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Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Information Centre (Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵIC) in Australia was established in November 1948 in Sydney. Later moving to Canberra, it is the formal Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ presence in Australia and the principal local source of information about the United Nations system. Its strategic communications responsibilities also extend to Fiji, Kiribati, Nauru, New Zealand, Samoa, Tuvalu, Tonga and Vanuatu.
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Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ @ 80 Shared Lives, Shared Future Global Exhibition Launches in Australia
Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵIC Canberra welcomed guests to the opening of the global exhibition, Shared Lives, Shared Future on 24 October 2025.
International Day of Peace 2025: Youth Voices Shine as Karen Middleton Receives ACT Chief Minister¡¯s Peace Prize."
The diplomatic community, students, and leaders gathered to honour peace, youth representation, and Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ¡¯s 80th anniversary and observe International Day of Peace 2025.
CANBERRA ¨C Despite solid legal and institutional frameworks adopted by the Australian Government, a Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ expert said today he was concerned by the low rate of prosecution and conviction of acts amounting to contemporary forms of slavery.
Climate change has radically impacted the basic human rights of ni-Vanuatu people, and the international community must urgently implement its mitigation and finance obligations towards Vanuatu and other most-affected countries that have contributed least to the climate crisis, a Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ expert said today.
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AWAKE AT NIGHT: Melissa Fleming interviews Laura Dolci | Love in the time of terrorism (S10-E3)
Just days before, she recalled, ¡°he kissed us goodbye, and I remember telling him in my joking way: ¡®Be sure you come back.¡¯¡±
Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ official Laura Dolci was feeding her baby son when she heard the devastating news that her husband Jean-S¨¦lim Kanaan had been killed in a suicide bomb attack on the Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Headquarters in Baghdad, Iraq. It was August 19, 2003: the darkest day in Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ history, and the darkest day in her life.
¡®Protecting human rights is key to ending the AIDS pandemic: Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ report'
Stigma, discrimination, and punitive laws are hindering progress in global efforts to stamp out HIV and AIDS.Dr. Angeli Achrekar, Assistant Secretary General and Deputy Executive Director of Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵAIDS, discusses their latest report.
This Tuesday, the Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ honoured fallen colleagues and reminded the world that aid workers should never be a target, as 2024 saw a shocking new record of 383 aid workers killed.
The international push for consensus on a legally binding deal to end plastic pollution proved beyond the grasp of weary Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Member States meeting in Geneva on Friday, as they agreed to resume discussions at a future date.
More than half the world¡¯s population is under 30, and young people are leading grassroots efforts on issues from climate action to equality. Marking International Youth Day on Tuesday, the Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ is highlighting the power of youth to transform their communities ¨C and the wider world.
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