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Human Rights Day 2024

Human rights can empower individuals and communities to forge a better tomorrow. By embracing and trusting the full power of human rights as the path to the world we want, we can become more peaceful, equal and sustainable.

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United Nations·27 December 2025

International Human Rights Day 2025

Statements and speeches Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights

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Humanitarian·16 July 2025

UN’s Albanese hails 30-nation meeting aimed at ending Israeli occupation of Palestine

Francesca Albanese, the UN special rapporteur for the occupied Palestinian territories, will say the era of treating international law as optional must end. Photograph:

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Arts & Culture·15 August 2024

Venice Biennale - Atlas: Harmony in Diversity

The character “集” depicts three birds perched on a single tree. As a verb, it encompasses meanings including to gather, converge, collect, or assemble. As a noun, “集” can be translated as “Atlas” — a collection of art, cultural relics, or…

ON Network · 1 min read

Arts & Culture·9 June 2024

International School for Peace

Entrance to Ecolint’s La Grande Boissière campus in Geneva, with original school sign, 5 June 2024. (Geneva Solutions/Paula Dupraz-Dobias)

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Education·29 April 2024

International Day of Multilateralism and Diplomacy for Peace

As the most representative international organization and the utmost expression of multilateralism, the United Nations is the main instrument to address multifaceted and complex global challenges through collective action.

ON Network · 4 min read

Climate·22 March 2024

World Water Day 22 March

In 2024, World Water Day focuses on Water for Prosperity and Peace; UNESCO and the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe are the lead UN agency.

ON Network · 1 min read

Arts & Culture·19 March 2024

International Nowruz Day - 21 March

PHOTO: © Iranian Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism Organization (ICHHTO)

ON Network · 3 min read

Climate·14 March 2024

Arab RFSD Explores Solutions to Deliver for Sustainability and Peace

The UN Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) convened a regional forum on sustainable development (RFSD) in preparation for the High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF) in July. The meeting discussed…

ON Network · 4 min read

Humanitarian·15 February 2024

In Munich, Guterres calls for new global order that works for all

United Nations/Stephanie Tremblay - UN Secretary-General António Guterres addresses the Munich Security Conference in Germany

ON Network · 3 min read

Climate·17 February 2024

EcoPeace Middle East

Our primary objective is the promotion of cooperative efforts to protect our shared environmental heritage. In so doing, we seek to advance both sustainable regional development and the creation of necessary conditions for lasting peace in…

ON Network · 1 min read

Climate·10 February 2024

“Peace is the Missing Piece”: UN Secretary-General on Priorities for 2024

Addressing the UN General Assembly (UNGA), UN Secretary-General António Guterres briefed Member States on his priorities for 2024. The Secretary-General highlighted “peace in all its dimensions” as his top goal for the year.

ON Network · 4 min read

Arts & Culture·3 November 2023

A Convening of Civic Poets

Curators: Hoor Al Qasimi, president and director of Sharjah Art Foundation & Julia Morandeira Arrizabalaga, director of KADIST Paris

ON Network · 2 min read

Dwelling·13 December 2022

Top-5 world’s most peaceful countries in 2022

There is no doubt that any sane person would like to live in a harmonious society and in a world where peace is everyone’s goal. A peaceful society is one with functional justice and minimal violence. Nations that manage to successfully…

ON Network · 4 min read

Sustainability·21 September 2022

The 2022 Global People’s Assembly and a New Multilateralism

In his Our Common Agenda , the UN Secretary-General called on Member States to give “serious consideration” to the idea of an “annual civil society caucus in conjunction with the General Assembly’s high-level week.” Fortunately, such a…

ON Network · 4 min read

Climate·14 September 2022

Fixing the Future Festival - Barcelona - 16-17 September 2022

From fair fashion revolutions to youth climate movements, there’s a lot happening on Planet Earth. For two days, the future is gathering in Barcelona for you to explore. You will immerse yourself in a festival of ideas and innovations and…

ON Network · 1 min read

Climate·31 January 2022

International Geneva turns focus to nature and peace

Published on 31 January 2022, 05:00. Updated on 31 January 2022, 09:22.

