World Breastfeeding Week starts Wednesday.
Lawmakers can support mothers in breastfeeding by ensuring paid maternity leave and preventing discrimination against mothers at work.
Find out more: who.int/topics/breastfeeding
More you might like
An ominous mushroom cloud rose thousands of feet into the air blotting out the sun and showering deadly ash and radioactive debris on what remained of the town and people of Hiroshima, Japan on 6 August 1945.
“What occurred in Hiroshima on 6 August 1945 cannot and must not ever happen again. The future of our children and of our children’s children depends upon it,” said United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres.
73 years after the atomic bombings, the UN and partners work to end nuclear tests worldwide.
📷: UN Photo / Mitsuo Matsushige
Oceans cover ¾ of the world’s surface and contain 97% of the earth’s water.
The Sustainable Development Goals aim to save our oceans. Find out more: http://bit.ly/1BfNe0O
Throwback Thursday to June 2017 when a nine-foot-tall whale tail, a six-foot-long salmon, and a ten-foot-tall seahorse, all made from trash, grabbed the attention of Ocean Conference participants at United Nations Headquarters in New York. Every piece of these sculptures was once purchased by someone, discarded, became waterborne, and landed on a beach where someone else picked it up and made a difference.
UN Environment has ideas on how you can help beat plastic pollution: https://bit.ly/2JxhP4I
📷: UN Social Media Team / Elif Gulec
“At first I thought I would just come here and pass my time. But I realized that this might be my dream – so I have been doing a lot of baking. With the new instructors coming, I gained more experience and lot of information on how to bake.“
A year ago, Monica, 25, barely knew how to bake. Now, her baking skills are sharper, thanks to a 12-week hands-on baking course run by @unpeacekeeping troops from South Korea serving with the United Nations Mission in South Sudan.
For the last two years, UN Peacekeepers have been running a training centre to help develop self-sustaining basic skills amongst young South Sudanese. Bakery training is one of several courses being offered to provide young people with a new lifeline.
📷: United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS)
Flashback Friday to September 1960, when women of the Indian Armed Forces Medical Services joined the @unpeacekeeping mission in the Republic of Congo to assist with the set up of a 400-bed hospital.
India has provided more than 200,000 military and police officers to UN Peacekeeping over the last 70 years. We thanks these brave men and women for their service and sacrifice.
Find out more: peacekeeping.un.org/service
Malawi provides more than 900 military and police officers to @unpeacekeeping missions around the world.
Peacekeepers serve at great personal risk & under harsh conditions to help others. Find out more: peacekeeping.un.org/service
📷: UN Photo / Michael Ali, UNAMID
The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) annual calendar photo competition is open for entries. This year’s theme is “The Sun, the Earth and the Weather.“ Photos can include solar flares and space weather, solar energy, sunrises, sunsets, and more.
Winning entries will appear in the 2019 WMO Calendar and will be showcased on the WMO website and social media platforms as photo of the month.
The deadline is 15 August. Find out how to enter: https://bit.ly/2NkI1Cg
See all of last year’s winning photos: https://bit.ly/2AbWdLo
📸: Maximilian Ziegler, Rita Visigalli, Devendra Kulkarni
“Human traffickers profit from peoples’ hopes and despair. They prey on the vulnerable and rob them of their fundamental rights. On this World Day against Trafficking in Persons, let us unite to combat this crime.”
– United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres on Monday’s World Day against Trafficking in Persons.
Find out what you can do to end trafficking: http://www.unodc.org/endht/
The UN Mission in Liberia (UNMIL) was the first @unpeacekeeping operation to have an all-female contingent thanks to India’s deployment of a police unit. In the picture, the officers perform at a martial arts exhibit at a ceremony in 2008 in the capital of Liberia, Monrovia, where they were awarded the United Nations Medal.
The Indian police officers served as role models for Liberia’s women and girls, triggering a fourfold increase in the number of Liberian women applying to join the police force.
India has provided more than 200,000 military and police officers to United Nations Peacekeeping over the last 70 years. We thank these brave men and women for their service and sacrifice.
Find out more: peacekeeping.un.org/service
📷: UN Photo / Christopher Herwig