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Let’s celebrate happiness, it’s a fundamental human goal
The United Nations recognizes the importance of happiness and well-being as universal goals and aspirations in the lives of human beings. Governments and international organizations should invest in conditions that support happiness by upholding human rights and integrating well-being and environmental dimensions into their policy frameworks. The United Nations invites everyone to celebrate the International Day of Happiness (20 March). The same day sees the release of the World Happiness Report 2024, centered around the theme of happiness for the young, the old, and everyone in between.
Guterres urges disarmament now as nuclear risk reaches ‘highest point in decades’
18 March 2024 — Almost 80 years after the incineration of the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, nuclear weapons still represent a clear and present danger to global peace and security, UN...
Imminent famine in northern Gaza is ‘entirely man-made disaster’: Guterres
18 March 2024 — Amid reports that the Israeli military stormed Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City on Monday in search of Hamas fighters, UN humanitarians warned that new food insecurity data indicates...
UN chief condemns attack on peacekeepers in DR Congo
17 March 2024 — The UN chief on Saturday condemned an attack which saw eight peacekeepers from the UN Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, or DRC, wounded during clashes between the...