ON Network · 3 min read

Arts & Culture·12 May 2025

Featured Story: 140 Artists’ Ideas for Planet Earth

A new book inviting artists to re-think the climate emergency

ON Network · 3 min read

Dwelling·30 January 2021

Restoring faith in democracy with Citizen Committees

“What if every community formed a ‘Citizen Committee’, which is authentically inclusive of diverse voices and without political affiliation to any party?” Green Party member Chris Nash suggests a new way in which, during an era of…

ON Network · 4 min read

Climate·9 November 2020

Paris Peace Forum 2020

On 11-13 November 2020, the third edition of the Paris Peace Forum will be centered on the collective response to Coronavirus, both in terms of improving our response and resilience, and of rebuilding a more sustainable world, with the…

ON Network · 2 min read

Arts & Culture·23 November 2023

First online university for refugees - Kiron Open Higher Education

Five years have passed since Berlin-based Vincent Zimmer and Markus Kressler launched Kiron Open Higher Education , the first online university exclusively for refugees, boosted by a handful of volunteers and a crowdfunding campaign.

ON Network · 2 min read

Climate·1 July 2020

On the 75th Anniversary of the UN Charter, Multilateralism Remains Key

How the founding principles of the United Nations can address current global challenges with bold responses, by Patricia Espinosa, Executive Secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change

ON Network · 2 min read

Peace·24 October 2020

The Elders urge a revival of multilateralism on UN’s anniversary to reshape the world after COVID-19

The Elders urge a revival of multilateralism on the United Nations anniversary to reshape the world after COVID-19.

Olive Network · 5 min read

Arts & Culture·22 June 2020

7 ways to trigger world peace

Give every new born baby a feather, to learn how to laugh through ticklishness. Give every new born a flower, made from recycled arms (weapons that is, not human limbs). Recycle nappies into the building trade as insulation, playground…

Peter Kirby · 1 min read

Climate·8 December 2025

Krisis: a manifesto for the future

(A shorter version of the following statement was published in The Observer Letters section on 24/5/2020. An e-petition is being set up on the final demand of a Citizens’ Assembly. If you would like to sign the petition please drop me a…

ON Network · 12 min read

New Museum·23 February 2024

New New Deal: Towards a New Era of Social Imagination

The community-centered approach of the Federal Art Project can be an inspiration in a time when the current system must be rethought.

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New Museum·10 March 2019

'Geek philanthropy': the gamers raising millions through marathon live streams

Gamers play the endurance driving game Desert Bus as part of Desert Bus for Hope, which launched in 2007 and has raised over $5m for the children’s hospital charity Child’s Play. Photograph: Kolin Toney/Desert Bus for Hope

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New Museum·15 February 2019

A personal and professional perspective on the school ‘climate strike’

At 11 o’clock this morning thousands of school students in the UK walked out of their lessons to demand increased action on climate change.

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New Museum·24 January 2019

Could this local experiment be the start of a national transformation?

‘Over the past year, Barking and Dagenham has started to become known as a global leader in taking back control.’ Illustration: Eleanor Shakespeare

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New Museum·22 January 2019

Can Art Relax You?

Can art relax you? Sressed Millennials use galleries to unwind, research shows.

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New Museum·9 January 2019

Choose Love: The world's first store that sells real products for refugees

Every single purchase you make goes towards a similar item for a refugee, delivered via one of the 80+ projects Help Refugees support across the world.

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New Museum·8 January 2019

Beauty That Unites: Travels in the Marvelous Harmony of the Chinese people and Vatican Museums

Soft diplomacy between the two countries starts off with an exchange of art.

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New Museum·8 January 2019

Art can be a powerful medicine against dementia

People living with dementia discuss art at a Royal Academy InMind session. Photograph: Roy Matthews

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New Museum·8 January 2019

Forest Bathing Is the New Global Phenomenon in Nature Therapy

Shinrin Yoku means “forest bathing” or “taking in the forest atmosphere.” In 1982, the Forest Agency proposed Shrinrin Yoku as a different type of therapy which quickly took as picnicking under the cherry blossoms in April and March is a…

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New Museum·8 January 2019

Bee inspired: why Oslo has put ecological riches at the heart of the city

Kristina Bjureke, the chief botanist at the natural history museum in Oslo, examines a flowering plant with horticulturalist Tor Mjaaland. Bjureke wrote the plant management plan for city’s hay meadow campaign. Photograph: Jonathan Watts…

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New Museum·8 January 2019

15,000 at Glastonbury set record for biggest human peace sign

People form a giant peace sign at Glastonbury. Photograph: Andy Eliot/PA

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Charities·7 January 2019

Long-Term Development | Oxfam International

Around the globe, we work to find practical, innovative ways for people to lift themselves out of poverty and thrive. By supporting schools, to helping farmers sell their crops for a fair price, to improving access to people with HIV/AIDS…

ON Network · 5 min read

New Museum·18 September 2019

Emergency Architects & Human Rights

The building is 25 sqm classroom in a dome shape built to host Syrian and Jordanian children in Za’atari village, located just outside of the Za’atari refugee camp, 10 km from the Syrian border.

