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  1. Pinned Tweet
    Aug 21

    📸: The Knotted Gun sculpture at UNHQ in NYC is a universal symbol of non-violence. The UN works for everyone, everywhere to create a more peaceful and prosperous world for all.

    1,734 replies 493 retweets 2,148 likes
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  2. 3 hours ago

    Humanity faces an urgent choice: breakdown or breakthrough. The decisions we take today could result in a future of perpetual crises, or a breakthrough to a better, more sustainable, peaceful future. Read more in ' Common Agenda:

    24 replies 55 retweets 199 likes
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  3. 6 hours ago

    Yemen: "The fighting must stop, the violence has to come to an end." -- Hans Grundberg tells Security Council that a peaceful Yemen is essential for the stability of the entire region.

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  4. Retweeted
    11 hours ago

    The choices we make — or fail to make — today could result in further global breakdown, or a breakthrough to a better future. Our Common Agenda is my vision for a global effort to join forces & make a tangible difference to people’s lives.

    125 replies 255 retweets 712 likes
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  5. 9 hours ago

    In his "Common Agenda", lays out two scenarios for the future: - breakdown & perpetual crisis, or - breakthrough to a more sustainable, safer world. Read his vision for the future of global cooperation & effective multilateralism:

    24 replies 58 retweets 157 likes
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  6. 11 hours ago

    "We don’t need new multilateral bureaucracies. But we must make those we have, including the UN, more effective. We need multilateralism with teeth." -- .

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  7. Retweeted
    14 hours ago

    1,200 civilian deaths 1,100 rapes 25,000 human rights abuses The violence committed against civilians by armed groups in eastern DR Congo this year alone is alarming, and continues to cost lives and drive people from their homes.

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  8. 13 hours ago

    "Afghan women are demanding the right to choose their own futures." -- Messenger of Peace to Security Council as highest UN official in Afghanistan stresses the need for continued international engagement & unwavering commitment to the country.

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  9. Retweeted
    18 hours ago

    Peaceful protesters across have faced an increasingly violent response over past 4 weeks. We call on the Taliban to immediately cease use of force & arbitrary detention of those exercising their right to peaceful assembly, incl. journalists:

    172 replies 235 retweets 533 likes
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  10. 14 hours ago

    More than 700,000 people die by suicide each year. Get more facts from on Friday's World Day:

    27 replies 141 retweets 357 likes
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  11. Retweeted
    22 hours ago

    🇪🇹 Joint investigation by and into alleged violations of human rights, humanitarian & refugee law committed by all parties to the conflict in concludes field work phase. Final report to be published on 1 November 2021. 👉

    142 replies 155 retweets 259 likes
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  12. 16 hours ago

    "In our biggest shared test since the Second World War, humanity faces a stark & urgent choice: a breakdown or a breakthrough." -- shares his vision for effective multilateralism, calling on countries to address global issues together.

    37 replies 179 retweets 490 likes
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  13. Retweeted
    Sep 9

    1 in 100 deaths is by . Every year, more people die as a result of suicide than HIV, malaria or breast cancer - or war and homicide. ▶️

    13 replies 282 retweets 515 likes
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  14. 18 hours ago

    As hunger spikes in Haiti following devastating earthquake, calls for urgent funding to help restore the livelihoods of vulnerable rural families & avoid a worsening of the food crisis.

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  15. 21 hours ago

    Friday is Day. Find out more about this public health problem & what you can do if you think someone is considering suicide: via

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  16. 24 hours ago

    Dag Hammarskjöld's wisdom & humanity, his unimpeachable integrity & single-minded devotion to duty set the highest standard for public service. -- commemorating the 60th anniversary of the former Secretary-General's death.

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  17. Retweeted
    Sep 9

    A weak event may re-emerge later in 2021 for the second consecutive year, with the risk that precipitation patterns may worsen existing drought and increase the risk of flooding in different parts of the world.

    4 replies 58 retweets 134 likes
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  18. Sep 9

    Suicide is a global public health issue that affects all ages, sexes & regions of the world. More from on Friday's World Day:

    50 replies 355 retweets 808 likes
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  19. Sep 9

    🎧 Take a listen, as Goodwill Ambassador & SDG Advocate & sustainable fashion advocate talk about the links between the fashion industry, the climate crisis & colonialism.

    11 replies 39 retweets 141 likes
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  20. Sep 9

    Every 40 seconds, someone in the world ends their own life. Suicide is a global public health issue that affects all ages, sexes & regions of the world. has more on Friday's Day:

    49 replies 255 retweets 458 likes
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  21. Retweeted
    Sep 9

    “Women have a right to peaceful protest and to a life free of violence." Executive Director a.i. of UN Women, Ms. Pramila Patten, stands in solidarity with Afghan women who are fighting for the respect of their fundamental rights and freedoms. Statement:

    39 replies 147 retweets 471 likes
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