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New York | DPI
Michel Kichka, award-winning cartoonist and illustrator whose work can be seen in Le Monde and other major media outlets, will present his graphic novel Second generation: The things I didn’t tell my father at a student event held by the Department of Public Information on 11 April in New York.
Worldwide | UNPA
Each year, on 7 April, World Health Day, offices of the World Health Organization (WHO), Member States, civil society, and partners around the world observe the Organization’s signing of its Constitution and its founding in 1948.
Brussels | UNRIC
Two billion people in the world have no access to safe water and 4.5 billion lack proper sanitation. Safe water is becoming the most precious commodity in most regions of the world, including Europe. More than half of the world already lives in cities, estimated to increase up to 6 billion urban inhabitants by 2050.
New York | DPKO
Secretary-General António Guterres launched the Action for Peacekeeping (A4P) initiative at a Security Council High-Level Debate on 28 March. The initiative will focus its efforts in three areas: refocusing peacekeeping with realistic expectations; making peacekeeping missions stronger and safer; and mobilizing greater support for political solutions and for well-structured, well-equipped, well-trained forces.
New York | DPKO
Protection of Civilian Advisors from seven UN peacekeeping operations met this week to discuss issues of implementation of protection of civilians mandates.
New York | DPI
The number of allegations of sexual exploitation and abuse committed by personnel serving with the United Nations dropped from 165 in 2016 to 138 last year, according to the latest report by the Secretary-General on implementing a zero-tolerance policy for these crimes.
OICT | DM
Wikipedia is the world’s largest online, user-generated encyclopedia, with more than 40 million articles worldwide on 265 separate language sites. In fact, it is the fifth most popular website on the Internet (right behind Facebook and Baidu).
New York | DPA
On 6 March, the United Nations departments dealing with peace and security – DPA, DPKO and DFS – held a mentorship event with women leaders of special political and peacekeeping missions. Discussion were held around the role of women in peace and security in the context of the UN.
New York | iSeek
'Motherhood is not a weakness—it's a strength,' said a panelist at the 'World’s Biggest Mama Meet Up' organized on International Women’s Day, in New York, with her baby on her lap.
Worldwide | DFS
Information and communications technologies (ICT) are expanding at an exponential rate, greatly affecting how the United Nations conducts its peace operations in the evolving digital age. This ICT revolution is occurring at precisely the same time as the United Nations faces renewed pressures on its peacekeeping operations to do more with less.
