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United Nations Public Service Awards 2022

The United Nations Public Service Awards is the most prestigious international recognition of excellence in public service. It rewards the creative achievements and contributions of public...
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UN Secretary-General Awards 2021

The Secretary-General Awards honour and recognize significant performance of UN Secretariat personnel and teams who go beyond the call of duty in the discharge...
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Mobile Film Festival: one-minute films to “make peace with nature”

Once again, the United Nations is supporting the Mobile Film Festival, an international competition featuring one-minute films shot on mobile phones.  This year's theme, "making...
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UNRIC: Inside UN Bonn

Tells stories that haven’t been told before with guests representing the diversity of the work and people behind UN Bonn.
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UN (General): No Denying It, Climate Action podcast

the UN climate action podcast, bringing you the voices of young climate changemakers from across our warming planet.
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WHO, Facebook and Praekelt.Org provide critical mobile access to COVID-19 information...

WHO is working with Facebook and Praekelt.Org to provide WHO’s COVID-19 information to the world’s most vulnerable people through Discover and Free Basics in...
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#CreateCOP26

While the world is evolving at an astonishing pace, human actions have become a significant threat to the health of the planet. Year after...
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World Bank: Vosa – Pacific Podcast Series

Talks with Pacific Islanders challenging social, cultural and economic boundaries in the region and beyond.
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Youth for a greener, more inclusive future

If you are between 18 and 35 years old tell the World Bank in a 1-min video OR in a photo with text answering the following: Identify 3 actions...
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Green Game Jam 2021 to Empower Millions of Gamers to Act...

Household name entertainment companies and start-up game developers assembled for this year’s Green Game Jam to showcase new “green activations”* in 33 new and live games,...
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Maano, a Virtual Farmers Market (Zambia)

The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP), Digital PayGo and Zambia National Commercial Bank (Zanaco) launched the Virtual Farmers Market mobile-based marketplace – known...
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WMO launches its annual photography competition for its 2022 calendar

The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) is delighted to launch the annual photography competition for its 2022 Calendar. They are looking for high-quality and artistic photographs...
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Tech Trailblazers: Eight adolescent girls and young women recoding gender equality

New technologies and the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic are radically transforming learning platforms and jobs. Digital literacy is essential to thrive in this...
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GEM Report: 2021/22 Cartoon Competition

The GEM Report has launched a cartoon competition in partnership with the Cartoon Movement, a global platform for editorial cartoons and comics journalism with...
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ITU releases fourth edition of the Global Cybersecurity Index

​​​​The latest Global Cybersecurity Index (GCI) from the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) shows a growing commitment around the world to tackle and reduce cybersecurity...