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Is America about to lose her Sovereignty?
On October 27th, 2009, I received an e-mail regarding a lecture that was given on a Minnesota College. The e-mail contained a four-minute YouTube clip of one Lord Christopher Monckton, a supposed Climate Change Expert....
Tags: American Sovereignty, UN, Climate Change, Copenhagen
UN General Assembly must end war crimes whitewash
On the eve of a United Nations General Assembly debate, Amnesty International has called on UN ambassadors in New York to grasp a unique opportunity to address accountability for war crimes in Gaza and southern Israel earlier in the year.The General Assembly...
General Assembly: Support Goldstone Recommendations on Gaza
A global coalition of civil society organizations from every corner of the world, ranging from Human Rights Now in Japan to the South African Council of Churches, have urged members of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) to support the...
New UN Pneumonia campaign targets over 5 million children
The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) in collaboration with the World Health Organization (WHO), has launched a global campaign, targeting 5.3 million children prone to pneumonia, a health problem the world body describes as ‘‘the...
Tags: UN, Pneumonia campaign, 5 million children, UNICEF, WHO, Global Action Plan, antibiotics, Director-General, Margaret Chan, Executive Director, Ann M. Veneman
With This Toilet I Thee Wed: No Toilet, No Bride!
*SENSITIVE MATERIAL* When you get past the potty humor on this one, you begin to sympathize with women of India. With less than 30% of people in India with access to toilets, "no toilet, no bride," has become a rallying cry for women raising...
Tags: India • Policies & legislation • School sanitation Orissa, menstrual cycle, human rights, health, disease control, India, UNICEF, Sunariyan, Kalan, Haryana, UN, Sumitra, United Nations Childrens Fund, Ministry of Rural Development, drop out rate for girls in India, marriage, rural sanitation, rural schools, urban sanitation, urban schools
I Had a Dream
I dreamed that President Obama made a decision to end the unresolved dilemma between Israel and Palestine. Until now, efforts for the parties to come to a final agreement on their own had failed. He realized that only forced action...
Zimbabwe withdraws invitation to UN Rapporteur on Torture at the last minute
As previously announced, the Special Rapporteur on torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, Manfred Nowak, was invited by the Government of Zimbabwe to conduct an official fact-finding mission, from 28 October to 4 November...
Tags: UN
UN climate chief says that everyone should go vegan to save planet
I'm lactose intolerant. Why does this matter? It doesn't really. It simply meens I have problems digesting lactose so I can't consume much "normal" milk at once. My first solution was to drink soy milk. I didn't like it that much although the real issue...
Tags: UN, Lord Stern, Church of Gaea, climate change, watermelon
12 dead in attack on UN in Kabul: police
Wed, 28,Oct,2009 Gunmen wearing suicide vests stormed a guest house used by UN staff in the heart of the Afghan capital early Wednesday, killing 12 people including six UN staff officials said. A Taliban spokesman claimed responsibility, saying it...
Final judgement for Sierra Leone UN backed Special Court
A Special Court for Sierra Leone’s over decade of brutal civil war came to an end Monday with an appeals panel upholding a landmark sentence passed on rebel leaders on February. The court had been established by the Sierra Leonean government...
Tags: Special Court, Sierra Leone, civil war, Monday, February, government, Ahmed Tijan Kabba, United Nations, prosecute, rebel leaders, Esa Sesay, Revolutionary United Front, 52 rebel commanders, Augustine Gbao, Morris Kallon, UN
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