Thursday is International Yoga Day!
Yoga supports physical and mental well-being and can help achieve good health for all – one of the Sustainable Development Goals.
Find out more: http://www.un.org/en/events/yogaday/
📷: UN Social Media Team / Santiago Gonzalez Parra
Togo provides military and police officers to seven @unpeacekeeping missions around the world.
UN Peacekeepers come from different countries, cultures & backgrounds – but share a common purpose to protect the most vulnerable.
We thank them for their service and sacrifice. peacekeeping.un.org/service
The Human Rights Council is responsible for promoting and protecting the
human rights of all people all over the world.
Find out more: https://bit.ly/2I2QVk7
1 in every 110 people in the world has been forced to flee their home.
With 68.5 million, the world’s displaced population reached a new high in 2017. 85% of refugees are hosted in developing countries, and 52% of them are children.
Get more details on Wednesday’s #WorldRefugeeDay: http://www.unhcr.org/globaltrends2017/
“As a matter of principle, the Secretary-General believes that refugees and migrants should always be treated with respect and dignity, and in accordance with existing international law. Children must not be traumatized by being separated from their parents. Family unity must be preserved.”
– Statement attributable to the Spokesperson of UN Secretary-General António Guterres (18 June 2018)
“In the United States, I am deeply concerned by recently adopted policies which punish children for their parents’ actions.”
– UN Human Rights chief Zeid on the forcible separation of nearly 2000 children from their parents in the past six weeks: https://t.co/XmYOsyOk6q
1 in 6 people aged 60 years or older experienced some form of abuse during the past year.
On Friday’s World Elder Abuse Awareness Day, raise your voice against mistreatment of our older generations: http://bit.ly/1pJQY6q
More than 3.2 billion people are impacted by land degradation worldwide.
Sustainable living helps combat desertification and reduces poverty and food loss. More on Sunday’s World Day to Combat Desertification & Drought: https://bit.ly/2KAnwAm
Are you interested in working for the United Nations? Here are some useful tips for UN interviews:
1) Learn as much as you can about the Department and Office you are applying to.
2) Prepare a wide range of brief real life stories about your accomplishments.
3) Be ready to discuss your strengths and your ability to learn from past experiences.
For additional information about United Nations Careers, please visit: careers.un.org
Flashback Friday to last October, when the last three leaders who have held “the most impossible job on earth” met at United Nations Headquarters in New York.
Diplomats
Advocates
Civil servant
As Secretaries-General, Kofi Annan, Ban Ki-moon and now António Guterres have taken on challenging responsibilities in the interest of people everywhere, in particular the poor and vulnerable.
Want to know more about the role of the UN chief?
Please visit: un.org/sg/en/content/role-secretary-general
unpeacekeeping
#ServingForPeace🇺🇳
Mongolia first joined United Nations peacekeeping in 2002 with the deployment of two unarmed military observers to MINURSO, the UN Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara. Since then, Mongolia has continued to expand its contributions to UN peace operations in hot spots around the world. The country’s contributions have been notable for their high standards of training and for the high number of women they deploy to UN peacekeeping.
Currently, Mongolia is the 27th largest contributor to UN peacekeeping, with nearly 900 military and police personnel deployed in 5 operations. Over the years, they have not forgotten their first mission—they continue to send a handful of military observers to Western Sahara.
We thank them for their service & sacrifice: http://bit.ly/2ozrNuo