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5 days ago
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From Summits To Street Art To Schools: Here's How We're Marking World Environment Day
5 June 2025 Around the world, civil society groups and UN teams are hosting webinars, forums, summits and other diverse celebrations. It's a collective effort that's drawing together different wings of the UN from Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) to UN Peacekeeping. Worldwide events On Tuesday, Qatar launched a national biodiversity database, concluding a three-year UNEP-led project. In the Indian capital New Delhi, UNEP hosted the Tide Turners Plastic Challenge National Youth Summit on Tuesday to empower young people to take action to end plastic pollution. As host, Jeju held a commemoration ceremony and the Future Generation Forum on Thursday. Mexico launched its 2025–2030 National Beach and Coastal Clean-Up and Conservation Campaign in Puerto Progreso, Yucatán, with volunteer brigades and a formal ceremony. In Geneva, UNEP and the Orchestre des Nations are presenting a one-hour concert, Our Home, blending music, images and spoken word to highlight ecological emergencies. Brussels is screening the documentary Ocean with legendary environmental campaigner and broadcaster Sir David Attenborough, in honour of World Environment Day, World Oceans Day and the UN Ocean Conference. In the United States, Street Art for Mankind unveiled a 245-foot mural for World Environment Day as part of the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration, calling for better protection for vulnerable communities. UNESCO initiative In a statement released Thursday, UNESCO reported that over 80,000 schools across 87 countries are following the recommendations in the Green school quality standard released in May 2024. The initiative promotes green learning environments through governance, facilities and operations, teaching, and community engagement. This includes setting up 'green governance committees' and training teachers in sustainable management practices. Peacekeeping and the environment In a video released Wednesday, UN Under-Secretary-General for Operational Support Atul Khare and Environment Section Chief Joanna Harvey outlined how UN Peacekeeping is reducing its environmental footprint. Efforts over the past decade include bringing renewable energy to missions, requiring newer, more efficient generators, supporting local energy providers, and investing in sustainable infrastructure. 'We want to leave behind a legacy… [of] projects that are created by us which are finally beneficial to the local communities,' said Mr. Khare.
Iraqi News
20-04-2025
- Politics
- Iraqi News
UN Secretary General to attend Arab League summit in Baghdad
Baghdad ( – The UN Under-Secretary-General for Operational Support, Atul Khare, confirmed on Sunday that United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres will attend the Arab Summit, which will be held in the Iraqi capital in May. Khare's remarks took place during his meeting with the Iraqi Prime Minister, Mohammed Shia Al-Sudani, in Baghdad, where they discussed arrangements to conclude the mandate of the United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI), scheduled to end in August 2026, according to the Prime Minister's Office (PMO). Al-Sudani highlighted Iraq's steadfast dedication to collaboration with the UN and conveyed gratitude for the agency's ongoing assistance to Iraq and the Iraqi people, starting with the 2005 elections and continuing to the present. Al-Sudani also commended the UNAMI mission's open and well-coordinated exit, characterizing it as the start of a new period of engagement with the UN in several initiatives. The Iraqi President, Abdul Latif Rashid, announced last May that Iraq would host the next Arab summit after Syria relinquished its hosting role for the summit in favor of Iraq. Rashid's statement took place during his speech at the 33rd summit of the Arab League held in the Bahraini capital, Manama, according to the Iraqi Presidency.
Iraqi News
20-04-2025
- Politics
- Iraqi News
Prime Minister confirms Iraq's Great Interest in Cooperation with the UN
Baghdad-INA Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani confirmed Iraq's great interest in cooperation with the United Nations on Sunday. The Prime Minister's Media Office stated in a statement received by the Iraqi News Agency (INA), that "Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani received the Under-Secretary-General for Operational Support, Atul Khare, who conveyed to al-Sudani the greetings of the Secretary-General of the Organization, Antonio Guterres, and confirmed his attendance at the Arab Summit to be hosted by Baghdad next month." "The meeting discussed the progress of preparations and arrangements for the completion of the UNAMI mission in Iraq, scheduled for August of next year." Prime Minister affirmed "Iraq's great interest in cooperation with the United Nations," expressing his "appreciation for all the assistance it has provided to Iraq and the Iraqi people from the 2005 elections to date." The Prime Minister praised "the transparent and smooth coordination in the process of concluding the UNAMI mission, which represents the beginning of a new phase of cooperation across various sectors, fields, and programs with the international organization." For his part, Khare explained that "Iraq today is experiencing an advanced level of security, openness, and urban development, which is being matched by parallel progress in the areas of political stability, positive growth in economic development, fulfilling the requirements of successive electoral processes, and ensuring their success."
