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How a Minecraft Expert got the ‘Best Job in the World’ | United Nations | Global Lens

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How a Minecraft Expert got the ‘Best Job in the World’ | United Nations | Global Lens

Minecraft is not only the best-selling video game of all time, it is ALSO a surprisingly effective way to visualize a three-dimensional environment and design urban spaces. Block by Block is an organization that allow...

Generations Across the Sea: Empowering Older Persons to Sail

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Generations Across the Sea: Empowering Older Persons to Sail

When Maria Ramires was growing up in Portugal, she admired her grandmother – one of the first women in the country to graduate college who eventually became a professor dedicated to helping others. Inspired by this ex...

Walking the World | Little Amal Finds a Home at the UN

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Walking the World | Little Amal Finds a Home at the UN

Little Amal is a giant puppet of a 10-year-old Syrian refugee girl traveling the world in search of a home. How will we welcome her? On 16 Sep 2022, the puppet visited the United Nations ahead of the Transforming E...

Historic General Assembly wraps with calls for action on nuclear arms | United Nations

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Historic General Assembly wraps with calls for action on nuclear arms | United Nations

A historic high-level week of the General Assembly the first held fully in person since the COVID 19 pandemic began saw leaders from around the world grapple with the most pressing issues facing humanity. On the fina...

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‘Pakistan is paying the price of something that was created by others’ – UN Chief message

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‘Pakistan is paying the price of something that was created by others’ – UN Chief message

I have seen many humanitarian disasters in the world, but I have never seen climate carnage on this scale. I have simply no words to describe what I have seen today. Climate change caused by human activity is super...

When Hurricane Iota Nearly Destroyed Providencia Island in Colombia | UN Story

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When Hurricane Iota Nearly Destroyed Providencia Island in Colombia | UN Story

A tiny island in the Caribbean was decimated by Hurricane Iota in 2020. Although the loss of human life was minimal, the impact on the island’s precious ecosystems deeply changed the perspective of its inhabitants. Tw...

Why does Portugal have a sea brigade?

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Why does Portugal have a sea brigade?

The largest ocean reef restoration project in the Americas

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The largest ocean reef restoration project in the Americas

The marine treasures of Colombia are often overlooked, as the country is known more for its mountains and the colourful towns that dot its coffee region. But just below the waves, a vibrant undersea world with over a ...

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How a Minecraft Expert got the ‘Best Job in the World’ | United Nations | Global Lens

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How a Minecraft Expert got the ‘Best Job in the World’ | United Nations | Global Lens

Minecraft is not only the best-selling video game of all time, it is ALSO a surprisingly effective way to visualize a three-dimensional environment and design urban spaces. Block by Block is an organization that allow...

Generations Across the Sea: Empowering Older Persons to Sail

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Generations Across the Sea: Empowering Older Persons to Sail

When Maria Ramires was growing up in Portugal, she admired her grandmother – one of the first women in the country to graduate college who eventually became a professor dedicated to helping others. Inspired by this ex...

Walking the World | Little Amal Finds a Home at the UN

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Walking the World | Little Amal Finds a Home at the UN

Little Amal is a giant puppet of a 10-year-old Syrian refugee girl traveling the world in search of a home. How will we welcome her? On 16 Sep 2022, the puppet visited the United Nations ahead of the Transforming E...

Daily Wrap – Transforming Education: A United Nations Summit Pledges Action

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Daily Wrap – Transforming Education: A United Nations Summit Pledges Action

“If you are serious about creating a safe and sustainable future for the children, then be serious about education,” Nobel Peace Prize Laureate and UN Messenger of Peace Malala Yousafzai told the Transforming Educatio...

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Malala Yousafzai: “We are facing an education emergency” | UNGA | UN General Assembly

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Malala Yousafzai: “We are facing an education emergency” | UNGA | UN General Assembly

UN Messenger of Peace Malala Yousafzai speaks with Annemarie Hou, Executive Director of the United Nations Office for Partnership. Malala called on world leaders to make schools safe for girls and protect every chi...

Daily Wrap: Justice for minorities, climate action and the power of youth

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Daily Wrap: Justice for minorities, climate action and the power of youth

Daily wrap 3 of the General Assembly's High Level Week "Minorities are fighting for a fair role in the country we love. I'm here to tell you we will not give up, but we need your help," Nobel Peace Laureate Nadia M...

Time to Transform Education | Transforming Education Summit

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Time to Transform Education | Transforming Education Summit

The effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on education are severe and will only be fully understood in the years to come, says Costa Rica's former education minister, Leonardo Garnier. Mr. Garnier is the Special Advisor...

How Korean Artists with Disability Create a New Perspective | UN Story | 대한민국

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How Korean Artists with Disability Create a New Perspective | UN Story | 대한민국

In Seoul, South Korea, an art exhibition was held at the Seoul Art Center where 43 artists with developmental disabilities participated in the exhibition of over 100 different paintings. Among them were artists Hansol...

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Daily Wrap: War in Ukraine, Funding for Palestine Refugees and Sahel Region Challenges

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Daily Wrap: War in Ukraine, Funding for Palestine Refugees and Sahel Region Challenges

The United Nations continued its annual high-level week with special meetings focused on the war in Ukraine, funding for the Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) and challenges in th...

‘Beacon On The Black Sea’– Un Chief Announces Breakthrough Russia-Ukraine Agreement

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‘Beacon On The Black Sea’– Un Chief Announces Breakthrough Russia-Ukraine Agreement

Lebanon’s Minefields | Clearing the hidden remnants of war | UN Story

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Lebanon’s Minefields | Clearing the hidden remnants of war | UN Story

Zeina Saleh is a young Lebanese woman working in mine clearance and explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) in southern Lebanon. Women working in the field of demining are rare. Zeina Saleh is amongst those very few wome...

Rebel Fighters in DR Congo Lay Down Their Weapons, Return to Rwanda | UN Story

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Rebel Fighters in DR Congo Lay Down Their Weapons, Return to Rwanda | UN Story

Foreign combatants with armed groups in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) often find it hard to return home once they decide to lay down their weapons and stop fighting. The UN Mission in DRC (MONUSCO) helps ...

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BTS Shine Spotlight on the United Nations as Envoys of the President of the Republic of Korea

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BTS Shine Spotlight on the United Nations as Envoys of the President of the Republic of Korea

BTS, the global sensation behind “Permission to Dance” and other megahits, brought their spotlight to the United Nations as the Republic of Korea’s Special Presidential Envoys for Future Generations and Culture. BTS ...

Plastic Ocean

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Plastic Ocean

United Nations - Plastic - both a wonderful invention and a scourge on our planet. Over 300 million tons will be produced this year. Most is never recycled and remains on our land and in our seas for ever. Our stor...

Real-Life Mermaids: Women Guardians of the Sea

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Real-Life Mermaids: Women Guardians of the Sea

They are called mermaids: the Haenyeo women divers of Jeju Island in the Republic of Korea. Carrying on a centuries-old tradition, these remarkable women use no modern equipment while serving as guardians of the sea....

How Does The UN Work?

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How Does The UN Work?

» Subscribe to NowThis World: http://go.nowth.is/World_Subscribe Special Thanks to Evan Puschak for hosting TestTube! Last month, the Pakistani Taliban attacked a school in Peshawar and killed 132 children. This is o...