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Social Good Summit Named Finalist in PR News’ Platinum PR AwardsSeptember 10, 2012 As anticipation builds for the 2012 Social Good Summit, this annual event and the founding partners of the original 2010 edition, were... |
United Nations Foundation’s Diana Walker Named One of the “Top 99 Under 33 Foreign Policy Leaders”September 7, 2012 Yesterday, the Diplomatic Courier and the |
All-Access Preview of Upcoming 2012 Social Good SummitSeptember 6, 2012 Since 2010, the Social Good Summit has generated increasing attention and excitement, as a dynamic, open-to-all counterpoint to New York’s... |
A Global Save the Date: Announcing the 2012 Social Good Summit, September 22-24August 9, 2012 In every corner of the world, more and more people are using digital tools and technologies to connect around and transform the challenges and... |
Statement from Senator Timothy E. Wirth on the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with DisabilitiesJuly 30, 2012 The Senate Foreign Relations Committee has taken bold action on behalf of persons with disabilities everywhere, voting to approve a treaty that... |
To Defeat AIDS, Better Integrate HIV/AIDS Programs and Sexual and Reproductive Health ServicesJuly 23, 2012 United Nations Foundation CEO Kathy Calvin today issued the following statement on the occasion of the XIX International AIDS Conference, which... |
“WHY WE CARE” PAINTS INTIMATE PORTRAITS OF WHY GLOBAL LEADERS SUPPORT ACCESS TO REPRODUCTIVE HEALTHJuly 11, 2012 Why We Care: Global Leaders Council for Reproductive Health, an unprecedented collection of personal stories, unveiled today at the... |
United Nations Foundation Commits to Making the Goals of the London Summit on Family Planning a RealityJuly 11, 2012 As partners from around the world join together in London to launch an ambitious effort to enable 120 million more women in developing countries... |
Former UNFPA Leaders Praise London Summit as Transformative Moment for Family PlanningJuly 11, 2012 On World Population Day, two former UNFPA Executive Directors, Dr. Nafis Sadik and Thoraya Ahmed Obaid, released the following statement... |
Game Over, Malaria: Nothing But Nets and plyfe Join Forces to Fight Deadly DiseaseJuly 10, 2012 |
United Nations Foundation Announces 2012 “Global Issues Journalism Fellowship”July 9, 2012 This September, global attention will again focus on the United Nations as international leaders gather in New York to address some of the... |
Estonia helps protect tens of thousands of children against polioJuly 3, 2012 Today the United Nations Foundation announced a pledge of US$25,000 from the Government of the Republic of Estonia to... |
Actress and Humanitarian Serinda Swan Joins the Fight Against MalariaJune 21, 2012 As the newest Champion in the fight against malaria, actress and humanitarian Serinda Swan recently joined a delegation from the United Nations... |
Rio+Social “6-Minute Speech” Unites World Vision for a Sustainable FutureJune 20, 2012 Yesterday, Severn Cullis-Suzuki, an environmental activist, spoke to the world at Rio+Social, delivering a |
Thousands of Global Citizens Gather Through Rio+Social to Address Sustainability Challenges and Build a Better WorldJune 19, 2012 Today, on the eve of Rio+20, the historic United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development, Rio+Social is catalyzing a global, online... |
Virgin Unite and the United Postcode Lotteries Celebrate Businesses Protecting Mother Nature at Rio+SocialJune 15, 2012 Today, the United Nations Foundation, Mashable, 92nd Street Y, Ericsson, Energias de Portugal (EDP), LiveAD, and Planeta Sustentável... |
Linkin Park Joins Rio+SocialJune 13, 2012 Today Linkin Park announced their participation in Rio+Social on June 19th, a global conversation organized by the United Nations Foundation,... |
United Nations Foundation and Virgin Produced Take Social Good to New HeightsJune 7, 2012 Social good reaches new heights – 35,000 feet – this month as the United Nations Foundation and Virgin Produced announced a new... |
Corporate Pioneers, Global Leaders, Goodwill Ambassadors, Human Rights Defenders, Environmental Experts, and Nobel Laureates Join Rio+SocialJune 1, 2012 Today the United Nations Foundation, Mashable, 92nd Street Y, Ericsson, Energias de Portugal (EDP), LiveAD, and Planeta Sustentável... |
Rio+Social Invites the World to Make History and Help Write the Next '6-Minute Speech'May 30, 2012 Today the organizing of partners Rio+Social launched the “6-Minute Speech Project,” a platform for a worldwide dialogue around the... |
