Aug 29, 2019
Celebrities, News, United Nations
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New York, NY – August 28, 2019: 16-year-old climate activist Greta Thunberg arrives into New York City after crossing the Atlantic in a sailboat and attend press conference at North Cove Marina. Photo: Lev Radin Greta Thunberg, the 16-year-old Swedish climate activist and Nobel Peace Prize nominee, sailed into New York Harbor today (28 Aug), flanked by a fleet of 17 sailboats representing each of the Sustainable Development Goals on their sails. Thunberg is arriving to participate in the Youth Climate Summit and the Climate Action Summit at the United Nations Headquarters next month. The flotilla met Thunberg [Read More]
Jun 2, 2017
News, United Nations
Annie Sunbeam, Co-Founder of Comics Uniting Nations, Comics Uniting Nations, Debbie Margolis-Horwitz, Executive Producer, Jill Schneider, Kreative Kontent, Life Below Water, Natabara Rollosson, Ocean Conference, PCI Media Impact, People, planet, PVBLIC Foundation, SDG 14, SDGs, Sustainable Development Goals, The Sustainable Development Goals
by Britta Schmitz UNITED NATIONS, June 1 2017 – Annie Sunbeam, an interplanetary superhero, is the main character of the latest comic book from Comics Uniting Nations, an initiative created to promote the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) through comics. “The Annie Sunbeam and Friends Comic takes on the critical issue of preserving the oceans and protecting marine life,“ Debbie Margolis-Horwitz, Executive Producer of Kreative Kontent, told Europa Newswire. The Comics Uniting Nations book Annie Sunbeam and Friends, Protecting Life Below Water promotes SDG #14, which is Life Below Water. The story focuses on damages people do [Read More]
Jan 12, 2016
News, United Nations
3RP partners, 8 Billion, donors, Filippo Grandi, humanitarian access, humanitarian appeal, inside Syria, inter-governmental organizations and non-governmental organizations, London, People, Syria Humanitarian Response Plan 2016, UN agencies, UNHCR, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
UN humanitarian and development agencies today appealed to Member States for nearly USD 8 billion in new funding for 2016 to help 22.5 million people in Syria and across the region. The appeal comprises two main elements: help for an anticipated 4.7 million refugees in neighboring countries by the end of 2016 as well as 4 million people in communities hosting them, and support for 13.5 million displaced and conflict-affected people inside Syria itself. The Regional Refugee and Resilience Plan (3RP) 2016 covers the activities of some 200 partners including UN agencies, inter-governmental organizations and non-governmental organizations in Turkey, Lebanon, [Read More]
