launched a cooperative market development programme. Supporting 71 primary producers�� cooperatives, representing over 14,000 farmers, the programme links farmers to the cooperative market chain, increasing their income and enhancing livelihood opportunities. Photo: Smritee Bajracharya/UNDP/CMDP - Kathmandu, Nepal

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To promote socioeconomic development among the most marginalized populations, particularly women and adolescent girls, the Urban Poverty Reduction Programme in Bangladesh provides small-scale grants to build vocational skills through apprenticeship training. One of the grantees, who completed a course in tailoring, now works as a professional tailor in her neighbourhood in the capital city, Dhaka, where she is a respected member of her community, supporting herself and her family. Photo: Ellora Guhathakurta/UNDP - Dhaka, Bangladesh

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The war in Yemen has had a devastating impact on the entire country, including its economic sector. Through the Emergency Crisis Response Project, UNDP, in partnership with the World Bank and local partners, has provided war-affected fishermen with boats and/or equipment up to a value of $1,500, enabling them to provide for their families. A fisherman��s son is out on his father��s boat, which is once again out on the water because of the support provided. Photo: Mohammed Abdullah/UNDP - Aden, Yemen

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Sophia James, youth entrepreneur in the United Republic of Tanzania. Sophia was forced to drop out of secondary school when her brother, who was paying for her school fees, died in an accident. Through the 51�Թ� Population Fund (UNFPA) and the national Adolescent Girls Initiative, Sophia completed a training course in entrepreneurship and business management. In 2017, Sophia realized her dream: she opened her own private nursery. By 2019, her school had 43 students and employed two full-time teachers. Photo: Karlien Truyens/UNFPA - United Republic of Tanzania

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��La Femme au Panier�� - A craftswoman makes a living selling her work to tourists visiting Lac Rose (Pink Lake) in Senegal. Photo: Amadou Sy/UNCDF - New York

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��Curiosity�� - A group of girls trying to see what their mothers are doing during an UNFPA workshop in the Sudan (October 2019). Photo: Sufian Abdulmouty/UNFPA - Sudan

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Mulasi comforts a baby outside an Ebola clinic in Komanda, Democratic Republic of the Congo, while the baby��s mother is tested for the disease. Mulasi is a survivor of Ebola. While caring for Ebola patients she provides emotional support and is a beacon of hope, assuring others that they too can survive the deadly disease. Photo: Muse Mohammed/IOM - Geneva/Switzerland

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Midwives in the mountains in the Taiz Governorate of Yemen heading into villages to provide health services to mothers and their newborn babies. Photo: Abdulrahman Al-muaalemi/UNFPA - Yemen

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The provision of 20 tons of medicine by UNFPA has enabled the population of Itula in South Kivu, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, to pursue the goal of the three zeros: zero unmet need for contraception; zero preventable maternal deaths; and zero gender-based violence. Photo: Junior Mayindu/UNFPA - Democratic Republic of the Congo

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To achieve a world where every pregnancy is wanted and every delivery is safe, UNFPA organizes mobile clinics to ensure that all women and adolescent girls have access to family planning services. Photo: Junior Mayindu/UNFPA - Democratic Republic of the Congo

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Afia, age 19, vaccinates a child. Afia is one of 70,000 dedicated polio workers in Afghanistan, supported by the World Health Organization (WHO) and the 51�Թ� Children��s Fund (UNICEF), who educate families about the dangers of polio and vaccinate millions of children nationwide. Defying traditional norms that forbid women to work outside the home, she is a member of one of the largest female workforces in the country: a national team fighting polio together. Photo: Celeste Hibbert/UNICEF - Afghanistan

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P. Otgonjargal, age 4, just immunized against measles and rubella, happily jumping next to one of her family��s reindeer in a remote district of Tsagaannur, Mongolia. A team of vaccinators travelled miles to reach the remote area where her family, nomadic reindeer herders, currently live. The 2011�C2016 National Programme on Communicable Diseases vaccinated over 500,000 children aged 3�C14 in Mongolia. Photo: Brian Sokol/UNICEF - New York

