UNIS/SGSM/1390
21 March 2024
On Earth Hour, millions of people around the world switch off the lights to shine a light on the plight of our planet.
This year, I invite you to be one of them.
The need is urgent.
Our climate is collapsing. Last year was the hottest ever.
Earth Hour is a global show of solidarity for taking a different path.
It demonstrates the power each of us has in the fight for our future.
So please, join in on March 23rd at 8:30 p.m. local time.
Together, let’s turn off the lights and turn the world towards a brighter future for us all.
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With the deposit of the instrument of accession at the UN Headquarters in New York, Bahrain becomes the sixteenth State Party to the United Nations Convention on International Settlement Agreements Resulting from Mediation, also known as the "Singapore Convention on Mediation".
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The new Permanent Representative of Ukraine to the United Nations (Vienna), Yurii Vitrenko, presented his credentials today to the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Vienna (UNOV), Ghada Waly.
During its 142nd session, the International Narcotics Control Board (INCB) focused on ensuring the functioning of the international drug control system and efforts to ensure the availability of controlled medicines and to prevent illicit drug manufacture, diversion and misuse.
