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UN
General Assembly: New Global Goals for Sustainable
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The
international community gathered at the UN this week for the General Assembly
and to adopt the new global goals for sustainable development -- the world's
to-do list to end poverty, fight inequality and injustice, and stop
environmental destruction and the threat of climate change.
"This
is a time of fear and heartbreak...but this is also a time for hope." --
Read the UN Secretary-General's message to the General
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Leadership
Summit on Peacekeeping
Standing
before more than 50 world leaders asked to make their own new commitments to
peacekeeping, President Obama announced on Monday that the U.S. would enhance
troop commitments, training, and logistical support, as well as equipment to
defend against armed rebel groups in ungoverned spaces.
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2015
Social Good Summit On
September 27-28, the Social Good Summit community came together in New York to
share ideas on how we can build a better world by 2030 in support of the new
global goals. The Summit may be over, but conversation isn't -- follow along
with with hashtags #2030NOW
and #SocialGood.
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TOP
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The
new iPhone app from the UN Foundation makes it easy to connect with the global
goals.
Download it
now.
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