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The Kilimanjaro Initiative
Kilimanjaro

Last February, the Kilimanjaro Initiative organized its 2nd Annual Climb to promote safer cities and encourage young people to be agents of change in their communities. Youths from Kenya, Tanzania, United States and Switzerland, as well as various community stakeholders and United Nations agency staff, demonstrated how people can join forces in over-coming adversity by reaching the summit of Mount Kilimanjaro, the highest peak in Africa. Tim Challen, a Geneva-based employee of the United Nations Federal Credit Union (UNFCU),…

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A satellite view of the world for the Palais des Nations Interview with F. Pisano, UNITAR/UNOSAT
FPISANO

A large size image of the earth taken from space in 2004 has been donated to the UN Office at Geneva as a testimony of the state of our world today to be passed down to future generations. UNOSAT, the UNITAR operational programme for satellite applications, has brokered the donation through high level contacts with the European Space Agency, owner of the satellite ENVISAT that took the photograph. The picture is on permanent display in the Palais des Nations…

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