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All You Need To Know About UN Human Right Review Where Countries Questioned India's Human Rights Record Speaking that the 27th session of the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) working group at the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) in Geneva, Attorney General Mukul Rohatgi said in his opening remarks that India is a secular state with no state religion. The UPR is an examination of human rights performance...

A fig leaf for the world’s woes Seventy years since its founding, the United Nations continues to fund its programmes with a budget smaller than that of New York City's. What exactly is it hoping to achieve?

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United Nations Sustainable Development Goal #5: "Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls".
Women in the Maritime Industry.

Women in the maritime industry Shipping has historically been a male-dominated industry and that tradition runs long and deep. However, through its global programme on the Integration of Women in the Maritime Sector, IMO is making a concerted effort to help the industry move...

Same feeling when you finally win an award after some 20 conferences. :D

Let us not take this planet for granted...

Congratulations to United Nations Messenger of Peace Leonardo DiCaprio for winning the Best Actor Academy Award! Thanks to him for using his acceptance speech to remind people that 2015 was the hottest year on record and that we need to support indigenous people and the disadvantaged most affected by climate change.

"Let us not take this planet for granted; I do not take tonight for granted."

www.un.org/sustainabledevelopment

The plastic bag shirt boy receives football and jerseys from his hero Messi. It started with a heartbreaking photograph that sparked a worldwide campaign to find the little boy wearing a striped plastic bag with the name of his hero, Leo Messi, written in felt-tip pen on the back.

As of today, Murtaza Ahmadi can proudly show off the new signed jerseys and a football he received from UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Leo Messi.

Murtaza's photo went viral after he was pictured wearing an Argentine National Team soccer jersey made from a plastic bag with ‘Messi’ and the number ’10’ penned on the back.

"I love Messi and my shirt says Messi loves me," said five-year old Murtaza.

This year UNICEF is appealing for $2.8billion to reach 43 million children trapped in emergencies worldwide. Like so many other children, he has the same right to thrive, play, and practice sports.

© UNICEF Afghanistan/2016/Mahdy Mehraeen

Is UN relevant?

A Conversation Series Shashi Tharoor -The UN at 70 - Still Relevant? by Dr.Shashi Tharoor -... Drawing from his 29-year experience of a UN in transformation, Dr Shashi Tharoor joins UNU Rector David M. Malone for a conversation exploring the debates about the UN’s role and relevance at 70 and its future prospects. Criticisms of the UN’s structure and functioning from the United States are now…