General Assembly and Youth: Rafael Radischat, Protocol and Liaison Service, UN Department for General Assembly and Conference Management

Established in 1945, the General Assembly of the United Nations occupies a central position as the main deliberative, policymaking and representative organ of the Organization. It provides a unique forum for multilateral discussion of the full spectrum of international issues covered by the Charter. In line with this year’s General Assembly session, with its General Debate beginning on 21 September 2021, UNAI has produced a series of video interviews with young staff working for the Permanent Missions to the United Nations and for the Organization.  

General Assembly and Youth: Joseph Degroat, Meetings Coverage Section, UN Department of Global Communications

Established in 1945, the General Assembly of the United Nations occupies a central position as the main deliberative, policymaking and representative organ of the Organization. It provides a unique forum for multilateral discussion of the full spectrum of international issues covered by the Charter. In line with this year’s General Assembly session, with its General Debate beginning on 21 September 2021, UNAI has produced a series of video interviews with young staff working for the Permanent Missions to the United Nations and for the Organization.  

General Assembly and Youth: Heitor Torres, Permanent Mission of Brazil to the United Nations

Established in 1945, the General Assembly of the United Nations occupies a central position as the main deliberative, policymaking and representative organ of the Organization. It provides a unique forum for multilateral discussion of the full spectrum of international issues covered by the Charter. In line with this year’s General Assembly session, with its General Debate beginning on 21 September 2021, UNAI has produced a series of video interviews with young staff working for the Permanent Missions to the United Nations and for the Organization.  

General Assembly and Youth: Maho Sugihara, Permanent Mission of Japan to the United Nations

University Partners with Indigenous Community in the Ecuadorian Amazon to Ensure Access to Water and Sanitation

First meeting for the water council of the Huamaurco Kichwa Indigenous community (Photo: IKIAM/Jaime Martí)

Ensure access to water and sanitation for all is a specific call for action as per the Sustainable Development Goal 6.

Millennium Fellow Kimberley Bates: Achieving Peace through Storytelling

The United Nations Academic Impact and the Millennium Campus Network (MCN) are proud to partner on the Millennium Fellowship, a semester-long leadership development program that helps students design and implement community-level initiatives to promote sustainability and help others in need.

Exploring Effects on Mental Health, Working Conditions and Living Habits of the COVID-19 Pandemic

Those who work from home might show less exhaustion and cognitive stress (Photo: UNOG)

The COVID-19 pandemic and associated societal restrictions such as lockdowns and movement limitations, have impacted many areas in society as well as aspects of individual’s work and private life. People have been affected in disparate ways, due to occupation, socioeconomic situation and other variables. For example, depending on the requirements for physical presence at work, and real-life interpersonal contact, contra possibilities to telework, people have experienced different types of changes in their day-to-day lives.

University Team Works to Unlock the Recycling Potential of Ocean Plastics

After cleaning, ocean plastics are ground into tiny bits, then melted and mixed to create new plastics ready for re-use (Photo: WWU/Max Romney)

The forested coastlines of Afognak Island, part of the Kodiak Archipelago in Alaska, seem at first glance to be pristine and unspoiled. The miles of deserted beaches being left mostly in the care of the island’s brown bears and Roosevelt elk. Unfortunately, that perception is far from accurate, due to the island’s location along the North Pacific Gyre – an enormous ocean current swirling counterclockwise across the Pacific Ocean north of the Equator which deposits hundreds of thousands of kilos of the world’s ocean plastics on its beaches each year.

Improving Water and Food Security in Ethiopia Through Research with a People-Centered Approach

Training and testing an app in the field developed for data collection (Photo: University of Connecticut)

The question of how science, research, and study address challenges, pinpoint innovative solutions and reach people in need, is an issue of concern for academic institutions.

Millennium Fellow Monica Gbuchie: Promoting Women’s Rights in Nigeria

The United Nations Academic Impact and the Millennium Campus Network (MCN) are proud to partner on the Millennium Fellowship, a semester-long leadership development program that helps students design and implement community-level initiatives to promote sustainability and help others in need.