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Events Girls Rock the SDGs 27 February 2019, 1 – 3 p.m. Salvation Army International Social Justice Commission Auditorium (221 East 52nd Street), NYC Each presenter will share information about their projects inspired by the SDGs to “Leave No One Behind.” The...
International Mother Language Day
Minowara Begum is a M.A. Candidate at Seton Hall’s School of Diplomacy and International Relations. She is originally from Bangladesh, which lobbied for the creation of International Mother Language Day, and celebrated the day with the Bangladeshi American...UN Events and News
Events 57th Session of the Commission for Social Development, 11-21 February 2019 The fifty-seventh session of the Commission for Social Development (CSocD57) will take place from 11 to 21 February 2019, at the United Nations Headquarters in New York. The Commission...
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Events 2019 Holocaust Remembrance Calendar of Events Presentation of the UN Office on Drugs and Crime “Global Report on Trafficking in Persons” Date: 29 January 2019, 3 – 5 p.m. Location: Conference room 11, United Nations Headquarters Featuring opening remarks...
UN News Centre – Top Stories
- Global South cooperation ‘vital’ to climate change fight and sustainable development UN chief tells historic summit in Buenos Aires March 20, 2019
- Cyclone Idai: UN allocates $20 million in emergency funding, as full extent of disaster continues to emerge March 20, 2019
- UN launches ‘South-South Galaxy’ knowledge-sharing platform in Buenos Aires March 19, 2019
- Safe drinking water, sanitation, are ‘basic human rights’: new UN Water Development report March 19, 2019
- First peaceful transfer of power in DR Congo ‘an extraordinary opportunity’ for advancing rights March 19, 2019