UN urges solidarity in advancing sustainable development as population hits 8 bln

STORY: UN urges solidarity in advancing sustainable development as population hits 8 bln DATELINE: Nov. 16, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:49 LOCATION: UN Headquarters CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. wide shot of UN Headquarters 2. wide shot of the press briefing room 3. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): MARIA-FRANCESCA SPATOLISANO, Assistant Secretary-General for Policy Coordination and Inter-Agency Affairs, UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs 4. med shot of briefers 5. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): IB PETERSEN, Deputy director for management, UN Population Fund 6. med shot of briefers 7. SOUNDBITE 3 (English): JOHN WILMOTH, Director of Population Division, UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs 8. wide shot of the press briefing room STORYLINE: The United Nations (UN) on Tuesday called for solidarity in advancing sustainable development as the world's population hits 8 billion. The United Nations said in a press release that the 8-billion-mark is "a clarion call" for humanity to meet its shared responsibility to prote

UN-GENDER EQUALITY-REPORT

UN-GENDER EQUALITY-REPORT

(220907) -- UNITED NATIONS, Sept. 7, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Maria-Francesca Spatolisano (L), Assistant Secretary-General for Policy Coordination and Inter-Agency Affairs of the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA), briefs on the "Gender Snapshot," at the UN headquarters in New York, Sept. 7, 2022. TO GO WITH "Roundup: UN warns achieving full gender equality still centuries away" (Xinhua/Wang Jiangang)