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New Museum·7 January 2019

COOL EARTH

Half the world's rainforest has been lost over the past forty years.

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New Museum·3 January 2019

Artist John Akomfrah Wins Artes Mundi Prize - his work feels particularly urgent.

His work, tackling migration, racism, and religious persecution, feels particularly urgent.

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New Museum·17 August 2019

Franciscans International - A Voice At The United Nations

We are a Franciscan voice at the United Nations protecting the vulnerable, the forgotten, and our wounded earth through advocacy.

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New Museum·23 August 2024

Claudia Sings Sunshine On A Rainy Day | WaterAid

Claudia's village, Lubunda , is in a disadvantaged part of northern Zambia, where people once relied on dirty, distant and dangerous water sources.

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New Museum·1 January 2019

EducAid - learning for life in Sierra Leone

What are the important skills, behaviours, and attitudes that students need to become contributing global citizens?

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New Museum·1 January 2019

A Sweet Gig: Danish Beekeeping Program Employs Refugees

By operating urban beehives year-round, Bybi helps the environment, gives training, and creates opportunity.

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New Museum·30 December 2018

Cahier Africain

In the beginning there was a notebook. A notebook about hundreds of broken lives and tragic fates. Director Heidi Specogna wastes no time and shows it to us in the very beginning. She uses the photos of men, children and teenagers, as well…

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New Museum·30 December 2018

A World Not Ours

The Schwarz Foundation has recently opened A World Not Ours , its exhibition for the summer, curated by Katerina Gregos. The exhibition takes place at the Foundation’s venue in Greece, Art Space Pythagorion , on the island of Samos, one of…

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New Museum·14 April 2026

Featured Story: A knowledge transporter in Afghanistan

School teacher Saber Hosseini from Bamyan, Afghanistan, cycles more than an hour to deliver books to children in remote villages in the province.

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New Museum·24 September 2019

Dancing out of poverty in South Africa

Taking the floor: Dane Hurst and the Rambert dance floor he moved to South Africa. Photograph: Karl Schoemaker for the Observer

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Sustainability·30 December 2018

Masai Women Are Leading a Solar Revolution With Help From Their Donkeys

Just two years ago, the villagers of Magadi, Kenya, had to light fires at night or burn expensive kerosene so their children could read and do their schoolwork—that is, when they weren’t tasked with guarding the village livestock from…

ON Network · 1 min read

New Museum·28 December 2018

From freecycling to Fairphones: 24 ways to lead an anti-capitalist life in a capitalist world

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New Museum·28 December 2018

Diverse candidates make history in US midterm elections

Some of the winners in Tuesday’s US midterm elections will make history when they take office. Here’s a round-up of some of those breaking barriers Stateside, from people of colour to LGBT candidates

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New Museum·28 December 2018

ABBIE TRAYLER-SMITH 'AFTER DARKNESS'

Anima-Mundi is proud to present Abbie Trayler-Smith’s ‘After Darkness’, an extraordinary exhibition of photography capturing the devastating effects of Isis on the landscape and people of the region.

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New Museum·27 December 2018

12 Ways The Arts Can Encourage Climate Action

An art installation made with parts of Greenland’s ice cap in Paris at COP21 by Olafur Eliasson. Photograph: Joel Saget/AFP/Getty Images

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New Museum·23 November 2023

Francis Alys - to work with refugees

Francis Alÿs to work with refugees in Iraq and meet Isil’s victims

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New Museum·24 September 2019

David Nott on Desert Island Discs

He works across three London hospitals performing general, vascular, trauma & reconstructive surgery. In addition, for the past two decades, he's spent several weeks every year working in conflict zones around the world for Médecins…

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New Museum·16 May 2018

Global reasons to be cheerful - David Byrne

1. Healing the divide Georgetown is one of Texas’s most conservative suburbs, but gets all its electricity from renewable sources. Its mayor, Dale Ross, a Republican in what is considered oil country, made a decision in 2015. He ignored…

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New Museum·16 October 2025

Featured Archive Story: Ubuntu - I am because we are

An anthropologist proposed a game to children in an African tribe. He put a basket of fruit near a tree and told the children whoever got there first won the sweet fruits. When he told them to run they all took each others hands and ran…

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New Museum·27 November 2025

Featured: Utopia For Realists - and how we can get there.

Visited the Wellcome Collection yesterday and came away with Utopia For Realists (ON Ed) Utopia for Realists is one of those rare books that takes you by surprise and challenges what you think you know. Rutger Bregman takes us on a journey…

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