Yearbook of the UN

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Yearbook of the UN

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The authoritative reference work on the United Nations, covering all major UN actions and issues each year since the creation of the Organization.

UN Headquarters, New York Katılım Kasım 2012

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Yearbook of the UN@UNYearbook·27 Haz

The @UN Dept of Global Communications has discontinued @UNYearbook production. For seven decades, the Yearbook has captured the growth of the Organization from a wartime idea to a catalyst of #peace and progress un.org/en/yearbook. Like the UN, that contribution will endure.

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Yearbook of the UN@UNYearbook·31 May

To all applicable libraries, governments, research services and other distributors of academic, professional and reference publications, follow the link below to complete your @UNYearbook collection, and thank you for supporting books and preserving titles for future generations!

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Learn more about the deliberations of the @UN on peace and security matters, human rights, economic and social questions, and more from the last edition of the Yearbook of the United Nations 2015 available at the #UNiLibrary! Follow the link 👉 bit.ly/3Mspe91

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Yearbook of the UN@UNYearbook·23 May

The @UN works to #BuildBackBiodiversity with support from @theGEF, set up in 1991 rb.gy/8zynm. On this #BiodiversityDay, watch how the Wildlife Conservation Bond helps save rhinos and livelihoods in South Africa rb.gy/crnfd. @UNBiodiversity @WorldBank

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Yearbook of the UN@UNYearbook·11 May

In contribution to the work of @IPCC_CH, founded in 1988, @IAEAorg examined #NuclearScience for #ClimateAction throughout the 1990s bit.ly/41phOr4. Another #Atoms4Climate scale-up followed the 2015 Paris Agreement, including with tools like the @IAEATC. @IAEANE @IAEANA

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Yearbook of the UN@UNYearbook·8 May

#OTD in 1980, the World Health Assembly proclaimed the eradication of smallpox an unprecedented achievement in the history of public health bit.ly/42eGtzX. Last week, @DrTedros declared #COVID19 over as a global health emergency bit.ly/3M5tHOj. #HealthForAll

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus@DrTedros

The end of the #COVID19 global health emergency is a moment for reflection. The painful lessons we have learned, the investments we have made, and the capacity we have built must be transformed into meaningful and lasting change.

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Yearbook of the UN@UNYearbook·26 Nis

The @UN honours #HarryBelafonte, who devoted his life to fighting injustice. A powerful voice for civil rights, he campaigned fearlessly to dissuade entertainers and sports figures from performing in South Africa until #apartheid was dismantled bit.ly/41GZavR. @UNICEF

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Yearbook of the UN@UNYearbook·21 Nis

#OTD in 1948, the @UN Security Council adopted Resolution 47, recommending measures to end the fighting in the State of Jammu and #Kashmir and create conditions for a plebiscite to decide whether the State would accede to #India or to #Pakistan bit.ly/43991M7. #A4P

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Yearbook of the UN@UNYearbook·12 Nis

The Int'l Day of #HumanSpaceFlight was declared in 2011 bit.ly/3Gd17rg, 50 years after Yuri Gagarin became the first human in space. Since 2000, there has been a constant human presence on the @Space_Station, which functions as an int'l partnership of #space agencies.

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Yearbook of the UN@UNYearbook·6 Nis

Int'l #SportDay (6 April) was proclaimed in 2013, a year of milestones in @UN work on sport for development and peace bit.ly/3ZB3JpI. This year's 10th anniversary event—Scoring for People and the Planet—features top athletes and figures in sport bit.ly/3U1HNmt!

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Yearbook of the UN@UNYearbook·27 Mar

#OTD in 1964, the UN Peacekeeping Force in #Cyprus (#UNFICYP) began operations to prevent fighting between Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot communities bit.ly/42wJGeH. Learn about @UN_CYPRUS—one of the longest-running @UNPeacekeeping missions bit.ly/42FMPsI.

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Yearbook of the UN@UNYearbook·24 Mar

In 1947–48, the annual death rate from tuberculosis was 4–5 million people, with 40–50 million contracting the disease per year bit.ly/3ngXpWT. In 2021, 1.6 million people died from TB and 10.6 million fell ill. It's #WorldTBDay, reminding us that "Yes! We can #EndTB!"

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Yearbook of the UN@UNYearbook·23 Mar

The seeds of @WMO were planted 150 years ago, at the 1873 Vienna Int'l Meteorological Congress bit.ly/3LGlctn. It's #WorldMetDay, highlighting how advancements in weather services can save even more lives and livelihoods in a changing climate bit.ly/40nzwes.

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Yearbook of the UN@UNYearbook·15 Mar

The UN Convention against Corruption turns 20 this year bit.ly/3YRy6HU! Corruption undermines rule of law, worsens poverty, facilitates the illicit use of resources and finances armed conflict. A world #UnitedAgainstCorruption is critical for peace. #UNCAC20 @UNODC_AC

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Yearbook of the UN@UNYearbook·8 Mar

For 75 years, UN peacekeepers have saved and changed lives in the world’s most fragile political and security situations. Look back to 29 May 1948, amid the First Arab-Israeli War, for the origin of the inaugural @UNPeacekeeping operation bit.ly/3YCpTHN. #PK75 #UNTSO

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Yearbook of the UN@UNYearbook·3 Mar

Today is #WorldWildlifeDay, proclaimed in 2013 bit.ly/3xlGFPT. #WWD2023 celebrates partnerships for wildlife conservation, honouring those who make a difference. In particular, the @UN recognizes the important work of @CITES in its 50th year bit.ly/3xkFoZp!

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Yearbook of the UN@UNYearbook·22 Şub

Multicultural societies exist through languages, which transmit and preserve #TraditionalKnowledge. It's #MotherLanguageDay bit.ly/3lsZOg9, promoting multilingual and mother-tongue-based #education and supporting non-dominant language inclusion bit.ly/3xnlAVs.

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Yearbook of the UN@UNYearbook·14 Şub

#Malta—this month holding the Security Council presidency—is today chairing a meeting on "#SeaLevelRise: implications for peace and security". So far, the only formal #UNSC outcome on #climatechange, peace and security is a 2011 presidential statement bit.ly/3lntIlU.

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Yearbook of the UN@UNYearbook·8 Şub

By the 1970s, poor infant-feeding practices were a major global problem. In 1981, @WHO adopted the Int'l Code of Marketing of Breast-milk Substitutes bit.ly/3RKfTKE. Check out @TheLancet 2023 Series on #Breastfeeding bit.ly/3YfCQHZ. #EndExploitativeMarketing

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Yearbook of the UN@UNYearbook·6 Şub

A promising practice towards ending female genital mutilation has been to involve a range of stakeholders, including NGOs and affected groups, in community interventions bit.ly/3HSj9jt. For this Day of Zero Tolerance for #FGM, see how #MenEndFGM bit.ly/3X08TKv!

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Yearbook of the UN@UNYearbook·30 Oca

#OTD in 2005, #Iraq held it first free elections in decades bit.ly/3H4MPZe. The #UNSC saluted the bravery of the Iraqi people who demonstrated their commitment to democracy, defying the terrorists. Learn how @UNDPPA provides electoral assistance bit.ly/3jjuYWD.

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