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The correct way to wear a mask to help stop the spread of #COVID19 : 🧴Wash your hands. 😷Put mask over your mouth and nose. 👍Make sure it fits tightly. ✋Don't touch the mask. Get more Verified information:
The pandemic has reversed decades of progress when it comes to women's rights & empowerment. @UNDP & @UN_Women gender tracker shows only 12% of countries analyzed have #COVID19 response policies in place that address women's recovery needs.
We have 10 years to ↩️ reverse the decline in ocean health 💱 transform ocean knowledge to good decisions & innovations ⏩ fast track ocean-based solutions to global issues More about the #OceanDecade : via
The #ParisAgreement is an international treaty on the climate emergency, aiming to limit global warming to protect people & planet. It offers a meaningful yet flexible framework for all countries to tackle the climate crisis together. #ClimateAction
The #ParisAgreement is an international treaty which aims to address the climate emergency and to help strengthen resilience. As we work towards recovery from #COVID19 , we must build back greener for our planet & our future.
I warmly welcome @PresElectBiden Joe Biden’s steps to re- #ParisAgreementnter the & join the growing coalition of governments, cities, states, businesses & people taking #ClimateActionmbitiou  @antonioguterress . -- .
Who should get the #COVID19 vaccines first? Prioritising frontline health & care workers and those at higher risk around the world can save more lives. @WHO explains:
Adaptation to climate change helps make countries less vulnerable & more resilient. Join @UNEnvironme @andersen_ingernt chief & youth activists for Friday's discussion of how best to respond to climate impacts around the world.
"The elimination of nuclear weapons remains the highest disarmament priority of the United Nations." -- @antonioguterres as the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons enters into force Friday.
Don’t assume that your bank or your politician cares about this issue as much as you do. They will, the more you raise it with them - and now is the time to raise it. -- Mark Carney on how everyone has a role to play in taking #ClimateAction .
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At #Youth2030 launch w/ , supporters called on all young people to speak up for their future: via #UNGA
News: we'll be covering Monday's visit of & for the special event w/ & over #Youth2030at our new channel. ? #UNGA
A kind message ? A smile ? A like ? This #SaferInternetDay , take the time to be kind online and make a big difference to someone’s day. #ENDviolence online.
In September, supporters helped launch the strategy, cal #Youth2030ing on young people to speak up for their future. Details from : #ThisHappened
Being kind is a powerful way to make our schools and communities safer. @BTS_twt is helping @UNICEF spread kindness to #EndViolence in schools.
“Genocide is a process. The Holocaust did not start with the gas chambers. It started with hate speech.” -- @UN_GP_RtoP 's Adama Dieng on the dangers of hate speech and intolerance on Monday's #PreventGenocide Day.
"Now, more than ever, we must try to remember who we are & face who we are. We must try to love ourselves & imagine our future." At #UNGA , @UNICEF supporters @BTS_twt share struggles during #COVID19 in a heartfelt message of solidarity with young people around the world.
Climate change is undeniable Climate action is unstoppable Climate solutions provide opportunities that are unmatchable. -
"The eyes of all future generations are upon you. And if you choose to fail us, I say we will never forgive you." -- @GretaThunberg at UN #ClimateAction Summit.
The last Ebola patient has been discharged from a treatment centre in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. A 42-day countdown has begun to declare the end of the world's second-deadliest Ebola epidemic.
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