Ecosystem Restoration and Species Recovery Benefit People and Planet
Ecosystem restoration offers the opportunity to effectively halt and reverse degradation, improve ecosystem services and recover biodiversity.
Linguistic Diversity: An Imperative for the United Nations
This year's observance of International Mother Language Day also occurs a few weeks after the launch of the and provides a further opportunity to highlight the extent to which languages and cultures are intertwined and interdependent. Cultures find expression through languages, and they feed languages, nourishing and enriching them.
Global Health Justice: Now Is the Time
The recognition of the social injustices surrounding the pandemic is an important opportunity to understand the longstanding links between health and social and global justice.
Holocaust Museums Commemorate Victims and Provide Perspective for the Future聽
In the summer of 2023, Amsterdam’s Jewish Cultural Quarter will open the National Holocaust Museum in the former Teacher School and the Hollandsche Schouwburg. The new museum will not only deal with the history of the Holocaust proper, but it will also show the enormous effect that it had on Dutch society, Jewish and non-Jewish alike.
Online Harassment Is Not Gender-Neutral
Only through collective action between governments, the private sector and civil society can we achieve a future where people can discuss societal issues online free of abuse, regardless of their gender.
Taking Control of Our Right to Read
Now is the time for the United Nations and similar entities to make funding and capacity-building support available so that more scientists and even ordinary people can invest time into developing creative solutions.
Prepare to Prevent: Developing Pandemic-Busting Vaccines Against 鈥淒isease X鈥
Vaccines are at the heart of how modern societies counter infectious disease threats. They are our most potent tool against pandemic risks and will be critical to any future response.
What I Learned in Iraq
Our message was that, although these elections were Iraqi-owned and Iraqi-led, the United Nations was standing with Iraq every step of the way.
Translating Hope into Action: 25 Years of Protecting Children from the Impact of Conflict
We have come a long way in ensuring that all children, including those affected by conflict, are better protected from the ravages of war. But we must do more.
The Mira Rai Initiative: Mountain Preservation and Promoting Sustainable Tourism in Nepal
In order to preserve our mountains and further develop sustainable tourism, it is equally important to manage natural and human resources.
Calling the United Nations System to Action on Disability Inclusion
When it comes to diversity and inclusion, we must challenge ourselves to push beyond our historical focus on gender and geography. We must address the inclusion of other underrepresented groups more intentionally in our workforce, including persons with disabilities.
Overcoming Barriers to Inclusion through Volunteerism
Leaving no one behind is not an empty mantra; it is a statement of our collective responsibility and accountability.
Strengthening Family Relationships Improves Children鈥檚 Well-Being
Given all the additional challenges created by the COVID-19 pandemic, we should recognize and focus on the need to strengthen and mend family relationships.
Integrating Security into Sustainable Development to Build More Peaceful Societies
The development of conflict-sensitive approaches highlights how sustainable development can be made more effective through a consideration of peace and security.
On Our Path to Global COVID-19 Recovery, We Must Focus on Literacy
As we find ourselves in the greatest education crisis of our generation, literacy interventions can act as an antidote to the long-term effects of COVID-19.