The new Oceans Advocate, globally-acclaimed Australian singer-songwriter Cody Simpson, learned how to swim before he could walk.
Cody took on his new role to help raise awareness of the ocean’s importance in the health of the planet and people.
He was appointed on 8 June, World Oceans Day, during the United Nations’ first Ocean conference in New York.
Hollywood star Matt Damon’s been telling the World Bank how a simple loan scheme has allowed around 5.5 million people to access affordable water.
Mr Damon was speaking at a World Bank event on Sanitation and Water for All; part of the Spring Meetings in Washington, DC, held in conjunction with the International Monetary Fund.
Activists, celebrities and governments are joining the UN to combat what they describe as the “great robbery” of pay inequality
On global average, women workers earn 23 per cent less than their male counterparts doing the same job, and the International Labour Organization (ILO) estimates it will take 70 years to close this gender wage gap.
The celebrated music icon, Stevie Wonder delivered a powerful message to people with disabilities at the UN on Friday, through the lyrics of his song: “Fear Can’t Put Dreams Asleep”.
The musician and UN Messenger of Peace, from the United States, stated that raising awareness about people with disabilities is as important as “us taking the next breath.”
Road safety is “a basic human right for children,” according to the Malaysian-born actress and UN Development Programme Goodwill Ambassador, Michelle Yeoh.
Some 500 children around the world die each day on dangerous roads and thousands more are injured.
Music and the UN both have the ability to promote international “peace of mind” and “emotional health”.
That’s the upbeat assessment of UN Messenger of Peace and concert violinist Midori, speaking at UN Headquarters on the International Day of Peace.
The Japanese-born American prodigy has championed the developmental potential of children through her Midori & Friends organisation that’s brought music education programmes to thousands of children since 1992.
One of the most celebrated and revered icons of American popular music delivered a simple yet powerful message of tolerance at the United Nations this Monday.
Addressing gun violence and terrorism worldwide, singer-songwriter Stevie Wonder stated that “wrong is wrong, no matter how you put it.”
The multiple award-winning musician and UN Messenger of Peace was at UN Headquarters in New York to celebrate Nelson Mandela International Day.
It’s “terrible” that “stigma and discrimination” surrounding HIV and AIDS continue in many parts of the world in 2016.
That’s the view of Princess Stephanie of Monaco, who is a UNAIDS International Goodwill Ambassador.
“Start free, stay free, AIDS free” is a new plan adopted by the UN and its partners to accelerate the end of the AIDS epidemic.
The announcement was made during a High-Level Meeting in the United Nations General Assembly in New York this week, focussing on wiping the disease out by 2030.
What’s been described as the largest ever gathering at the UN of lesbian gay, bisexual Transgender and Intersex people shows the progress that has been made towards giving those people the rights they deserve.
That’s according to attendees of the event, which was organized by LGBTI rights group OutRight International.
It took place Monday night ahead of the International Day against Homophobia and Transphobia on 17 May and was hosted by actor Alan Cumming.
Janie Cangelosi has the story.
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