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Obstetric fistula is a serious injury incurred in childbirth: women suffering from the condition may be rejected by their husbands, families and society. The woman in the picture, who suffered from obstetric fistula for many years, has been treated successfully. Her husband has returned to her and she has been able to start a new life. UNFPA Bangladesh, which provides technical and implementation support to the Government, aims to end obstetric fistula by 2030. Photo: Animesh Biswas/UNFPA - Dhaka, Bangladesh

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A UN Police Officer from Indonesia serving with the 51�Թ� Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO) provides a face mask to a local merchant. In addition to their mandated tasks, during the COVID-19 pandemic UN Police act as first responders, raising awareness of preventive measures to stop transmission, distributing personal protective equipment and assisting with humanitarian efforts in support of host-State counterparts and communities. Photo: Robertus Andy Kristianto/MONUSCO/DPO - Democratic Republic of the Congo

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Nairobi street artist Msale celebrates after completing an informational COVID-19 mural at a community centre in Mathare. Photo: Duncan Moore/UN - Nairobi, Kenya

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In Eastern Europe and Central Asia, many older persons face isolation and loneliness during the COVID-19 pandemic - Maria Rosca is one such person. In the Republic of Moldova, young volunteers provide psychological support to older people in different districts of the country to relieve their social isolation. In 2020, the international community marks the 30th anniversary of the International Day of Older Persons, an opportunity to ensure that older people��s rights and needs are met during this crisis and beyond. Photo: Dan Gutu/UNFPA Moldova

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Maria dos Santos Hornai, a member of the UN-Women partnership on the rights of persons with disabilities programme, attending a gender-responsive budgeting training session for people with disabilities in Dili. Since 2019, the President of Timor-Leste has pledged larger allocations for persons with disabilities in the State budget. Photo: Helio Miguel/UN Women - Timor-Leste

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Women with disabilities in Georgia. "Her dedication became our inspiration.�� Dr. Arsen Gvenetadze helped Ekaterine Kadjaia, who is confined to a wheelchair, to realize, through in vitro fertilization, her dream of becoming a mother. Women with disabilities often face barriers and stigmatization when it comes to having children. UNFPA is working to make sure that their sexual and reproductive health needs and rights are equally met. Photo: Dina Oganova/UNFPA Georgia

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Children play and learn at an early childhood development (ECD) centre supported by UNICEF in Ulaanbaatar. The UNICEF ECD programme improves the quality of education by investing in training for teachers, including learning materials and educational toys. UNICEF has strengthened the ECD programme by building traditional Mongolian round houses, called ��gers��, designed as kindergartens, accommodating around 30 children each. Photo: Eric Pasqualli/UNICEF - Mongolia

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Students in class in a school in Nineveh, Iraq, where the 51�Թ� Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) and its partner organization, Educate A Child, work to ensure quality education for all children. Photo: Sae Osawa/UNESCO

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Fourth graders at the Albion public school in Central Banjul in the Gambia practice writing in Arabic: the 831 boys and girls, aged 7-12, who study in the school are provided with hot meals every day. ��These children come to Albion because they and their families know that school meals make their attendance and retention possible,�� said the headteacher, Elizabeth Chapman, acknowledging the role of the World Food Programme (WFP) in making school meals a reality. Photo: Bruno Valim Magalhaes/World Food Programme - Brasilia, Brazil

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Mothers take turns cooking meals for their children at a school in northern Sri Lanka, a region left devastated by a 27-year-long violent conflict. The school feeding programme, which is supported by WFP, enables poor parents in areas where food insecurity and malnutrition are common to send their children, including girls, to school. Improved nutrition leads to better educational outcomes. Photo: Nguyen Duc Hoang/WFP

