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UN General Assembly extends mandate for High Commissioner Grandi
GENEVA 23 November 2020
The United Nations General Assembly today renewed the mandate of Filippo Grandi as United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees for a further two-and-a-half-year-period.
The extension of Grandi’s mandate follows a recommendation by the UN Secretary-General António Guterres to the General Assembly.
High Commissioner Grandi, […]
UNHCR: Pace of Ethiopian refugee arrivals in Sudan unseen in the last two decades
Geneva, 17 November 2020
This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR spokesperson Babar Baloch – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at today’s press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva.
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is warning that a full-scale […]
New publication! “Enhancing forest targets and measures in Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs)”
Copenhagen, 17 November 2020
Countries can incorporate the full potential of forests in their NDCs.
Forests must play a crucial role if we are to keep average global temperature rise below 1.5°C. However, despite the urgency of the climate crisis, the potential of forests to mitigate […]
USD 10 million for adaptation innovation available: Apply now, join the launch
Copenhagen, 13 November 2020
The Climate Technology Centre and Network (CTCN) with support of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) is jointly launching with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) a new USD 10 million small grants programme with funding from the Adaptation Fund. The Adaptation […]
About UN City
UN City comprises two campuses. Campus 1 on Marmormolen houses 11 UN organizations with 1,500 staff members representing more than 100 nationalities. Campus 2, located in the container port in the Northern Harbor, constitutes UNICEF’s state-of-the-art high bay warehouse. With a total storage capacity of 36,000 pallets, it is the largest humanitarian warehouse in the world.
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The Sustainable Development Goals
The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) build on the success of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and aim to go further to end all forms of poverty. The new Goals are unique in that they call for action by all countries, poor, rich and middle-income to promote prosperity while protecting the planet. Read about the Goals here.