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The new African chapter of the SDG Book Club will curate books in Kiswahili, Arabic, French, and English.
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Nominations for African Books Are Open Now
Begun in September 2018, the SDG Book Club is a collaboration of the International Publishers Association (IPA) and the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals program (SDG), a project created “to encourage children ages 6 to 12 to interact with the principles of the UN’s ambitions 17-goal project.
Today (January 25), the IPA has announced a new multilingual initiative that will bring together book-related organizations from many parts of Africa in a commitment to bolstering the representation of African literature in SDG Book Club with a collection of titles for children in Kiswahili, Arabic, French, and English.
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SecretaryâGeneral Appoints Mari Yamashita of Japan Representative, Director of United Nations Office in Belgrade
The United Nations SecretaryâGeneral António Guterres announced today the appointment of Mari Yamashita of Japan as his Representative and Director of the United Nations Office in Belgrade. Ms. Yamashita succeeds SimonaâMirela Miculescu of Romania, who has assumed new functions with the Government of Romania. The Secretary-General is grateful to Ms. Miculescu for her contribution to the work of the United Nations Office in Belgrade during her tenure in this position.
As the Representative of the Secretary-General, Ms. Yamashita will oversee the Office s activities in support of the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK), and relating to regional developments of special relevance to the work of the United Nations and UNMIK.