Young students in New York City celebrating International Youth Day. © Paulo Filgueiras / UN, 2018
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The Secretary General – Video Message on International Youth Day
SG: I believe in the power of young people. Peace, economic dynamism, social justice, tolerance – all this and more, depends on tapping into the potential power of youth. Not in some distant future, but today. Right now. That…
Charlot Jeudy is the President of “Kouraj”, a Haitian LGBTI NGO. © David Nieto / UN / MINUJUSTH, 2018
Charlot Jeudy, Kouraj: “We need to raise the issue of homophobia and transphobia in public spaces”
On 3 August 2018, the Human Rights office of MINUJUSTH launched the project “Community intervention oriented to LGBTI persons” in Port-au-Prince, Haiti capital. Funded by the Mission, the six-month project will be implemented…
In the photo, Gonave Island situated in the gulf by the same name along the western coast of Haiti. © Stefan Falk / UN / MINUJUSTH Support Centre, 2018
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Gonave Island: a Joint Mission for the United Nations and the Citizen Protection Office
In tandem with the imminent departure of the United Nations Mission for Justice Support in Haiti (MINUJUSTH), the Mission’s Human Rights service, which monitors human rights violations in the country, led a joint mission with…
MINUJUSTH BENCHMARKS: Mandate Implementation Dashboard
As requested by the Security Council in its resolutions 2350 (2017) and 2410 (2018), the United Nations Mission for Justice Support in Haiti (MINUJUSTH) established a mechanism to monitor progress in the implementation of the…
Secretary General Antonio Guterres meeting with Ms. Helen La Lime (Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Haiti and Head of the United Nations Mission for Justice Support in Haiti). 5th September 2018. © UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe
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Arrival in Haiti of Ms. Helen Meagher La Lime, Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of MINUJUSTH
Port-au-Prince, 12 September 2018 – Ms. Helen Meagher La Lime, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General of the United Nations for Haiti (SRSG) and Head of the United Nations Mission for Justice Support in Haiti…
Jane Connors, Victims’ Rights Advocate visited Haiti from 22 to 26 April 2018 to learn more about the work done by MINUJUSTH and the UN Country Team to implement the UN Secretary-General’s strategy to prevent and respond to sexual exploitation and abuse. © Leonora Baumann / UN / MINUJUSTH, 2018
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Jane Connors: "Putting Victims at the Centre"
Jane Connors, Victims’ Rights Advocate visited Haiti from 22 to 26 April 2018 to learn more about the work done by MINUJUSTH and the UN Country Team to implement the UN Secretary-General’s strategy to prevent and respond to…
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The Secretary General – Message for International Day of Peace
This year we mark International Day of Peace as we prepare to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. This foundational document is a reminder that peace takes root when people are free…
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The Secretary General – Message on the International Day of the Girl Child
Today, 600 million adolescent girls are preparing to enter a world of work transformed by innovation and automation. They are the largest generation in history and a vast source of ideas and solutions for all career fields…
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The Secretary General – Message for the International Day of Rural Women
The empowerment of rural women and girls is essential to building a prosperous, equitable and peaceful future for all on a healthy planet. It is needed for achieving gender equality, ensuring decent work for all, eradicating…
A boy sits outside his house in Cite L'Eternel, a poor neighborhood of Port au Prince, Haiti. UN Photo/Marco Dormino
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The Secretary-General – Message on the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty
Twenty-five years ago, the world commemorated the first International Day for the Eradication of Poverty. Since then, nearly 1 billion people have escaped poverty, thanks to political leadership, inclusive economic…
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The Secretary-General – Message for UN Day
United Nations Day marks the birthday of our founding Charter – the landmark document that embodies the hopes, dreams and aspirations of “we the peoples”. Every day, the women and men of the United Nations work to give…
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The Secretary-General – Message on the International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists
In just over a decade, more than a thousand journalists have been killed while carrying out their indispensable work. Nine out of ten cases are unresolved, with no one held accountable. Female journalists are often at greater…