As world leaders gathered in New York for the first day of the general debate at #UNGA, Elyx continued to travel around the globe. Madagascar, the world’s fourth biggest island. Once again Elyx was delighted to see the large UN presence. Waiting for Elyx was a UNDP team at Mahitsy, a rural village, one hour
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The weekend Elyx is spending World Tourism Day in Spain! The country’s capital of Madrid is home to the UN World Tourism Organization (UNWTO), which is the UN agency responsible for the promotion of responsible, sustainable and universally accessible tourism. On arrival in this vibrant Spanish city, the UN digital ambassador is warmly welcomed by
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With world leaders meeting later this year in Paris to confront climate change at COP21, Elyx thought it prudent to accept an invitation to see the environmental effects of global warming. The UN digital ambassador visited Langjökull, “the long glacier”, Iceland’s 2nd largest glacier and one of the biggest in Europe. But due to global
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Elyx’s travels around the world become more and more exotic and more and more informative. Today Elyx goes to Kyrgyzstan to attend the inauguration of a new safety monitoring system on the Ortotokoi dam, installed with the support of UNECE. The dam is situated on the Chu River that is shared by Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan
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Today our digital ambassador is eager to find out more about the UN life-changing work in the field and there is no better way to start the journey than visiting Central African Republic (C.A.R.). Elyx joins the UNICEF staff in Mpoko camp for internally displaced people, near Bangui’s International Aiport (Crédit UNICEFCAR/2015/Le Du) Upon arrival
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Elyx arrived in the Netherlands, just in time to celebrate International Day of Peace. In The Hague, Elyx was greeted by representatives from the International Court of Justice (ICJ). Like most people in Holland, Elyx rode to the Peace Palace, home of the ICJ, by bike. (Did you know that in The Netherlands there are
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Elyx, the UN digital ambassador, arrived in the West Bank today to kick off a five-stop tour to visit the various programmes and services run by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) throughout the Middle East. UNRWA was first established by the UN General Assembly on 8 December 1949 with
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Another day, another country. This time is the Kingdom of Jordan. A country bordered by Saudi Arabia to the south and east, Iraq to the northeast, Syria to the north, and Israel and Palestine to the west. UN has a large presence in Jordan with 17 Agencies, Funds and Programs, including the WFP, UNESCO, UNHCR,
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The hop from Vienna to Prague is a short one. Elyx heads straight for UNIC Prague in the historic centre of the capital of the Czech Republic. Elyx’s first stop in Prague is at UNIC. They will guide Elyx through the Czech Republic’s capital city. Visiting the beautiful ancient city, the historic capital of Bohemia,
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Elyx has arrived in the Austrian capital of Vienna where one of the UN headquarters is located. The UN digital ambassador heads straight towards the Vienna International Centre, commonly known as “UNO City”. Since Elyx feels a bit cramped after the long trip from Brazil, Elyx practices gymnastics while admiring the beautiful flags in front
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