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��Happiness @ 4,000 meters��- Two young boys in national dress holding UN flags at the UNDP supported Royal Highlander Festival in Laya, Bhutan, in 2017. In 2019, in partnership with the Government of Bhutan, UNDP, through its GEF Small Grants Programme, implemented a micro project to install a traditional Korean heating system in a classroom at a local school located at an altitude of 3,800 meters. Photo: Tshering Phuntsho/UNDP - Thimphu, Bhutan

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I am a female UN Police Officer: while working a night shift in a camp for internally displaced persons in South Sudan a colleague and I talked to two young South Sudanese who were studying after curfew under the security lights. Both were students - one a college student majoring in law; the other was preparing for his university entrance examination. They were positive that peace would come to South Sudan very soon. Photo: Lin Kang/UNMISS - Juba

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Hellen performs the scissors dance in Chorrillos Solar Hill, Lima, Peru. Until the 1990s, only men performed this dance because people thought that women were too weak to do it. Through this dance, Hellen contributes to breaking stereotypes and prejudices as well as to the revaluation of Andean culture, in a country where discrimination against women continues to be normalized. Women, regardless of their origins, continue to fight for a more just society, for more opportunities and greater attention to their needs. Photo: Jasmin Ram��rez Romero/UNDP - Peru

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Rakia (left), now 14, was still a young student when her uncle wanted her to marry, but her grandmother objected. Since then she has been supported by UNFPA Niger, where a mentor helps her by listening and through dialogue. Child marriage exposes young girls to violence, including rape, and often forces them to drop out of school and take on the challenges of early motherhood. The most vulnerable, poor and marginalized girls are often the most affected. Photo: Ollivier Girard/UNFPA - Niger

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Turkana girls learning how to use a camera during a five-day photography workshop organized by UN-Habitat in the settlements of Kalobeyei and Kakuma, Kenya, 2016. Photo: Julius Mwelu/UN-Habitat - Nairobi, Kenya

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A young Palestinian man dances in the Sharek Youth Forum in Ramallah. The Forum, which is organized in partnership with UN-Women through the HAYA Joint Programme, is aimed at decreasing harmful practices and attitudes that perpetuate and validate violence against women and girls. Photo: Samar Hazboun/UN-Women through the HAYA Joint Programme - Ramallah, Occupied Palestinian Territory

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Bella Galhos, a renowned human rights activist in Timor-Leste. As a prominent member of the LGBTI community, Bella Galhos is on the frontline in the campaign for the acceptance of LGBTI individuals and for their equal rights in Timor-Leste. She has taken care of hundreds of LGBTI members who have been abandoned by their families in her own home. Photo: Helio Miguel/UN Women - Timor-Leste

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For the villagers of El Sahel and eight surrounding communities in North Darfur, safe and secure access to water has long been a challenge, and its lack has led to serious health issues and conflicts in the area. Fortunately for the 9,560 residents, two UNDP-trained youth volunteers, part of almost 600 volunteers deployed across Darfur, worked with community leaders to assess local needs. Prioritizing water access, they successfully promoted the construction of a ��water yard�� to provide a clean and steady water supply to the area. Photo: Will Seal/UNDP - Khartoum, Sudan

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A sanitization initiative to ensure that students in Anbar Governorate, Iraq, can sit their exams during the COVID-19 pandemic. In addition, information on prevention of COVID-19 is posted and masks, hand sanitizer and gloves are made available for students, teachers and school staff. Local peace committees, supported by UNDP and funded by the Government of Denmark, implemented these activities in partnership with Pulse of Hope, a non-governmental organization. Photo: Zaid Al-Hayali/UNDP - Baghdad, Iraq

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UN Security Officer, Kerry Jack, from Trinidad and Tobago, on duty wearing a mask during the COVID-19 lockdown of the UN Secretariat Building. Photo: Rong Jiang/DGACM - New York

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Engineer Juan Sergio Castro builds an irrigation system powered by floating solar panels for his community in the Chullpia lagoon in Puno, Peru. The solar energy system helps to fill 11 water reservoirs, irrigating up to 30 hectares of pasture in the highest parts of the lagoon. As a result of this year-round irrigation system, the pastures are green, the soil is enriched, the alpaca give better quality fiber and people have an improved quality of life. Photo: Giulianna Camarena Montenegro/UNDP - Peru

