In the context of the International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers (29 May 2022), the UN Chronicle talks with Mr. Stéphane Jean, a Judicial Officer and Coordinator in the United Nations Department of Peace Operations, about his work and the Organization's renewed efforts to bring to justice perpetrators of crimes committed against peacekeepers, including the crime of murder.
women's health | human rights | girls' education
Twenty Years of Progress Is Not Enough: We Must Act Now to End Obstetric Fistula
Bridget Asiamah
Obstetric fistula can be prevented when there is access to quality, comprehensive sexual and reproductive health services and information. Equally important to ending the condition is the availability and access to treatment when it occurs.
Bryan Stevenson
Countering the Legacy of Enslavement with Hope and Justice
As the world’s preeminent international organization, the United Nations is the only institution that can connect the multiple players and partners implicated in the global tragedy of the transatlantic trade in enslaved Africans. It is thus appropriate and important that an institution like the United Nations take up the legacy issues surrounding the trade in enslaved Africans and centralize the importance of the story.
Edward Norton
Protecting the Tree of Life: The Path Forward
Though we humans share the earth with the rest of its life forms, and we are an integrated part of its biodiversity, we have an outsized impact on the health of the planet. Recognizing our footprint and working earnestly towards sustainable existence within these systems, rather than dominating or destroying them, is the looming challenge of the twenty-first century.
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Richard Gowan
The United Nations General Assembly Can Do More to Address Threats to Peace and Security
Historically, the General Assembly has played a large role in peace and security in periods when the Security Council is severely divided.
Omar Hilale
Cultivation of the Argan Tree Can Help Combat Climate Change and Support Sustainable Development
The proclamation of the International Day of Argania by the General Assembly reflects the mobilization of the international community around the important cause of safeguarding and preserving the argan tree. The Day is an invitation to promote, share and celebrate this legendary tree, and to make its cultivation a sustainable socioeconomic lever for local communities.
Stewart McPherson
The DARWIN200 Global Voyage
A decade in the making, the DARWIN200 project centres on inspiring a new wave of exceptional environmental leaders by training and empowering some of the world’s top young (from 18 to 25 years of age) conservationists.
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Pegah Zohouri Haghian
Celebrating the International Day of Sport for Development and Peace
The United Nations acknowledges sport’s role as a vehicle for building and sustaining peace through its capacity for dialogue and trust-building, and in the way it promotes tolerance and respect (SDG 16).
Mariana Lopez and Karima Wardak
The Digital Last Mile: Where the Achievement of Human Rights, Sustainable Development and Women’s Empowerment Meet
As the United Nations catalytic finance entity for the world’s 46 least developed countries, one of the critical tasks of the United Nations Capital Development Fund (UNCDF) is supporting the creation of gender-inclusive digital economies. But achieving this objective calls for more than innovative tools and digital infrastructure. It requires a committed civil society, inclusive policymaking, and platforms that incentivize service providers as well as end users.
Petteri Taalas
The Future of Weather, Climate and Water across Generations
For the past 150 years, National Meteorological and Hydrological Services have collected and standardized data which underpin the weather forecasts we now take for granted. The history of WMO data exchange is a success story of scientific collaboration and coordination to save lives and livelihoods.
Gilbert F. Houngbo
Take Time to Reflect on Water
We need two things to happen at once: the United Nations must take the global lead on water as a critical issue, and water must be mainstreamed across all other intergovernmental processes related to sustainable development.
Chronicle Conversations
Chronicle Conversation: Stéphane Jean, 18 May 2022
Youth Issues
The UN Chronicle interviews youth environmental activist Aditya Mukarji
Lyubov Ginzburg of the UN Chronicle interviews fifteen-year-old environmental activist Aditya Mukarji on the problem of plastic pollution and the first-ever United Nations Youth Climate Action Summit. 22 September 2019, New York
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Vol. LIII No. 2 2016
Sport Aims for the Goals
It is well known that physical activity improves personal health and well-being, but the benefits of sport to society are less apparent. This issue of the Chronicle explores the ways in which sport can enable individuals and communities to build a stronger, more harmonious world.
Vol. LV Nos. 3 & 4 2018
New Technologies: Where To?
This issue focuses on new technologies and their potential benefits for humanity as well as their expanding use in advancing the 2030 Agenda. It explores the promise of our digital age, while posing important questions about where these technologies are leading us, and how their misuse could also lead to increased inequality and conflict.
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