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In Papua New Guinea, local communities and conservation groups are fighting to save the tree kangaroo. (file August 2010)
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FROM THE FIELD: Saving the tree kangaroos of Papua New Guinea

20 May 2019
Asia Pacific

The survival of an endangered animal which looks part kangaroo and part lemur has been secured thanks to a project in Papua New Guinea (PNG) supported by the UN Development Programme (UNDP).

A participant at World Bee Day, held at FAO headquarters in Rome to raise awareness on the role of bees and pollinators in food and agriculture, captures a photo of a bee observation hive. (20 May 2019)
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On World Bee day, human activity blamed for falling pollinator numbers

20 May 2019

If you think you’re busy, then spare a thought for the world’s bees; for they, along with other insects and animals, are responsible for pollinating more than 75 per cent of the planet’s favourite food crops.

From left to right, Princess Dina Mirad of Jordan, WHO Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, mental health advocate and mother of Lady Gaga Cynthia Germanotta and Nigerian songwriter and singer Korede Bello participated in the 2019 Walk the Talk event in Geneva, Switzerland.
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Promoting ‘a healthy sustainable future’, the UN health agency engages young and young at heart to 'Walk the Talk'

19 May 2019
Europe

Celebrating the importance of fitness, on Sunday morning in the Swiss city of Geneva, the United Nations health agency kicked off its second “Walk the Talk: The Health for All Challenge”.

Portrait of a woman resident of Wau Shilluk, South Sudan. The town has been reduced to dust, as ongoing conflict has seen the complete destruction of homes, the school and hospital.
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UN blue helmets in South Sudan use Sustainable Development Goals to help build peace  

18 May 2019
Africa

 The United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) has concluded the week by harnessing the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to support the nation, including by offering free medical services, encompassing SDG 3’s target on health coverage.

The UN Secretary-General António Guterres visits Vanuatu on the last stage of his Pacific Ocean mission to view the effects of climate change. (18 May 2019)
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UN chief calls for ‘enlightened self-interest’ from world leaders to save ‘the whole planet’ from climate change 

18 May 2019
Asia Pacific

Concluding a week-long visit to the South Pacific, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres called on the world’s decision-makers to make “enlightened” choices on climate action because “the whole planet” is at stake. 

The UN Secretary-General António Guterres overflies the low-lying coastline of Tuvalu in the Pacific Ocean. (17 May 2019)
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Stop Tuvalu and ‘the world from sinking’ UN chief tells island nation facing existential threat from rising seas

17 May 2019
Asia Pacific

Tuvalu “faces an existential threat from sea-level rise”, the United Nations chief said during his visit to the Pacific island nation on Friday whose highest point is less than five metres above the waves.

Off the coast of Fiji last May, the frontline of "the battle against climate change", Secretary-General António Guterres takes a tour on an eco-friendly, solar powered sail boat that teaches conservation as well as climate-related issues.
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‘Climate change is the battle of my life’, UN chief tells students living on the frontline in Fiji

16 May 2019
Asia Pacific

The UN Secretary-General António Guterres saw the frontline of “the battle against climate change” for himself on Thursday, by taking to the tropical waters of the South Pacific off the coast of Fiji, on a solar-powered boat.

The UN Secretary-General António Guterres address the Fijian Parliament in the capital, Suva, on 16 May 2019.
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UN chief lauds Fijians as ‘natural global leaders’ on climate, environment, hails ‘symbiotic relationship’ with land and sea

16 May 2019
Asia Pacific

Fiji’s strong traditions of community and social responsibility, and its “symbiotic relationship” with its surroundings, has made its people “natural global leaders on climate and the environment”, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres told the nation’s Parliament on Thursday.

The low-lying island nation, Tuvalu, in the Pacific Ocean is particularly susceptible to higher sea levels caused by climate change.
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UN chief outlines ‘intertwined challenges’ of climate change, ocean health facing Pacific nations on the ‘frontline’

14 May 2019
Asia Pacific

Visiting Fiji for the first time as Secretary-General, António Guterres outlined two “fundamental challenges” facing leaders attending the Pacific Islands Forum on Tuesday, namely climate change and the world’s rising ocean, which threatens to submerge low-lying nations.

An elderly woman rides her bike in Croatia (13 February 2013). New World Health Organization (WHO) guidelines stress the value of regular exercise to prevent the onset of dementia.
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UN health agency highlights lifestyle choices that can prevent onset of dementia, as millions more succumb each year

14 May 2019

Key lifestyle choices such as getting regular exercise, not smoking or drinking too much, can reduce the risk of dementia and cognitive decline, the UN health agency said on Tuesday.