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The United Nations Water Conference 2023 brought together industry experts and leaders from around the globe to discuss the current state of water provisioning and stewardship, as well as the steps needed to ensure a sustainable future for our planet. …

W12+ Programs Director Ellie Leaning reflects on the UN Water Conference and the importance of indigenous perspectives, convening, action, and more. This article was originally posted on Leaning’s Medium page here. I’m writing this from the Moynihan Train Hall in NYC, heading back home after what can only be described…

How to Quickly End Ukraine’s Suffering: Decisive Diplomatic and Military Measures The democratic West has unambiguously and correctly characterized the criminal, unprovoked, shockingly cruel Putin/Russian invasion of Ukraine as an existential threat not just to Ukraine as an independent sovereign nation, but to other democracies and a rules based world…

How the World is Taking Action and How You Can Help The world has taken a giant step towards a more sustainable future with the adoption of a landmark resolution by the United Nations General Assembly on 14 December 2022. In a move spearheaded by Turkey and supported by 105…

On March, 31 the United Nations Security Council will discuss Putin’s decision to deploy nuclear weapons on the territory of Belarus. It is one more act in a line of violations of international laws and principles. Russia annexed Crimea and started full scale war with Ukraine despite the formal recognition…

The United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 1 aims to eradicate poverty worldwide. The United Nations (UN) defines poverty as “a denial of choices and opportunities, a violation of human dignity. It means lack of basic capacity to participate effectively in society. It means not having enough to feed and…

By Marvella Zimbiri DK: Dave Kim NN: Nia Negron ARE: Andrea Rangel Estrada Could you briefly introduce yourself and your role in ILYMUN 23? DK: My name is Dave and I was the Secretary General of ILYMUN 2023. My main role as Secretary General was the overall organisation of ILYMUN…