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UNEA-6: All Roads Lead to Nairobi, Kenya

Blog of Mary Muia and Dr Victoria Kutto, SI UNEA Representatives in Nairobi. The United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA) was first established in June 2012 as a result of the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development, also known as Rio+20. The outcome document drafted for this first session and titled

International Day of Education: The Annual Gladwyn Lecture

Blog of Pat Dale MBE, S.I. Representative to the Commonwealth On 25 January 2024, to commemorate the International Day of Education, the Annual Gladwyn lecture was organised to celebrate the theme of “Learning for lasting Peace.” The Annual Gladwyn lecture is organised by the Council of Education in the Commonwealth

International Day of Education 2024: Stories of Challenge and Triumph

International Day of Education 2024 The United Nations General Assembly proclaimed 24 January as International Day of Education, in celebration of the role of education for peace and development. Without inclusive and equitable quality education and lifelong opportunities for all, countries will not succeed in achieving gender equality and breaking

UNESCO General Conference: Young People’s Voices and Demands

Blog of Evelyne PARA, UN SI Representative at UNESCO The 13th edition of the UNESCO Youth Forum organised by the Social and Human Sciences Sector on 14 and 15 November 2023, at the UNESCO General Conference, offered some 170 young actors from around 150 countries a space for very interesting

UNESCO General Conference: Ivory Coast Side Event

Blog of Marie-Christine Gries, SI UN Representative at UNESCO. A Coalition to Make Girls’ Voices Heard In 2015, Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 by 2030 seemed unlikely with 130 million children out of school, over 60% of whom were girls, excluded from the school curriculum (due to non-enrolment and dropping

How can Hydrology Training in partnership with UNESCO provide answers?

Blog of Rina Dupriet, SI UN Representative at UNESCO. Paradoxically, Africa is the richest continent in terms of water and yet families consistently lack water – often this is reported as being due to a lack of well, or poor maintenance of current water supply systems. The absence of local

The United States obtained their reintegration into UNESCO, five years after their departure

Blog by Evelyne Para, SI UN Representative at UNESCO On 29 and 30 June 2023, the 193 Member States of UNESCO meeting in an extraordinary General Conference examined and approved by a very large majority the proposal submitted by the United States to rejoin again the United Nations Educational Scientific

Hunger Hotspots and early warnings on acute food insecurity

Blog of Liliana Mosca, SI UN Representative to the FAO, Rome The FAO-WFP last report: Hunger Hotspots and early warnings on acute food insecurity, June to November 2023 outlook According to the report 'Hunger Hotspots FAO‑WFP early warnings on acute food insecurity”” jointly published on May 29, by the Food

Restore A Sense of I Can – Trinidad and Tobago

Restore a sense of I Can The SI Presidents Appeal for 2021 – 2023, ‘Opening Doors to a Bright Future’ announces our collaboration with ‘Restore a Sense of I Can’ (RSC) for the fourth project instalment. Having initially started at the beginning of this year, the RSC and SI President’s

Is it Possible to End Hunger by 2030?

Blog of Liliana Mosca, SI UN Representative at the FAO, Rome. There are 8 years left to meet the UN Sustainable Development Goals and the world is taking steps backward from ending hunger, food insecurity, and malnutrition in all its forms. Several factors, including conflict, economic shocks and stagnation, a lack

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