Apr 24, 2016
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United Nations, New York, USA, April 21 2016 – Oscar-winning actor and UNESCO special envoy for peace Forest Whitaker holds a press conference today at the UN Headquarters in New York on the Sustainable Development Goals meetings that is taking place at the UN General Assembly. By Britta Schmitz UNITED NATIONS, April 24 2016 – Actor Forest Whitaker held a press conference at the UN in New York, urging world leaders to keep their promise of implementing the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and ensuring that the Global Goals reach everyone. “What we have seen is that throughout history and throughout [Read More]
Apr 23, 2016
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United Nations, New York, USA, April 22 2016 – Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (right) speaks to the media following the Signing Ceremony for the Paris Agreement on Climate Change. More than 165 Member States were expected to attend the signing ceremony, including an estimated 60 Heads of States and Heads of Governments, setting an all-time record for countries signing an international agreement on a single day. Mr. Ban is joined by (from left) Ségolène Royal, Minister of the Environment, Energy and Marine Affairs of France; François Hollande, President of France; and Christiana Figueres, Executive Secretary of the UN Framework Convention on [Read More]
Apr 20, 2016
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United Nations, New York, USA, April 19 2016 – Enrique Pena Nieto, President of Mexico along with Claudia Ruiz Massieu, Mexico’s minister of foreign affairs and his delegation during the Thirtieth special session of the General Assembly on the World Drug Problem today at the UN Headquarters in New York. Photo: Luiz Rampelotto/EuropaNewswire United Nations, April 19 2016 In a special session on the world drug problem the United Nations (UN) General Assembly adopted an outcome document which reaffirmed its member’s determination to “tackle the world drug problem and actively promote a society free of drug abuse.” The document, which [Read More]