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MONUSCO Force Commander Lieutenant General Costa Neves (Brazil) stops to take a photo with local youth after inaugurating a UN-funded solar electricity project providing street lighting for the town of Kibirizi, Democratic Republic of the Congo. Photo: Kevin Jordan/MONUSCO/DPO - Goma, North Kivu Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo

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A mother of three weaves bamboo handicrafts late in the night using a solar-charged torch-lamp to earn some supplementary income to support her family. The community-based project is supported by the UNDP GEF Small Grants Programme, in partnership with the Government of Bhutan. Photo: Tshering Phuntsho/UNDP - Thimphu, Bhutan

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Ingrid, age 10, from Yaound��, Cameroon, is the youngest of more than 100 UN75 volunteers. In the photo, she assists her mother to upload UN75 surveys online. Photo: Emanuel Foukou/UNRCO - Yaound��, Cameroon

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Kenyan pastoralist using AfriScout, an innovative mobile app, which helps shepherds to find fresh pastures. Photo: Trans Lieu/ITU - Kenya

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Girls learning how to code, at a ��Girls in Information and Communication Technology Day�� event, organized by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) at the Headquarters of the African Union in Addis Ababa, April 2019. Photo: Maximillian Jacobson-Gonzalez/ITU - Geneva

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Staff members take a virtual tour of the UN Ocean Conference, 51�Թ� Headquarters, New York, June 2017. Photo: John Gillespie/Department of Global Communications - New York

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Climate change is a reality. Photo of the Arkari Glacial Lake, Chitral, Pakistan, August 2019. Photo: Syed Naveed Shah/UNDP - Chitral, Pakistan

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The Guna Yala, an archipelago of over 300 islands off the northeast coast of Panama, are home to the Guna people, an indigenous community. The islands are highly vulnerable to climate change �C it is projected that they may be uninhabitable in 20 years. The thousands of members of the community could be the first indigenous people to be displaced due to rising sea levels. Photo: Silvia Markli Garcia/UN Women - New York

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Salt miners in Danakil, Ethiopia, the land of Afar people, and one of the hottest places on earth, where temperatures can reach up to 131 degrees Fahrenheit (55 degrees Celsius). The region has been facing the challenges of insecurity, migration and climate change. UNDP has been supporting the efforts of the Government of Ethiopia to promote resilience programming, targeting production sectors, including agriculture and mining. Photo: Yann Lacayo C./UNFPA - New York

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An indigenous woman participates in Nepal��s first National Climate Change Conference, held at Gufadanda, Sindhupalchowk district. UNDP has provided technical support for the preparation and implementation of local adaptation strategies for the mitigation of climate-induced risks and natural disasters in Nepal. Photo: Abhushan Gautam/UNDP - Kathmandu, Nepal

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Tunisia, which has one of the hottest climates on earth, could lose up to 80% of its natural water resources by 2040. Since half of the national economy is based on agriculture, which is highly-dependent on water, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the 51�Թ� (FAO) and CNH Industrial have provided support for the construction of water-related infrastructure. In three years, the project has constructed dams and a power station, trained people in farming techniques and increased agricultural productivity. Photo: Elisabetta Illy /FAO - UNIDO

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After the 2015 earthquake in Nepal, female masons played a significant role in the reconstruction process in Gorkha, one of the most severely affected districts. With a growing number of men leaving their villages to find work, UNDP provided on-site mason training for more than 250 women in rebuilding and retrofitting houses through the Nepal Housing Reconstruction Project supported by the Government of India. Photo: Abhushan Gautam/UNDP - Kathmandu, Nepal

