Logo Competition for International Volunteer Year 2026 now open

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05 December 2024 United Nations Volunteers, Bonn. United Nations Volunteers calls everyone over the age of 18 to be part of a logo competition for the International Volunteer Year 2026.

WATCH IDS Annual Lecture with Mariana Mazzucato

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The IDS Annual Lecture was delivered by Professor Mariana Mazzucato, speaking on ‘Rethinking growth: making economies work for the common good’.

Statistics in Asia and the Pacific: The lives behind the numbers

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"With our Leave No One Behind (LNOB) platform, we want to help Member States use data that they have -- the latest nationally owned data, not necessarily international data – to inform their policies: the design, implementation, monitoring and evaluation, the whole process," he explains.

Human Rights Day 2024

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Our Rights, Our Future, Right Now.

PPC Webinar | Policy Matters: Tracking Plastic Laws After Global Treaty Negotiations

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December 12 , 5:00 pm – 6:15 pm EST. Join Plastic Pollution Coalition on December 12, 2024, for a discussion with legislative, advocacy, and media experts about the UN Plastic Treaty, and the importance of continuing to advance and track plastic policy at all levels.

Decisive fifth session of negotiations on a global plastic pollution treaty opens in Busan

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Busan, 25 November 2024 – The fifth session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee to develop an international legally binding instrument on plastic pollution, including in the marine environment (INC-5), opened today in Busan, Republic of Korea. The session aims to conclude negotiations and finalize the text of the agreement.

New analysis reveals Big Oil’s profits could pay for annual loss and damage bill

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Report says fossil fuel companies, not regular people, should be the ones to foot the bill for climate repair

Speech: We should not doubt for a moment that we will see a world free of violence for women and girls, for our children and theirs

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Speech delivered by UN Women Executive Director Sima Bahous at the high-level meeting to mark the 25th anniversary of the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, UN Headquarters, 25 November 2024.

UN WOMEN: Five essential facts to know about femicide

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Every 10 minutes, partners and family members killed a woman intentionally in 2023.  Gender-related killings (femicide/feminicide) are the most brutal and extreme manifestation of violence against women and girls. 

ILO welcomes ASEAN steps to support migrant workers and prevent child labour

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ASEAN leaders have agreed on important declarations regarding skills mobility for migrant workers and the prevention of child labour, and have also issued guidelines on the portability of social security benefits for migrant workers as well as the placement and protection of migrant fishers.

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