On his Twitter account, the secretary-general praised the achievements of that multilateral system in the last year as of the work done in several countries, such as distributing 1.4 billion vaccines to fight the Covid-19 disease.

Guterres also recalled that the organization facilitated the education of almost 50 million children and extended access to water to around 50 million people.

United Nations Day is celebrated on October 24 globally, and this year’s commemoration highlights UN action on the environment.

October 24 marks the anniversary of the entry into force of the United Nations Charter, the organization’s founding international treaty, in 1945.

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