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Children in Shade Bara, Injil district, Herat Province, Afghanistan. This village of 1,700 families is prone to flooding during the rainy season, from October to April. To address the problem, the UNDP Climate Change Adaptation Project, together with the Ministry of Agriculture Irrigation and Livestock, constructed a 1,120-meter wall to protect 40 hectares of land and property from heavy flooding. Photo: Omer Sadaat/UNDP - Kabul, Afghanistan

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A few days after the massive explosion that shook the city of Beirut, Abdo Pharaon, a survivor of the blast, sits on the roof of his damaged apartment building in the neighbourhood of Mar Mikhael. UNDP will focus on inclusive recovery as it supports Lebanon following the catastrophe. Beirut, August 2020. Photo: Rana Sweidan/UNDP - Lebanon

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The 51�Թ� Environment Programme (UNEP) and the Government of the Seychelles are working with people like Victorin Laboudallon to use nature as a defence against climate change. While giving a tour of his tree nursery, Laboudallon explained how different types of trees offer us different types of resources: ��We need to protect as much as we can, so other generations can enjoy it like I did when I was a kid.�� Photo: Marcus Nield/UNEP - Nairobi

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Mangroves are essential for maintaining water quality and is a critical nesting and breeding habitat for sea turtles, fish and shellfish. In Timor-Leste, mangrove coastlines are threatened by siltation, overexploitation and sea level rise. Through its Coastal Resilience Project, UNDP Timor-Leste is helping restore 1,000 hectares of mangrove forests in 11 locations. Dili, Timor-Leste, November 2017. Photo: Rochan Kadariya/UNDP - Dili, Timor-Leste

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Sighting of the Quetzal (Pharomachrus mocinno) at San Rafael Pie de la Cuesta, San Marcos, Guatemala. Guatemala is among 20 ��megadiverse�� countries listed under the Convention on Biological Diversity, although many of its forests and much of its biodiversity are threatened by the expansion of agriculture and the unsustainable use of forests. UNDP Guatemala works to support the protection of forests, ecosystems and the conservation of biodiversity. Photo: Juan Sacay��n/UNDP - Guatemala

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Band-e-Amir, Afghanistan's first national park. Female rangers patrol the park, locals use environmentally friendly technology, scientists monitor endangered animals, experts draw up plans to manage the park and the whole community provides advice. It takes a lot of people to make this happen. UNDP, the GEF Small Grants Programme, local and international non-governmental organizations and the Afghan Government work together to protect the environment and empower women. Photo: Omer Sadaat/UNDP - Kabul, Afghanistan

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Fishermen haul in a tuna captured along the west coast of Espiritu Santo island, the largest island in the South Pacific nation of Vanuatu. While many communities are reporting a decline in marine resources, UNDP is working with the Vanuatu Fisheries Department to establish conservation areas and to utilize fish aggregating devices for food security and to alleviate pressure on inshore fisheries. Photo: Niki Kuautonga/UNDP - Fiji

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Alliances with the private sector, communities and local authorities have fostered a partnership for the sustainable development of municipalities in northern Antioquia, Colombia, which promotes economic growth, environmental protection, better democratic governance and the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals. Photo: David Baracaldo/UNDP - Bogot��, Colombia

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Mongolia, 2018: on the look-out for new areas for sustainable tourism. Photo: Antonio Garcia Medrano/UNWTO - Madrid, Spain

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The UNICEF installation in advance of the 74th UN General Assembly, 2019: a haunting image of the rows of 3,758 school backpacks, representing the tombstones of the children who died in conflicts in 2018. Photo: Yen Nguyen/UNSRC Photographic Society - New York

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As UN humanitarian workers, one of our most important jobs is to listen. This photo was taken in eastern Chad, on the border with the Darfur region of Sudan. The area has been wracked by conflict, and child malnutrition rates are high. A UN convoy led by the 51�Թ� Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs made the journey to visit a community that had welcomed displaced people back home. We listened to the host community and the returnees to understand their situation and needs. Photo: Pierre Peron/OCHA - Chad

