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Being hopeful and working towards wellbeing, shared prosperity, fulfillment, and happiness is what inspires our efforts everyday #ForPeopleForPlanet.
#HappinessMatters #HappinessDay
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"No projection should become a prophecy. No forecast should become a verdict." ~ Nelson Muffuh, UN Resident Coordinator in South Africa 🇿🇦, opening the 3rd African Futures Conference today.
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There is something profoundly powerful about speaking truth to power.
Congratulations to #NaviPillay on the 2026 @NobelPrize, a fitting tribute to a lifetime dedicated to justice, human rights, and accountability.
A proud moment for South Africa & @UN. 🇿🇦🇺🇳✨ #NobelPeacePrize
BREAKING NEWS
The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided to award the 2026 #NobelPeacePrize to Navanethem “Navi” Pillay for her efforts to promote peace and international law.
#NobelPrize
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📊 “The power of data is not simply in counting people. It is in making people visible, guiding action, and ensuring every person counts.”
UNFPA joined @StatsSA & the @UNinSouthAfrica family to celebrate #Census30—30 years of counting South Africa! 🇿🇦✨
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“Counting isn’t just about numbers—it’s about making people visible.” 📊
At the #Census30 celebration with @StatsSA, the @UNinSouthAfrica Resident Coordinator @nmuffuh highlighted 30 years of evidence-based progress in 🇿🇦.
@UNFPA_SouthAfrica is proud to support population censuses & data that ensure everyone counts! 🧡
#LeaveNoOneBehind #SDGs #EveryoneCounts #Census30
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2026 Nobel Peace Prize laureate Navi Pillay’s commitment to universal legal principles and her firm moral compass are constants in a long career. Born into a family of Indian Tamil origin under apartheid in Durban, South Africa, Pillay became a lawyer and legal pioneer, confronting deep structural discrimination, segregation and exclusion. A common thread runs from her early work defending Nelson Mandela and others who stood up against apartheid to her service as a judge in some of the key international court cases of our time.
This year’s laureate has significantly enlarged the scope and impact of international law. She has served as a judge on the High Court in South Africa, the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda and the International Criminal Court. She was the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and, until recently, she chaired the UN Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory. Today Navi Pillay is a judge on the International Court of Justice in the case where Myanmar stands accused of genocide.
In historic international court cases, she has shown that legal measures can help prevent acts of war and violence. Navi Pillay has also contributed to strengthen the institutions of international law. Her independence, expertise and steadfastness have made her one of the most respected international jurists of our time.
Learn more about the 2026 #NobelPeacePrize: bit.ly/4xjOJ03
#NobelPeacePrize #NobelPrize
There is something profoundly powerful about speaking truth to power.
Congratulations to #NaviPillay on the 2026 @NobelPrize, a fitting tribute to a lifetime dedicated to justice, human rights, and accountability.
A proud moment for South Africa & @UN. 🇿🇦🇺🇳✨ #NobelPeacePrize
BREAKING NEWS
The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided to award the 2026 #NobelPeacePrize to Navanethem “Navi” Pillay for her efforts to promote peace and international law.
#NobelPrize
Pacifist and activist for dignity and #NonViolence. We acknowledge and celebrate #MahatmaGandhi
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.@antonioguterres met with Ronald Ozzy Lamola, Minister for International Relations & Co-operation of the Republic of South Africa. They discussed South Africa’s contributions to peace efforts on the African continent.
Read more:
un.org/sg/en/content/sg/read…
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At #UNGA81, a renewed call for multilateralism to be reformed and reinforced: advancing peace and security, addressing persistent global inequalities, and ensuring Africa's full and equitable representation in global governance. Read more: news.un.org/en/story/2026/09…
“The world does not need a weaker United Nations.
It needs a UN strong enough to face the world as it is and determined enough to build the world as it should be.”
– @antonioguterres on the indispensable role of the UN to help the world come together to overcome differences.
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Our heritage lives on our plates. 🌾 Sorghum, millet, Bambara groundnuts and wild greens carry generations of knowledge and the promise of a climate-smart future. This #HeritageDay, cook it forward with Roots & Recipes by the UN🇿🇦 family and partners: bit.ly/4q4LExB
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#HeritageDay is a reminder that we all belong. Our diverse cultures and shared humanity unite us, and with that comes a collective responsibility to build a more inclusive, peaceful and just world for all.
#OurSharedHumanity
At #UNGA81, a renewed call for multilateralism to be reformed and reinforced: advancing peace and security, addressing persistent global inequalities, and ensuring Africa's full and equitable representation in global governance. Read more: news.un.org/en/story/2026/09…
“The world does not need a weaker United Nations.
It needs a UN strong enough to face the world as it is and determined enough to build the world as it should be.”
– @antonioguterres on the indispensable role of the UN to help the world come together to overcome differences.
At #UNGA, one message is clear: achieving the #SDGs requires concerted action to tackle inequality and accelerate #ClimateAction. A more just, resilient, and sustainable future depends on ensuring that no one is left behind while safeguarding our planet for generations to come.
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Minister Ronald Lamola leads discussions for the International Panel on Inequality (IPI) addressing the Global Inequality Crisis.
Hosted at the United Nations Headquarters, by IPI Founding Committee Governments: South Africa, Brazil, Spain, Norway. #GovZAUpdates #SAinUNGA #UNGA81
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Africa holds the minerals and energy the world cannot transition without. The real question is who captures the value. At #UNGA81 the @UN in South Africa🇿🇦 & partners used the #SABII Leadership Roundtable to move investment talk towards partnerships that can create jobs at home.
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"Billions of people still live today without the essentials embedded in the Sustainable Development Goals.
Food. Clean water. Education. Decent work. Health care. Dignity. No country should be denied a sustainable future (...)." - @antonioguterres
#GlobalGoals #UNGA
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Listen 🎧| Minister Parks Tau speaks on trade, imports and exports across the African continent, highlighting South Africa's role in strengthening intra-African trade, expanding markets access and supporting industrial development at Unstoppable Africa in New York.
South Africa's trade strategy places greater emphasis on value-added exports, regional value chain and opportunities created through the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA).
#GovZAUpdates #UNGA81 #InspiringNewWays
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In his final address opening the #UNGA General Debate, @antonioguterres named four great tests of power – war & peace, inequality, climate and AI – and urged leaders to ensure power is governed by law, not force.
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Standing ovation for @antonioguterres “Wherever I will be, whatever I will be doing – I will keep championing the conviction that peace is possible.
I will continue to stand up for the values of the United Nations Charter.
And I will never ever give up.
Thank you.”