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11 UN Actions that Impact People's Lives around the World Year of publication: 2022 Corporate author: United Nations (UN) This photo gallery contains 11 images from the UN 2022 release, representing 11 simple examples to explain how the UN, a global organization, can help make the world a better place. 
Following Up on the Transformative Commitments Made at the Summit: A Call to Action by the SDG4 High-level Steering Committee Year of publication: 2022 Corporate author: United Nations (UN) The Transforming Education Summit aims to mobilize solutions to accelerate national and global efforts to achieve Sustainable Development Goal 4: Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all. Seven new Global Initiatives launched at the Summit will focus on such solutions to transform education. 
PHOTO STORY: Global Citizens Share Vision of #TheWorldWeWant Year of publication: 2022 Corporate author: United Nations (UN) This album collection, part of the United Nations 75th Anniversary Photo Exhibition, contains 75 images from around the world representing the hopes and dreams of people from all over the world for the future. The collection of images is a "creative response" to the UN Secretary-General's call to hear directly from people around the world about their hopes and dreams for the future. 
An Urgent Call for Action by the SDG4-Education 2030 High-Level Steering Committee Year of publication: 2022 Corporate author: United Nations (UN) We, the SDG4-Education 2030 High-Level Steering Committee representing the global education community, call on all Heads of State and Government to take decisive actions to invest in and transform education as the clearest pathway to our shared goals of peace, prosperity and sustainability. 
Remembering the Tragic History of Slavery in America is About Real Reconciliation - Interview with Hannah Jones, New York Times Year of publication: 2022 Corporate author: United Nations (UN) This audio is a UN News interview with New York Times reporter Hannah Jones, looking back at the history of slavery in the United States and highlighting the need to reflect on this history in order to address social problems such as the issue of racism today. 
From IT Elite to Refugee in an Instant - a Young Ukrainian Man Describes His Experience of War Year of publication: 2022 Corporate author: United Nations (UN) This audio presents a young Ukrainian woman's own personal account of her experience of the conflict in Ukraine. 
Transforming Our World: The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development Year of publication: 2015 Corporate author: United Nations (UN) This Agenda is a plan of action for people, planet and prosperity. It also seeks to strengthen universal peace in larger freedom. We recognize that eradicating poverty in all its forms and dimensions, including extreme poverty, is the greatest global challenge and an indispensable requirement for sustainable development. All countries and all stakeholders, acting in collaborative partnership, will implement this plan. We are resolved to free the human race from the tyranny of poverty and want and to heal and secure our planet. We are determined to take the bold and transformative steps which are urgently needed to shift the world on to a sustainable and resilient path. As we embark on this collective journey, we pledge that no one will be left behind. The 17 Sustainable Development Goals and 169 targets which we are announcing today demonstrate the scale and ambition of this new universal Agenda. They seek to build on the Millennium Development Goals and complete what they did not achieve. They seek to realize the human rights of all and to achieve gender equality and the empowerment of all women and girls. They are integrated and indivisible and balance the three dimensions of sustainable development: the economic, social and environmental. The Goals and targets will stimulate action over the next 15 years in areas of critical importance for humanity and the planet. 
United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Year of publication: 2018 Corporate author: United Nations (UN) This document is the declaration of the UN for the protection of rights of indigenous people. 
Feminist Perspectives on Security and the Role of Women in Peacebuilding - Interview with Feminist Scholar Priscyll Anctil Avoine Year of publication: 2022 Corporate author: United Nations (UN) This audio is an interview with Priscyll Anctil, a feminist researcher on security at Lund University in Sweden. It focuses on feminist security research, which examines the various forms and impacts of security through a gender lens. 
The Sustainable Development Goals Report 2021 Year of publication: 2021 Corporate author: United Nations (UN) As the pandemic continues to unfold, The Sustainable Development Goals Report 2021 outlines some significant impacts in many areas that are already apparent. The global extreme poverty rate rose for the first time in over 20 years, and 119 to 124 million people were pushed back into extreme poverty in 2020. There is a risk of a generational catastrophe regarding schooling, where an additional 101 million children have fallen below the minimum reading proficiency level, potentially wiping out two decades of education gains. Women have faced increased domestic violence, child marriage is projected to rise after a decline in recent years, and unpaid and underpaid care work is increasingly and disproportionately falling on the shoulders of women and girls, impacting educational and income opportunities and health. Notwithstanding the global economic slowdown, concentrations of major greenhouse gases continue to increase. With the global average temperature reaching about 1.2ยฐC above pre-industrial levels, the climate crisis has well and truly arrived, and its impacts are being felt across the world. The pandemic has also brought immense financial challenges, especially for developing countries โ with a significant rise in debt distress and dramatic decreases in foreign direct investment and trade. Yet, with a surge in global solidarity and leadership from the highest political level, countries can still deliver on the 2030 Agenda and the 2015 Paris Agreement on Climate Change. A global vaccination plan, designed and implemented by the countries that can produce vaccines today or will be able to do so if properly supported, is an urgent first step in that direction. A recommitment by Governments, cities, businesses, and industries to ensure that the recovery reduces carbon emissions, conserves natural resources, creates better jobs, advances gender equality and tackles growing poverty and inequalities is a further imperative.