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President Cyril Ramaphosa concluding media wrap up interview on the working visit to the Kingdom of Spain where he participated at the In Defence of Democracy Initiative at the Fira de Barcelona.
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The United Nations ECOSOC Youth Forum took place from 14 to 16 April 2026 at United Nations Headquarters in New York. The Forum focused on transformative, equitable, innovative, and coordinated actions to advance the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and its Sustainable Development Goals.
UN Video interviewed four of the UN Youth Office’s Reference Group during the Forum.
For more: https://www.un.org/youthaffairs/en/youth-reference-group
A sustainable and inclusive future depends on achieving inclusive economic growth and decent work for all. Yet young people aged 15 to 24 continue to face persistent barriers to accessing meaningful and productive employment. This session will highlight the bold, innovative ways in which young advocates are leading change to ensure that every young person can access productive employment, regardless of gender, income, or socio‑economic background.
Moderator
Bora Kamwanya, Vice-President, Pan African Youth Union
Speakers
Puneet Singh Singhal, Co-founder of Billion Strong and member of UN Youth Office Reference Group
Lindsey Huahuamullo, Founder of ImpactaYA and member of UN Youth Office Reference Group
The Poet Laureate of Barbados, Ms. Esther Phillips, and Ms. Shahaddah Jack, the first Youth Poet Laureate of Toronto, participated in the International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade on 25 March 2026 at the United Nations Headquarters in New York. While there, they sat down in a UNTV studio to reflect on the power of poetry and art in confronting history, honoring memory, and demanding justice.
The conversation was organized by the United Nations Outreach Programme on the Transatlantic Slave Trade and Slavery.
Conversation with Fabien Cousteau, Aquanaut, Ocean Conservationist, and Documentary Filmmaker.
Join ITV News Anchor Rageh Omaar in conversation with Fabien Cousteau, the renowned ocean explorer, environmentalist, and grandson of the legendary explorer Jacques Cousteau—as he takes us beneath the surface of our planet’s most critical ecosystems. Cousteau has spent a lifetime exploring the deep sea, changing our perceptions of life underwater and advocating for its protection. Cousteau will share powerful stories from the frontlines of marine conservation, from the vibrant coral reefs of the tropics to the rapidly changing waters of Antarctica. This discussion will be an eye-opening journey through Earth’s last wild frontiers—and a call to action to protect them.
Speaker:
Fabien Cousteau, Aquanaut, Ocean Conservationist, and Documentary Filmmaker
Moderator:
Rageh Omaar, News Anchor, ITV News
Join us during the UN Ocean Conference from June 9-13 and hear about the transformation and solutions needed to accelerate action on the SDGs.
The Conference aims to drive urgent action to conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources for sustainable development. Ocean science, pollution, fishing, maritime transport, biodiversity, financing and cooperation are among the issues to be tackled.
Organized by the UN Department of Global Communications, the SDG Media Zone takes the conversation out of the policy sphere and into the public discourse through impactful in-depth interviews and conversations on global issues that matter to people everywhere.
0:13 – How AI innovation drives productivity: #AI has the potential to supercharge productivity and growth around the world, but as Professor Carl-Benedikt Frey of the Oxford Internet Institute argues, technology alone won’t deliver that. The real constraint may be institutional: how markets are structured, how regulation works, and who gets to innovate.
05:41 – 5 facts on quantum reality: John M. Martinis was jointly awarded the 2025 Nobel Prize in Physics for his work on quantum mechanics. Here, he reveals a little of the weird and wonderful world of #quantum computing – from precise modelling of molecules, to electricity flowing in two directions at once.
08:26 – How the global economy is about to shift: What does growth look like in the current #economy? Where are the challenges and opportunities in the next 5 years? And which industries are likely to drive growth globally? To find out, the World Economic Forum brought together leaders, ministers of economy and finance, and top economists from around the world, as well as surveying more than 11,000 business leaders in more than 100 countries.
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Between October 2023 and December 2025, more than 38,000 women and girls were killed in Gaza, the result of Israeli air bombardment and land military operations, UN Women said on Friday. Women from Gaza share their stories of struggling to survive.
