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2. United Nations Environment Programme - Wikipedia

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   The United Nations Environment Programme ( UNEP) is responsible for coordinating responses to environmental issues within the United Nations system. [1] [2] It was established by Maurice Strong, its first director, after the United Nations Conference on the Human Environment in Stockholm in June 1972. Its mandate is to provide leadership ...

3. Green job - Wikipedia

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   Green jobs ( green-collar jobs, sustainability jobs, eco jobs or environmental jobs [1]) are, according to the United Nations Environment Program, "work in agricultural, manufacturing, research and development (R&D), administrative, and service activities that contribute (s) substantially to preserving or restoring environmental quality.

4. United Nations Environment Programme Finance Initiative

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   The United Nations Environment Programme Finance Initiative (UNEP FI) is a partnership between the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) and the global financial sector to catalyse action across the financial system to align economies with sustainable development. [1] As the UN partner for the finance sector, they convene financial ...

5. United Nations Office for Project Services - Wikipedia

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   The United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS) is a United Nations agency dedicated to implementing humanitarian and development projects for the United Nations System, international financial institutions, governments and other partners around the world, with a focus on infrastructure, procurement and project management The organization's global headquarters is located at the UN City ...

6. Joyce Msuya - Wikipedia

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   Joyce Msuya. Joyce Msuya is a Tanzanian microbiologist and environmental scientist who has been serving as Assistant Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Deputy Emergency Relief Coordinator in the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs since 2021. [1] From 2018 to 2021, she served as the Deputy Executive ...

7. United Nations Environment Organization - Wikipedia

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   The UNEP was created to perform the tasks of an anchor institution in the system of Global Environmental Governance (GEG). According to the Nairobi Declaration on the Role and Mandate of the United Nations Environmental program, "the role of UNEP was to be the leading global environmental authority that sets the global environmental agenda ...

8. United Nations Volunteers - Wikipedia

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   The United Nations Volunteers ( UNV) programme is a United Nations organization that contributes to peace and development through volunteerism worldwide. Volunteerism is a powerful means of engaging people in tackling development challenges, and it can transform the pace and nature of development. Volunteerism benefits both society at large and ...

9. United Nations - Wikipedia

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   The United Nations ( UN) is a diplomatic and political [2] international organization whose stated purposes are to maintain international peace and security, develop friendly relations among nations, achieve international cooperation, and serve as a centre for harmonizing the actions of nations. [3] It is the world's largest international ...