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Leveraging the video game’s global reach in the fight against COVID-19

The video games industry, which reaches over 2.5 billion people globally, is taking a lead role in promoting healthy physical distancing, hand hygiene, and...
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(closed) Global Climate Action Awards

Applications are being accepted through to 11 May 2020. Spearheaded by UN Climate Change's Momentum for Change initiative, the UN Global Climate Action Award...
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PLURAL+ Youth Video Festival

In a world often characterized by intolerance and cultural divisions, the PLURAL+ Youth Video Festival recognizes youth as powerful agents of social change and...
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Oceans Video Challenge

Looking for an online team challenge during #COVID19 lockdown? Creative minds at home—teachers, students, parents, children and families— are invited to bring to life...

ShareTheMeal

ShareTheMeal is the charity app from the 2020 Nobel Peace Prize winner, The United Nations World Food Programme. The app allows you to seamlessly...
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UN News on the Go

The UN News app is the destination for daily updates on breaking news and events from the United Nations through comprehensive news coverage, in...
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Sharpen your skills with UN e-learning courses

huIn response to the outbreak of COVID-19 in 2020, when over half of the world's population was in lockdown and people were encouraged to...
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(closed) Young Champions of the Earth

If you have a powerful idea to protect or restore the environment; if you have a strong track record of instigating change; if you...

Dashboard tracking regional progress on #SDGs launched by UNECE

The Sustainable Development Goals’ globally-agreed framework of 232 indicators allows everyone—governments, researchers, civil society, business and beyond—to keep track of how our countries are...

Get Real Time Health Information with WhatsApp – #COVID19

WhatsApp today announced the launch of two initiatives in support of the global fight against the Coronavirus pandemic: the global launch of the WhatsApp Coronavirus...
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World Digital Library offers access to thousand of books

For many in lockdown, you may be looking for reading material. So why not take the time to get to know the World Digital...
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Plant Health Photo Contest

Whether you’re a professional or an amateur, the UN's Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) is calling for your support to photograph healthy and unhealthy...
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16th edition of the International Poster Biennial

In the spirit of harnessing the power of art to raise environmental awareness and inspire direct action, the 16th edition of the International Poster Biennial (website),...
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Apps 4 Digital Peace

Apps 4 Digital Peace, sponsored by the Cybersecurity Tech Accord, the UN Office of Disarmament Affairs (UNODA),  and the UN Office of the Envoy...
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Playing for the Planet

With a combined audience of 970 million players, how can the fastest growing media platform in the world be harnessed to deliver on the...