{"id":17145,"date":"2016-04-28T21:17:44","date_gmt":"2016-04-28T21:17:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/sustainabledevelopment\/?p=17145"},"modified":"2018-04-22T12:00:19","modified_gmt":"2018-04-22T16:00:19","slug":"un70-express-train-brings-sdgs-to-belarus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/sustainabledevelopment\/blog\/2016\/04\/un70-express-train-brings-sdgs-to-belarus\/","title":{"rendered":"Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ70 Express train brings SDGs to Belarus"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 hundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-overflow:visible;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-one-full fusion-column-first fusion-column-last fusion-column-no-min-height\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-margin-bottom:0px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\"><div class=\"fusion-video fusion-youtube\" style=\"--awb-max-width:600px;--awb-max-height:350px;\"><div class=\"video-shortcode\"><div class=\"fluid-width-video-wrapper\" style=\"padding-top:58.33%;\" ><iframe title=\"YouTube video player 1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/KmuEONChXJg?wmode=transparent&autoplay=0\" width=\"600\" height=\"350\" allowfullscreen allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture;\"><\/iframe><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<p>The eight-day journey of the Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ70 Belarus Express for Sustainable Development Goals train was a shared dream of the United Nations and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Belarus that\u00a0aimed\u00a0to celebrate the 70th Anniversary of the United Nations and to promote the 17 SDGs\u00a0adopted by the Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ General Assembly in September 2015.<\/p>\n<p>From 23-30 October 2015, the Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ70 Express attracted thousands of visitors and offered a rich programme of activities to bring the Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ and the SDGs to the people in each of its city stops: Minsk, Hrodna, Baranovi\u010dy, Brest, Homiel, Mahilio\u016d, and Viciebsk. On-board and on-site events included guided tours, lectures, workshops, debates, movie screenings, concerts, dance performances, talk shows, flash mobs, culinary fests and activities for children and adults. Each Oblast (Region) Executive Committee Chairman along the way signed a Declaration of Commitment to the Sustainable Development Goals.<\/p>\n<p>The passengers included representatives of 19 Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ agencies, the Belarusian government, parliament, embassies, non-governmental organizations (NGOs), businesses, governors, students, journalists, celebrities, people living with HIV, refugees and people with disabilities. The Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ70 Express served as a platform-on-wheels for rich dialogue on real life challenges that ordinary Belarusians face.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEveryone\u2019s voice is important. Everyone\u2019s dream must be celebrated. Everyone\u2019s fears must be addressed. Everyone\u2019s vulnerability must be recognized. Everyone\u2019s potential contribution must be counted,\u201d said Sanaka Samarasinha, Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Resident Coordinator in Belarus.<\/p>\n<p>In this video, the\u00a0Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ\u00a0Information Centre in\u00a0Belarus\u00a0tried to capture the spirit of that historic journey.<div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"[fusion_youtube id=\"KmuEONChXJg\" width=\"600\" height=\"350\" autoplay=\"no\" api_params=\"\" class=\"\"]\n","protected":false},"author":230,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4,229,119],"tags":[4829,5883,5889,4833,5886],"class_list":["post-17145","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-video-partnerships","category-video-sustainable-development-agenda","tag-belarus","tag-belarus-express","tag-sustainable-developement-goals","tag-trains","tag-unics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/sustainabledevelopment\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17145","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/sustainabledevelopment\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/sustainabledevelopment\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/sustainabledevelopment\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/230"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/sustainabledevelopment\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17145"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/sustainabledevelopment\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17145\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/sustainabledevelopment\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17145"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/sustainabledevelopment\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17145"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/sustainabledevelopment\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17145"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}