{"id":11581,"date":"2015-02-26T23:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-02-26T23:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/unric.org\/blog\/2015\/02\/26\/elyx\/"},"modified":"2020-07-17T10:54:19","modified_gmt":"2020-07-17T08:54:19","slug":"elyx","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/unric.org\/en\/elyx\/","title":{"rendered":"Elyx"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Elyx<\/strong> is the first \u2018digital ambassador\u2019 for the United Nations (UN) and the creation of renowned French artist <a href=\"https:\/\/elyx.net\/\">YAK<\/a>. Transcending boundaries, Elyx has no race, sex, nationality, or audible voice. Elyx engages the world with curiosity and good humour and shares his journey through photos.\u00a0 Thus, Elyx is a universal character that can be understood by all everywhere. Drawn in a very simple style, Elyx still expresses a great number of different expressions and shares them on social media (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/elyx.yak\">Facebook<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.twitter.com\/elyxyak\">Twitter<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/elyxyak\">Instagram<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Elyx&#039;s Around the World\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/X5GznguislA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>Visit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.elyx70days.org\">elyx70days.org<\/a> to follow the journey<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">For nearly a year, Elyx has been helping the UN highlight international observances and had to meet UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon at the UN70 celebration in San Francisco this past June.<\/p>\n<p>On 15 August, Elyx began an exciting 70-day (virtual) trip around the world to shine light on the UN\u2019s work and build momentum for our 70th anniversary celebrations. Elyx\u2019s journey will end on 24 October 2015 at UN Headquarters in New York City.<\/p>\n<p>You can <strong>follow Elyx<\/strong> on trip with those Hashtags #UN70 and #Elyx70Days<br \/>\nFacebook Link:<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/unric\"> facebook.com\/unric<\/a><br \/>\nTwitter Link: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.twitter.com\/uninbrussels\">twitter.com\/uninbrussels<\/a><br \/>\nGoogle Plus: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.plus.google.com\/+unric\">plus.google.com\/+unric<\/a><br \/>\nInstagram: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/elyxyak\">instagram.com\/elyxyak<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Human Rights Day &#8211; #rights365<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>On 10 December every year, Human Rights Day commemorates the date on which the United Nations General Assembly adopted the <a title=\"https:\/\/www.ohchr.org\/en\/udhr\/pages\/introduction.aspx\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ohchr.org\/en\/udhr\/pages\/introduction.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Universal Declaration of Human Rights<\/a> (UDHR), proclaiming its principles as the \u201ccommon standard of achievement for all peoples and all nations.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>To mark this year&#8217;s observance we&#8217;ve partnered with YAK to produce a UDHR booklet as seen by #Elyx.<\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"\/\/www.slideshare.net\/slideshow\/embed_code\/42514309\" width=\"640\" height=\"600\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a name=\"gallery\"><\/a><br \/>\n<iframe src=\"https:\/\/embedsocial.com\/facebook_album\/album_photos\/10154563443735444\" width=\"640\" height=\"780\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Contact: <a href=\"mailto:Elyx70Days@unric.org\">Elyx70Days@unric.org<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Elyx is the first \u2018digital ambassador\u2019 for the United Nations (UN) and the creation of renowned French artist YAK. 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