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The "UN Chronicle" team would like to share with you the following selection of recently published articles:
Secretary-General António Guterres announced the appointment of Elinor Jane Britt Hammarskj?ld of Sweden as Under-Secretary-General for Legal Affairs and United Nations Legal Counsel.
"I am happy to share that the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs has adopted the Grand Bargain classification across its major funding and tracking platforms!"
In this interview, Rija Rakotoson shares the complexities of his work as?the head of an OCHA Humanitarian Adviser Team in Madagascar.
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is the most pervasive human rights violation. The gender-related killings of women and girls represent the lethal end point of a continuum of gender-based violence, and they usually follow prior experiences of physical, sexual, or emotional abuse.
With the aim of galvanizing global action against this crime, the and are publishing this second joint publication with global estimates of gender-related killings of women and girls by an intimate partner or family member, with data from 2022.
UN DESA - Annual Highlights report 2023-24
The report covers activities delivered by the UN DESA across three key pillars of work – intergovernmental support, analysis, and capacity-building, over the period of the 78th Session of the General Assembly (September 2023 – August 2024). It showcases how the Department put its expertise to the task of supporting Member State efforts to implement the 2030 Agenda amidst multiple, intertwined, compounding crises, building their capacities to respond effectively and shape a transformative recovery that builds their resilience for the future.
The current report offers a comprehensive overview of the progress in implementation of Youth2030. By comparing baseline data from UNCTs (2020) and UN entities (2021) with the latest reported data in 2023, the report shows the strides made by the UN system in advancing global youth commitments and youth focus in UN strategic planning processes.
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 2024 Edition of the UN CardThe 2024 edition of The UN Card brings you an update to 10 actions of the UN, that show in quantifiable terms how the daily work of UN colleagues affects the lives of people around the globe. |
 Because of human action the concentration of carbon dioxide in our atmosphere is reaching dangerous levels, driving Earth's temperatures higher and amplifying the frequency and intensity of extreme events. Built upon frontier scientific work, this platform visualizes hyperlocal human impacts of climate chnage and its effets on human security for more than 24,000 regions across the world. |
 UN System ChartThe UN System Chart, is a non-exhaustive document, which reflects the current structure of the Organization. |
 UN Efforts to Address Racism“Racism is an evil infecting countries and societies around the world – a deeply entrenched legacy of colonialism and enslavement. The results are devastating: opportunities stolen; dignity denied; rights violated; lives taken andlives destroyed.” said the Secretary-General António Guterres on 14 March 2024. See . |