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Troops of Uruguayan Battalion IV on a foot patrol, successfully crossing a watercourse in the jungle near the village of Biakato, Democratic Republic of the Congo. Photo: Florencia Mart��nez/MONUSCO - Democratic Republic of the Congo

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A member of the Pakistani Female Engagement Team of MONUSCO meets with local women members of the women��s sewing collective sponsored by the Pakistani contingent in Uvira, Democratic Republic of the Congo. Photo: Kevin Jordan/MONUSCO/DPO - Goma, North Kivu Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo

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Evacuation by the medical staff of Uruguayan Battalion IV: the girl was injured in a confrontation with armed groups in the village of Fataki in the north of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Photo: Florencia Mart��nez/MONUSCO - Democratic Republic of the Congo

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Families arriving from Entebbe, Uganda, waiting for an onward flight to the United States, receive assistance from the staff of the International Organization for Migration (IOM) at Schiphol Airport in Amsterdam. In cooperation with the Office of the 51�Թ� High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and the Governments of resettlement countries, IOM has played a vital role in refugee resettlement around the world for more than 65 years. For people in need of international protection, resettlement in a third country is a durable solution. Photo: Barbara Salewski-Ratering/IOM - The Hague, Netherlands

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In Yemen, UNDP is supporting the efforts of the Yemeni Executive Mine Action Centre to remove explosive ordnance. This photo shows a deminer working an old armory in Aden, in southern Yemen. The site was bombed during the fighting in 2015, causing old mines and other fatal ordnance to contaminate the area. UNDP and the Mine Action Centre are working to make the area safe again. Photo: Mohammed Abdullah/UNDP - Aden, Yemen

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A boy having fun playing in one of the public spaces in the Kalobeyei integrated refugee settlement in Turkana, Kenya. Photo: Julius Mwelu/UN-Habitat - Nairobi, Kenya

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In the Kakuma refugee camp in Kenya, managed by the Office of the 51�Թ� High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), a Congolese mother studies in a classroom while her baby sleeps in her arms. UNHCR emphasizes the importance of education and the goal of ��Education for All��. Photo: Lin Qi/UNSRC Photographic Society - New York

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On 29 May each year the world community celebrates the International Day of 51�Թ� Peacekeepers. The theme for 2019 was ��Women in Peacekeeping��. In this photograph is UN Police Officer Sandra Doinita Visan from Romania. Photo: Martine Perret - Australia

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Nepali school children take part in the Art for Peace competition on ��The Right to Peace��, the theme adopted for the 2014 51�Թ� International Day for Peace. The competition taught children about the link between peace and human rights. After reflecting on the importance of peace and human rights in their daily lives and communities, the children expressed their thoughts through their artwork. Photo: Steven Humphries/UNRCPD/UNODA - Kathmandu, Nepal

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The International Stabilization Force, together with the Rapid Intervention Unit of the National Police of Timor-Leste, conduct a joint exercise in Tasitolu to train personnel in tactics against rock-throwing, the use of Molotov cocktails and the use of burning tires. Photo: Martine Perret, Australia

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A little girl plays with local handcrafts in a window in Luang Prabang, Lao People��s Democratic Republic, while a man looks into the horizon. The country has gone through a multitude of changes in the span of few generations and is experiencing a rapid transformation: the country now has an economy in transition. Photo taken as part of the Laos-51�Թ� Trade Cluster Programme. Photo: Henrique Pacini/UNCTAD

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"Solidarity" - This photo, taken during a break from the 72nd session of the Federation of International Civil Servants�� Associations (FICSA) Council in a caf�� in Vienna, captures the feeling of solidarity among staff representatives of UN organizations who work to safeguard and improve the working conditions of the international civil service. Photo: Evelyn Kortum/WHO/FICSA - Geneva

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End of a working day at Serra da Capivara, Piaui, Brazil, a World Heritage Site. Inspired by the beauty of the site, I am grateful for the opportunity to meet so many individuals and to hear their unique stories in a country as diverse as Brazil. The resilience of the people, their dreams and hopes, expressing their commitment to leave no one behind, are an inspiration. Photo: Roberta Martins/UNESCO - Brazil

