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Holocaust Remembrance Day
The 2025 Holocaust Remembrance Day marked 80 years since the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau, and a ceremony was held at the UN in Geneva.
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UN Tourism Agency: Mapping Sustainable Tourism Trends
UN Tourism Agency: 56 Initiatives Benefitting 38 Countries
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Maya Plentz
Week in Review: UN SG Priorities for 2025 | A UN Digital Office | UN Tourism Agency: 56 Initiatives Benefitting 38 Countries
This is a special edition combining Week in Review and our Weekend Edition.
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Maya Plentz
Weekend Edition: Telmont Champagne and Sustainability | Organic Italian Wine Exports to the UK | WTO: Trade and Environment Rise on the…
This special weekend edition celebrates the work of wine producers in Champagne and Bourgogne that are leaders on sustainable agriculture and carbon…
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Maya Plentz
Weekend Edition | Travel: London Knowledge Quarters | Food: Lyon | Wine: France | UNESCO World Heritage Sites
This is the Weekend Edition, where we explore the arts, gastronomy, and travel in addition to our exclusive interviews with leaders in these sectors and…
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Maya Plentz
Starting the Year with Climate Action | Interview with Rüdiger Kühr, Head of the UNITAR Office in Bonn
What happens to your old iPhones and PCs? The UN agency leading the charge on e-waste management tells us how it is advancing policies that protect the…
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Maya Plentz
The Year in Images + Conference Highlights + Our Most Popular Stories in 2024
Here are THE BRIEF highlights and most popular posts of 2024
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Maya Plentz
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Last Minute Gifts | Bonus Episodes | Subscribe Your Team | Give the Gift of Knowledge | Access Archives
It is that time of the year! News coverage you can't miss. All about the UN and tech.
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UNDP Gathers Climate Experts and Activists to Look Into Collective Action | Interview with Dana Fisher, American University | How Swiss…
Watch now | Climate Action as a Human Right: Senior Women for Climate Protection in Switzerland Won a Spectacular Court Case at the European Court of…
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Maya Plentz
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UNEP: Policy Leadership Award for Brazilian Minister of Indigenous Affairs | Investing in Human Rights Institutions: A Call to Action
"As we celebrate Human Rights Day, we should remember that human rights are not just principles etched in documents but the very essence of our shared…
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Maya Plentz
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UN Calls for the Generosity of Donors to Support the Most Vulnerable in Syria, Lebanon, Gaza, Ukraine, Republic of Korea
Listen now | "Recent developments in Syria are compounding humanitarian needs, with more than 16 million people in the country already requiring…
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Jurassic Icons in Auction | Initiative by Ambassador Jean-Pierre Reymond to Curb Carbon Emissions is a Success | Why I started THE UN BRIEF
Watch now | This December, Christie’s offered three extraordinary dinosaurs for auction: a battle-scarred stegosaurus and a pair of adult and juvenile…
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Maya Plentz
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