Apr 28, 2016
News, United Nations
Architecture, Chilean architec, Director of the Sustainable Development Goals Fund, Global Goals, Millennium Development Goals, Paloma Duran, Pritzker, Pritzker Architecture Prize for 2016, Roca brothers, SDG Fund, SDGs, Sustainable Development, Sustainable Development Goals, UN, UN agencies, united nations, winner
United Nations, New York, USA, April 05 2016 – Paloma Duran, Director of the Sustainable Development Goals Fund at the UN Development Programme (UNDP) during Alejandro Aravena, Chilean architect and winner of the Pritzker Architecture Prize for 2016 press encounter on the link between architecture and sustainable development today at the UN Headquarters in New York. By Britta Schmitz UNITED NATIONS, April 28 2016 – In 2014, the UN created the Sustainable Development Goals Fund (SDG Fund). The Fund is supposed to serve as a bridge in the transition from the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) to the Sustainable Development Goals [Read More]
Sep 25, 2015
Celebrities, News
Anthony Lake, Assembly of Youth, Ban Ki-moon, Celebrities, celebrity, Children, created by Google, David Beckham, David Beckham UNICEF Fund, digital installation, Executive Director, Football star, Giving Youth a Voice, Google, harnesses mobile technology, Millennium Development Goals, millions of children, personal messages, Politics, quality education, Secretary-General, social media, Sustainable Development Goals, The David Beckham UNICEF Fund, The Sustainable Development Goals, UN, UNICEF, united nations, world leaders
United Nations, September 24 2015 Football star and UNICEF advocate David Beckham called on world leaders on Thursday to put children at the heart of the new 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda, during the unveiling of a digital installation attended by United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and UNICEF Executive Director Anthony Lake. As the UN prepares to adopt the Sustainable Development Goals, the Assembly of Youth, a digital installation created for UNICEF by Google, harnesses mobile technology and social media to deliver personal messages from children and young people across the globe directly to world leaders. The messages highlight the challenges [Read More]
Aug 20, 2014
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By: Jennifer Bentley Malala Yousafzai, the young Pakistani woman made famous after being attacked by the Taliban for her activism for education and women’s rights, visited the United Nations on Monday to help the organization kick off the last 500 Days of Action for the Millennium Development Goals. She joined Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and more than 500 other young people. The eight United Nations Millennium Development Goals, or MDGs, were agreed upon in 2000, and include: Eradicating extreme poverty and hunger worldwide Achieving access to primary education for all Promoting gender equality and empowering women Reducing the child [Read More]