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The UN Singers presented their first virtual concert during the COVID-19 lockdown. After over 70 years of singing together and performing in front of a live audience, the UN Singers had to think of a different way to spread the message of peace through the art of choral music. The photo is a screenshot of their performance, broadcast on YouTube on 3 August 2020. Photo: Rong Jiang/DGACM - New York

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This photo was taken at the 51�Թ� Memorial Cemetery in Busan, Republic of Korea, the only 51�Թ� cemetery in the world. The cemetery, the final resting place for 2,300 soldiers from 11 countries, is a solemn reminder of the sacrifices made to preserve international peace and security. Photo: Kiho Cha/UN - New York

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Christo, a Cameroonian graffiti artist, puts the final touches on a 30-meter mural depicting the 17 Sustainable Development Goals on a wall in Bamenda. The wall is a project supported by Sysy House of Fame in collaboration with UN Cameroon and the French Institute. Photo: Emanuel Foukou/UNRCO - Yaound��, Cameroon

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��Tetris Challenge�� - The UN Mine Action Prevention and Protection team in Abyei, on the border between Sudan and South Sudan, participating in the #TetrisChallenge, a viral social media activation held among emergency services personnel. Photo: Irina Punga/UNMAS - Abyei

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In celebration of the seventy-fifth anniversary of the founding of the 51�Թ� (UN75), the photographic exhibition "Shaping Our Future Together" showcases how staff of the UN system, together with people around the world, are working to build a better future. The photographs portray the faces of the many people served by the Organization in areas including peace and security, human rights, humanitarian aid, sustainable development and international law. In the midst of the COVID-19 global pandemic, UN staff continue to strive to create a more equal, peaceful, prosperous and sustainable world.

Endorsed by the UN75 Office, the exhibition has been organized by the 51�Թ� Staff Recreation Council Photographic Society. Almost 600 photographs were submitted by nearly 250 photographers from 122 locations, representing 69 departments, offices, funds and programmes of the UN system, revealing the global commitment of the staff of the common system and the reach of the Organization��s work. The exhibition consists of the most impactful 75 photos and inspiring stories selected by a diverse jury panel and presented in the order of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals.

We invite the international audience of this online exhibition to reflect on these images of our global community and to continue the dialogue about "The Future We Want".

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Photographers: Mohammed Abdullah, Sufian Abdulmouty, Zaid Al-Hayali, Abdulrahman Al-muaalemi, Smritee Bajracharya, David Baracaldo, Animesh Biswas, Kiho Cha, Emanuel Foukou, Silvia Markli Garcia, Abhushan Gautam, John Gillespie, Ollivier Girard, Ellora Guhathakurta, Dan Gutu, Samar Hazboun, Celeste Hibbert, Nguyen Duc Hoang, Steven Humphries, Elisabetta Illy, Maximillian Jacobson �CGonzalez, Rong Jiang, Kevin Jordan, Rochan Kadariya, Lin Kang, Evelyn Kortum, Robertus Andy Kristianto, Niki Kuautonga, Yann Lacayo C., Trans Lieu, Bruno Valim Magalhaes, Florencia Mart��nez, Roberta Martins, Junior Mayindu, Antonio Garcia Medrano, Helio Miguel, Muse Mohammed, Giulianna Camarena Montenegro, Duncan Moore, Julius Mwelu, Yen Nguyen, Marcus Nield, Dina Oganova, Sae Osawa, Henrique Pacini, Eric Pasqualli, Pierre Peron, Martine Perret, Tshering Phuntsho, Irina Punga, Lin Qi, Jasmin Ram��rez Romero, Juan Sacay��n, Omer Sadaat, Barbara, Salewski-Ratering, Will Seal, Syed Naveed Shah, Brian Sokol, Rana Sweidan, Amadou Sy, and Karlien Truyens

This exhibit was launched in April 2020

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