A Global Forum to Put People at the Centre of the Post-COVID-19 Recovery
There can be no real recovery from this pandemic without a broad-based labour market recovery. And to be sustainable, this recovery must be based on the principles of decent work—including health and safety, equity, social protection and social dialogue.
Ecosystem Restoration and Species Recovery Benefit People and Planet
Ecosystem restoration offers the opportunity to effectively halt and reverse degradation, improve ecosystem services and recover biodiversity.
Linguistic Diversity: An Imperative for the United Nations
This year's observance of International Mother Language Day also occurs a few weeks after the launch of the International Decade of Indigenous Languages (2022–2032) and provides a further opportunity to highlight the extent to which languages and cultures are intertwined and interdependent. Cultures find expression through languages, and they feed languages, nourishing and enriching them.
Global Health Justice: Now Is the Time
The recognition of the social injustices surrounding the pandemic is an important opportunity to understand the longstanding links between health and social and global justice.
Holocaust Museums Commemorate Victims and Provide Perspective for the Future
In the summer of 2023, Amsterdam’s Jewish Cultural Quarter will open the National Holocaust Museum in the former Teacher School and the Hollandsche Schouwburg. The new museum will not only deal with the history of the Holocaust proper, but it will also show the enormous effect that it had on Dutch society, Jewish and non-Jewish alike.
Online Harassment Is Not Gender-Neutral
Only through collective action between governments, the private sector and civil society can we achieve a future where people can discuss societal issues online free of abuse, regardless of their gender.
Taking Control of Our Right to Read
Now is the time for the United Nations and similar entities to make funding and capacity-building support available so that more scientists and even ordinary people can invest time into developing creative solutions.
Prepare to Prevent: Developing Pandemic-Busting Vaccines Against “Disease X”
Vaccines are at the heart of how modern societies counter infectious disease threats. They are our most potent tool against pandemic risks and will be critical to any future response.
What I Learned in Iraq
Our message was that, although these elections were Iraqi-owned and Iraqi-led, the United Nations was standing with Iraq every step of the way.
Translating Hope into Action: 25 Years of Protecting Children from the Impact of Conflict
We have come a long way in ensuring that all children, including those affected by conflict, are better protected from the ravages of war. But we must do more.
The Mira Rai Initiative: Mountain Preservation and Promoting Sustainable Tourism in Nepal
In order to preserve our mountains and further develop sustainable tourism, it is equally important to manage natural and human resources.
Calling the United Nations System to Action on Disability Inclusion
When it comes to diversity and inclusion, we must challenge ourselves to push beyond our historical focus on gender and geography. We must address the inclusion of other underrepresented groups more intentionally in our workforce, including persons with disabilities.