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SECRETARY-GENERAL’S MESSAGE ON WORLD CITIES DAY
New York, 31 October 2020 On this World Cities Day, we recognize the extraordinary contribution made by grassroots communities in our cities and towns. The value of communities has been brought into sharp focus during the…
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SECRETARY-GENERAL’S MESSAGE ON THE INTERNATIONAL DAY TO END IMPUNITY FOR CRIMES AGAINST JOURNALISTS
New York, 2 November 2020 On this year’s International Day to End Impunity for Crimes Against Journalists, the world, including the media, faces an entirely new challenge: COVID-19. The pandemic has highlighted new perils for…
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SECRETARY-GENERAL’S MESSAGE ON WORLD TSUNAMI AWARENESS DAY
New York, 5 November 2020 We live in a multi-hazard world where risk is systemic and embedded in the very fabric of human development. Currently we are struggling with what some describe as a tsunami of death and disease due…
- Secretary-General
SECRETARY-GENERAL’S MESSAGE ON THE INTERNATIONAL DAY FOR PREVENTING THE EXPLOITATION OF THE ENVIRONMENT IN WAR AND ARMED CONFLICT
New York, 6 November 2020 Conflict and the environment are deeply interlinked. Around the world, at least 40 per cent of all intrastate conflicts have had an important natural resource dimension. Rising temperatures due to…
- Daabacaad
Early Warning Bulletins 2020
A need for production and periodic and timely issue of the Bulletin as an information product for timely collection and dissemination of information on water-related, environmental, and climatic situation in the Aral Sea…
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SECRETARY-GENERAL’S MESSAGE FOR WORLD DIABETES DAY
New York, 14 November 2020 Many efforts have been made to prevent and treat diabetes. Yet the number of people with diabetes is going up. What’s more, it is rising most rapidly in low- and middle-income countries, the…