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New General Assembly President brings ‘valuable insights’ into key UN challenges

“He also brings valuable insights into some of the pressing peace and security, human rights and sustainable development challenges facing this body, from the spread of violent extremism to the

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UN General Assembly celebrates 20 years of promoting a culture of peace

Ms. Espinosa was speaking at a high-level forum to mark the 20th anniversary of the General Assembly’s adoption of a Declaration and Programme of Action on a Culture of Peace. “Because peace

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Students from TYWLS and the CSLSJ Attend United Nations’ 63rd Annual Commission on the Status of Women

On Friday March 15th, in honor of Women’s History Month, Assemblymember Victor M. Pichardo (Bronx – D) sponsored a trip in which high school seniors from The Young Women’s Leadership

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International Women’s Day: Empowering more women decision-makers ‘essential’, says Guterres

UN Secretary-General António Guterres opened the event by enumerating some of the world’s collective challenges, “from climate change…to the weakening of commitment to multilateralism,” stressing that “gender equality and women’s

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Service and sacrifice of African peacekeepers ‘at the forefront of our minds’: UN chief

Mr. Guterres was speaking the day after three Ethiopian peacekeepers serving in the United Mission in Abyei (UNISFA) were killed, when a military helicopter carrying troops crashed in the Mission

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There Is ‘Wind of Hope’ in Africa – UN Secretary General

U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said Tuesday that there has been a “quantum leap” in relations between the world body and the African Union and he hopes this can translate into

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UN Police Officer Phyllis Osei from UNSOM wins Female Peacekeeping Award NOV 20

The annual United Nations Female Police Officer of the Year Award (formerly known as the International Female Police Peacekeeper Award), was presented today during a ceremony co-hosted by the United

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UN urged to include more women at the decision-making table

At the UN Security Council on October 25, 2018, Ambassador Martha Pobee, Permanent Representative of Ghana to the United Nations urged Member States to include more women at the decision-making

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“Reform UN To Suit Contemporary Needs” – President Akufo-Addo

The President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, says the time has come for the reform of the United Nations to better suit the present day needs of the

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Liberia is a UN peacekeeping success and country is grateful for support, President Weah tells world leaders

With more years of peace than the preceding years of war “Liberia has finally turned the corner”, the country’s President told world leaders at the United Nations General Assembly, pledging