Calling for young researchers for local peacebuilding (selected countries only)

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The United Nations Volunteers (UNV) programme, UN Peacebuilding Support Office (PBSO) and PeaceNexus Foundation are pleased to launch a call for young researchers for peacebuilding. This new partnership will provide early-career professionals with the opportunity to support PBSO’s research agenda as national UN Volunteers, while gaining insights and skills relevant to peacebuilding globally.

The UNESCO Creative Cities Network (UCCN)

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The UNESCO Creative Cities Network (UCCN) was created in 2004 to promote cooperation with and among cities that have identified creativity as a strategic factor for sustainable urban development.

Cities and Pandemics: Towards a more just, green and healthy future

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"Nairobi, 30 March 2021 - UN-Habitat’s new report - Cities and Pandemics: Towards a more just, green and healthy future – demonstrates how cities can reduce the impact of future pandemics and become more equitable, healthy and environmentally friendly. "

77th Commission Session: Building Back Better in Asia Pacific

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The seventy-seventh session of the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) will be held at the United Nations Conference Centre in Bangkok and via videoconferencing from 26 to 29 April 2021 under the theme, “Building back better from crises through regional cooperation in Asia and the Pacific.”

The Economic and Social Survey of Asia and the Pacific 2021: Towards post-COVID-19 resilient economies

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The Asia-Pacific region needs large, yet attainable, investments in resilience to protect development gains amid a fragile and inequitable post-COVID-19 economic recovery, says a report released today by the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP).

The Global Solutions Summit – the World Policy Forum

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The next Global Solutions Summit will be held May 27th and 28th 2021 in Berlin, Germany. More information will be available on this page in due course. We also keep up to date on our activities on social media and in our newsletter.

UN UNIVERSITY INSIGHTS MARCH EDITION

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INSIGHTS was launched in April of 2018 to provide a monthly digest of the latest research, commentary and jobs from across the UNU system.

Echoing Green FELLOWSHIP APPLICATION OPEN

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Echoing Green has opened the application process for its fellowship program (April 6 - April 20, 2021_

COVID-19 hits those shackled by oppression hardest thanks to decades of inequalities, neglect and abuse ( Amnesty International Report 2020/21: The State of the World’s Human Rights)

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The global pandemic has exposed the terrible legacy of deliberately divisive and destructive policies that have perpetuated inequality, discrimination and oppression and paved the way for the devastation wrought by COVID-19, Amnesty International said in its annual report published today.

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