UNCCD celebrates World Soil Day with song to inspire action on land
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3 December 2019
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Bonn, Germany – The United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification and its Land Ambassador Ricky Kej have launched the global release of the official UNCCD Land Anthem titled Born from the Land. Award-winning musicians Ricky Kej and Baaba Maal – another UNCCD Land Ambassador – recorded the song, which also features Lonnie Park and IP Singh.
The brand-new music video with lyrics available in the six United Nations’ languages is distributed worldwide through social media and various music platforms starting 5 December 2019, World Soil Day.
Read more:
- Full press release
- Song lyrics in English | Arabic | Chinese | French | Russian | Spanish
- Sheet music
- UNCCD Land Ambassadors
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