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IRENA Builds On The Momentum Of COP 21

DUBAI (IDN) – Government officials from over 150 countries and representatives from the private sector, civil society and international organizations are gathering in Abu Dhabi on January 16-17 for the first time after the UN Climate Change Conference in Paris in December to discuss the implications of the historic Paris Agreement.

The gathering marks the 6th assembly of the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA). It will focus on the critical role of renewable energy in combating climate change and meeting other Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

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‘Many Languages, One World Contest’ To Promote Agenda 2030

NEW YORK (INPS) – The United Nations Academic Impact (UNAI) and the ELS Educational Services, Inc have launched the third edition of Many Languages, One World Essay Contest, to promote multilingualism as an integral part of global citizenship and peaceful coexistence.

The contest will qualify participants for a trip to New York to participate in the United Nations Global Youth Forum July 25-31, 2016. At the Global Youth Forum, the students will develop plans of action related to the UN’ 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.

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UN Chief Lauds G77 As Thailand Takes The Chair From South Africa

NEW YORK (IDN) – UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon commended the role played by ‘Group of 77’ (G77) developing countries and China, comprising 134 out of 193 member states of the United Nations, “in cementing historic 2015 successes”, as South Africa handed over Chair to Thailand on January 12.

At the handover ceremony of the Group’s Chairmanship, Ban expressed appreciation for South Africa’s “able stewardship as the Chair of the Group of 77 and China throughout such a historic year for multilateralism”, and warmly welcomed Thailand’s leadership.

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UN General Assembly Down The Memory Lane

NEW YORK – Marking the 70th anniversary of the first meeting of the United Nations General Assembly on 11 January 2016, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said the body has truly become the “Parliament for all people.”

In fact, before there was a UN Secretary-General, a Security Council or an iconic Headquarters in New York, there was the General Assembly, the most representative body ever of world nations, meeting for the first time in a London hall facing Westminster Abbey, the 1,000-year-old coronation site of Britain’s kings and queens.

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