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From Lab to Market: How the EU Turns Research Into Reality

Source: European Commission (video statements)

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The EU is making it easier to turn research into real-world solutions. From lab to market, the European Innovation Act aims to cut red tape and help European researchers and start-ups scale faster. Discover five EU-funded breakthroughs already making a difference for health, sustainability and competitiveness. Click below to learn more about the EU Innovation Act.

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#Nepal #Kathmandu post disaster report after massive flood – Over 1,300 Dead

Source: United Nations (video statements)

Speaking live from Kathmandu, United Nations Resident Coordinator in Nepal Lila Pieters Yahia reported that confirmed fatalities from the August 26 disaster have reached 1,367, with more than 5,100 people still unaccounted for, including 587 foreign nationals. Yahia highlighted ongoing search-and-rescue efforts in flooded hydropower tunnels and pushed for swift international backing of the UN’s $49.6 million flash appeal, framing Nepal’s devastation as a stark reminder of the urgent need for global climate justice and loss-and-damage financing.

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IRIS²: Europe’s Satellite Constellation for Secure Communication

Source: European Commission (video statements)

More than 350 satellites. Secure EU communications from space. Europe’s IRIS² constellation launches from 2029.

IRIS² is the EU’s new secure satellite constellation, designed to ensure Europe stays connected on its own terms — in times of crisis and for defence, security, and emergency services. As part of the European Space Shield, it brings EU capabilities together to defend against jamming and spoofing and to fill critical gaps, such as space-based early warning.

IRIS² follows Europe’s proven model: Copernicus and Galileo were built through cooperation and have become global public goods.

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Dawn at UN Headquarters | United Nations

Source: United Nations (video statements)

Standing on the eastern shore of Manhattan Island, on the banks of New York City’s East River, the 18-acre United Nations Headquarters remains both a symbol of peace and a beacon of hope.

The Headquarters consist of four main buildings: the General Assembly building, the Conference Building, the 39-floor Secretariat building, and the Dag Hammarskjold Library.

Architect Niemeyer’s slender Secretariat Building has become the iconic symbol of the United Nations; the slender office tower’s green glass and Vermont Marble shimmer in the sunlight and the water of the East River that while even though permanent in structure appears as an ever-changing entity that is constantly adapting to the atmospheric conditions and the surrounding context. Its modern aesthetic was an intentional decision by Niemeyer and the rest of the collaborating architects as a way in which to symbolize change that embodies a sense of "newness" that sheds light on the optimistic future of the world’s nations working together as one collective body.

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Wole Soyinka: The Nigerian Novelist Who Fought for Human Rights | United Nations

Source: United Nations (video statements)

Nobel Literature Laureate Wole Soyinka delivered an address in 1993 to the World Conference on Human Rights as a ‘special guest’ of the UN Secretary-General.

The Nigerian writer refuted the notion that human rights are imposed by the West. “We reject those allied categorizations: Western ideas versus the rest. This is a flawed, opportunistic division designed to taint those on the side of freedom with notions of treachery to their own kind and collaboration with the enemy,” he said. “Any suggestion that freedom of expression is a luxury of the West insults the historic struggles of individuals and communities all over the world for the dignity and wellbeing of their kind, for social fulfillment, equality of opportunity, equitable sharing of resources, access to shelter, nourishment and health.”

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