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• On September 25, Maxim Tank Belarusian State Pedagogical University (BSPU) hosted the final event of the Youth Media Festival entitled, “Young Voices for Sustainable Development.”

The results are in from a massive, unprecedented crowd-sourcing survey of international opinion, launched in January 2020 to mark the 75th anniversary of the United Nations.

• In January, before the pandemic outbreak, the United Nations kicked off a series of events to commemorate its 75th anniversary focusing on the global conversation on the international cooperation and the role of UN in building the future that we want for our contemporaries and future generations.

• The UN team in Belarus marked United Nations Day and the 75th anniversary of this international organization having planted over 3,000 pines, spruces, and birches on the territory of the Molodechno forest division.

• We must “commit” to building a more inclusive and sustainable world, the UN chief underscored in his annual report on the Work of the Organization, launched on Thursday.

• Amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, the world is reckoning with the disproportionate and severe impact that the virus has wrought on the “health…rights and well being” of older persons, the UN chief has said, marking the international day highlighting their issues.

• Humanity is waging war on nature. These were the opening words by the UN Chief António Guterres speaking at the biodiversity summit launched in UN on Wednesday. He urged the international community to build “healthy” relationship with the environment and elaborate a plan of biodiversity conservation for the period after 2020.

• Securing financing is important for innovative firms–and vital for enabling and promoting innovation for sustainable growth and development.