Dec 3, 2015
News, United Nations
AIDS, anti-retroviral treatment, Ban Ki-moon, Celebrities, celebrity, General Assembly, Goodwill Ambassador, HIV, HIV-positive, Irina Bokova, malaria, Michel Sidibe, tuberculosis, UN, UNAIDS, UNESCO Director-General, UNICEF, united nations, World AIDS Day, world leaders, World Trade Organization, Young People
New York, 1 December 2015 – “World leaders have unanimously committed to ending the AIDS epidemic by 2030 as part of the Sustainable Development Goals adopted in September. This commitment reflects the power of solidarity to forge, from a destructive disease, one of the most inclusive movements in modern history”: on December 1, the date that like every year since 1988 marks the World AIDS Day, United Nations Secretary-General interprets the 193 UN member States’ agreement as a “new hope” to win the fight against the epidemic. Yet much needs to be done. “By 2030, end the epidemics of [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]
Mar 2, 2015
Celebrities, United Nations
Beijing, Celebrities, celebrity, domestic violence, Empowerment of Women, Executive Director, Gender Equality, Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, Politics, Safe Cities Global Initiative, UN, UN Women, united nations, world leaders
Photo by: Luiz Rampelotto/EuropaNewswire In 1995, at the Fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing, world leaders committed to a future where women are equal. One hundred and eighty nine countries and 4,000 civil society organizations, attended the conference. Women left Beijing with high hopes, with a well-defined path towards equality, and firm commitments at the highest level. Their hope was that we would see this by 2005. Today, not one single country has achieved equality. It is more urgent than ever that we define – and stick to – a time frame. There has been some progress in the [Read More]
