Yearbook of the UN
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The authoritative reference work on the United Nations, covering all major UN actions and issues each year since the creation of the Organization.
UN Headquarters, New York
Joined November 2012
The @UN Dept of Global Communications has discontinued @UNYearbook production. For seven decades, the Yearbook has captured the growth of the Organization from a wartime idea to a catalyst of #peace and progress https://t.co/RwLpg4R9sz. Like the UN, that contribution will endure.
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To all applicable libraries, governments, research services and other distributors of academic, professional and reference publications, follow the link below to complete your @UNYearbook collection, and thank you for supporting books and preserving titles for future generations!
Learn more about the deliberations of the @UN on peace and security matters, human rights, economic and social questions, and more from the last edition of the Yearbook of the United Nations 2015 available at the #UNiLibrary! Follow the link 👉 https://t.co/kfnq5rluP0
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The @UN works to #BuildBackBiodiversity with support from @theGEF, set up in 1991 https://t.co/P1kkUeNIBo. On this #BiodiversityDay, watch how the Wildlife Conservation Bond helps save rhinos and livelihoods in South Africa https://t.co/6Xx23ArYTw.
@UNBiodiversity @WorldBank
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In contribution to the work of @IPCC_CH, founded in 1988, @IAEAorg examined #NuclearScience for #ClimateAction throughout the 1990s https://t.co/UAqWz4Y4Nv. Another #Atoms4Climate scale-up followed the 2015 Paris Agreement, including with tools like the @IAEATC. @IAEANE @IAEANA
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#OTD in 1980, the World Health Assembly proclaimed the eradication of smallpox an unprecedented achievement in the history of public health https://t.co/PCqx9nupqr. Last week, @DrTedros declared #COVID19 over as a global health emergency https://t.co/tyfUWgxihN.
#HealthForAll
who.int
The end of the #COVID19 global health emergency is a moment for reflection. The painful lessons we have learned, the investments we have made, and the capacity we have built must be transformed into meaningful and lasting change.
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The @UN honours #HarryBelafonte, who devoted his life to fighting injustice. A powerful voice for civil rights, he campaigned fearlessly to dissuade entertainers and sports figures from performing in South Africa until #apartheid was dismantled https://t.co/hyxreAXp1m.
@UNICEF
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The Int'l Day of #HumanSpaceFlight was declared in 2011 https://t.co/s9ejPmvoc5, 50 years after Yuri Gagarin became the first human in space. Since 2000, there has been a constant human presence on the @Space_Station, which functions as an int'l partnership of #space agencies.
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Int'l #SportDay (6 April) was proclaimed in 2013, a year of milestones in @UN work on sport for development and peace https://t.co/YORUfWejq5. This year's 10th anniversary event—Scoring for People and the Planet—features top athletes and figures in sport https://t.co/PTIzObTLqj!
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#OTD in 1964, the UN Peacekeeping Force in #Cyprus (#UNFICYP) began operations to prevent fighting between Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot communities https://t.co/NZJZJxwULR. Learn about @UN_CYPRUS—one of the longest-running @UNPeacekeeping missions https://t.co/L5PsCvNcrM.
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In 1947–48, the annual death rate from tuberculosis was 4–5 million people, with 40–50 million contracting the disease per year https://t.co/PQiBSmaYfw. In 2021, 1.6 million people died from TB and 10.6 million fell ill. It's #WorldTBDay, reminding us that "Yes! We can #EndTB!"
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The seeds of @WMO were planted 150 years ago, at the 1873 Vienna Int'l Meteorological Congress https://t.co/J8vFkMBAzx. It's #WorldMetDay, highlighting how advancements in weather services can save even more lives and livelihoods in a changing climate https://t.co/XheR3qg9yL.
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The UN Convention against Corruption turns 20 this year https://t.co/LcD49IkUZw! Corruption undermines rule of law, worsens poverty, facilitates the illicit use of resources and finances armed conflict. A world #UnitedAgainstCorruption is critical for peace. #UNCAC20 @UNODC_AC
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For 75 years, UN peacekeepers have saved and changed lives in the world’s most fragile political and security situations. Look back to 29 May 1948, amid the First Arab-Israeli War, for the origin of the inaugural @UNPeacekeeping operation https://t.co/W4dhdyeCXA.
#PK75 #UNTSO
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Today is #WorldWildlifeDay, proclaimed in 2013 https://t.co/aVpPWxuGoe.
#WWD2023 celebrates partnerships for wildlife conservation, honouring those who make a difference. In particular, the @UN recognizes the important work of @CITES in its 50th year https://t.co/jcQso9CXvY!
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Multicultural societies exist through languages, which transmit and preserve #TraditionalKnowledge. It's #MotherLanguageDay
https://t.co/PEstWQ1AST, promoting multilingual and mother-tongue-based #education and supporting non-dominant language inclusion https://t.co/U26UMMJSlJ.
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#Malta—this month holding the Security Council presidency—is today chairing a meeting on "#SeaLevelRise: implications for peace and security". So far, the only formal #UNSC outcome on #climatechange, peace and security is a 2011 presidential statement https://t.co/fGmfrv2m0s.
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By the 1970s, poor infant-feeding practices were a major global problem. In 1981, @WHO adopted the Int'l Code of Marketing of Breast-milk Substitutes https://t.co/NZu6J9nuKJ. Check out @TheLancet 2023 Series on #Breastfeeding
https://t.co/5YJUiSDmMt.
#EndExploitativeMarketing
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A promising practice towards ending female genital mutilation has been to involve a range of stakeholders, including NGOs and affected groups, in community interventions https://t.co/hKyG5pXeIv. For this Day of Zero Tolerance for #FGM, see how #MenEndFGM
https://t.co/FGgiQoHr4d!
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#OTD in 2005, #Iraq held it first free elections in decades https://t.co/x03AWeOSaw. The #UNSC saluted the bravery of the Iraqi people who demonstrated their commitment to democracy, defying the terrorists. Learn how @UNDPPA provides electoral assistance https://t.co/YI1sk9TXAD.
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