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A participant of a townhall meeting - held as part of the sixty-third session of the Commission on the Status of Women - greets a UN staff member prior to the beginning of the townhall.
The townhall, moderated by Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, Executive Director of the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women), served as an opportunity for civil society representatives to engage with Secretary-General António Guterres and his senior leadership on topics pertaining to gender equality and the work of the UN.

Maryam Bular Hasan, Poet, shares a poem at the Summit of the Future Action Day Two session titled “Dismantling patriarchal power structures”. Action Day 2, which coincides with the International Day of Peace, focuses on three priority themes: A Digital Future for All; A Peaceful Future for All; and A Sustainable Future for All.

The Summit offers a once-in-a-generation opportunity for change. It will pave the way to a better tomorrow, one that we can only shape together. In support of this vision and these objectives, the Secretary-General of the United Nations convened the Summit of the Future Action Days on 20 and 21 September 2024 to generate additional opportunities for the engagement of all actors.

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For this year’s observance of International Environment Day the United Nations is focusing on the plight of forests worldwide. In Haiti, there remains less than one percent tree cover. Most deforestation is caused by the local population’s need for land to farm, wood to build with, and charcoal to cook with. The result has left immense tracks of land bare to the elements, hastened massive soil erosion and increased land slides and flash flooding.
View of a deforested hilltop near Port-au-Prince, Haiti.

A member of the peasant association from a community in the Harerge Province, east of Addis Ababa, guards the land against vandals.
With the assistance of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the Government of Ethiopia has launched a massive reafforestation to counteract serious soil erosion and degradation, declining agricultural production and widespread famine. The programme is specifically designed to study the adaptability of various tree species to the country's diverse bioclimatic zones and eventually lead to a better integration of agriculture and forestry.

Flowering fields in late June, in southeast Iceland.

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Headline UN Forum on Forests Photo Competition Winner: "Face of the Mau: Community Leader Planting Trees"

Caption Description One of the six winning photographs of the United Nations Forum on Forests Photo Competition, “Face of the Mau: Community Leader Planting Trees.”
Grace is a farmer from Kipilat village and a leading member of the forest community in Ainabkoi. Grace, works on a voluntary basis to support efforts to protect the forest. She provides both material support to Kenya Forest Service rangers and where possible gives information to the authorities on the activities of illegal loggers. This photo was part of an exhibition which featured portraits of people who depend on the Mau Forest in Kenya, one of the country’s most important water towers.

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Production Date 10/16/2012 2:20:17 PM

Country Kenya

Credit UN Photo/Riccardo Gangale

File size 6.17 MB