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UN Day marks the anniversary of the entry into force in 1945 of the UN Charter. With the ratification of this founding document by the majority of its signatories, including the five permanent members of the Security Council, the United Nations officially came into being. 24 October has been celebrated as United Nations Day since 1948. In 1971, the United Nations General Assembly recommended that the day be observed by Member States as a public holiday. Click the picture to learn more.
The Hungarian Revolution of 1956: Photos From the Streets of Budapest | LIFE | TIME.com Recalling the 1956 Hungarian uprising against the Soviet Union through photographs by the great Michael Rougier. It lasted less than three weeks, from Oct. 23 until Nov. 10, but the Hungarian Revolution that convulsed Budapest and the rest of Hungary in late 1956 sent shock waves through eastern and central Europe that reverberated for decades. More than a few historians, in fact, cite the popular revolt as the first rip in the Cold War’s Iron Curtain. Read more: The Hungarian Revolution of 1956: Photos From the Streets of Budapest |…
micdotcom: Here’s what the air strikes in Syria actually look like For more than a month, Kurdish militia and Islamic State fighters have battled on the streets of Kobani, a small town straddling the Syria-Turkey border that has become a focal point of the West’s military campaign against IS. While American officials admit Kobani may fall, an estimated 135 U.S. airstrikes have pounded Kobani so far, weakening the militants’ control. Often, foreign conflicts become abstract calculations, conveyed across the world as headlines, statistics and statements from government officials. These vivid photos from photojournalists capture the true face of America’s new…
seeyathrough-deactivated2014102: This week’s events are a grim reminder that Canada is not immune to the types of terrorist attacks we have seen elsewhere around the world. We are also reminded that attacks on our security personnel and on our institutions of governance are by their very nature attacks on our country, on our values, on our society, on us Canadians as a free and democratic people who embrace human dignity for all. But let there be no misunderstanding: we will not be intimidated. Canada will never be intimidated. In fact, this will lead us to strengthen our resolve and redouble…
Hello Everybody, I hope you are having a great weekend! I don’t really have anything to add this time except for the posts. I hope you will check them out! Some Good News On Ebola Really not much, especially since we know that the UN agency set up to fight ebola is underfunded. Venezuela’s Revenge Five new non-permanent members were elected to the UN Security Council this week, Venezuela being one of them. Ban Ki-moon’s Week of Israeli Critisism Ends With Fusillade at the UN Secretary General Ban visited Palestine this week and left with impressions not everybody was happy…
The US Cancels Visas for Hungarians Involved in Corruption The State Department refused entry to the U.S. to several Hungarians because it said they had been involved in corruption, once more highlighting tensions between the U.S. administration and the feisty government of Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban.
Family Farming is the focus of World Food Day 2014 The 2014 World Food Day theme – Family Farming: “Feeding the world, caring for the earth” – has been chosen to raise the profile of family farming and smallholder farmers. It focuses world attention on the significant role of family farming in eradicating hunger and poverty, providing food security and nutrition, improving livelihoods, managing natural resources, protecting the environment, and achieving sustainable development, in particular in rural areas. The UN General Assembly has designated 2014 “International Year of Family Farming.” This is a strong signal that the international community recognizes…
I did not want to choose just one area where inequality matters the most, so I thought we should talk about global inequality. On this Blog Action Day let’s think about how different our lives would be should we have born to some other country where – there is limited or no access to sufficient health care – there is no access to quality education – citizens have no political rights – children are forced to work – girls aren’t allowed to make decisions about their lives etc.
No. 3. of the Millenium Development Goals: Promote Gender Equality and Empower Women Target 3.A: Eliminate gender disparity in primary and secondary education, preferably by 2005, and in all levels of education no later than 2015 To eliminate gender inequality is one the Millenium Development Goals. Click the picture to learn what has been achieved so far on that front.
Happy Sunday, people! I like to think that I am now close to getting over the longest illness ever experienced in my life. The worst thing, well, besides all the aches and weakness, the worst thing is that procrastinating a lot of things for weeks now, I am literally like two weeks behind myself. I don’t even know where to start catching up. Enjoy this week’s posts while I figure out! A Grounds-Eye View of the Hong Kong Protests The post ends on an optimistic note anticipating Friday’s meeting with government officials, which unfortunately has been canceled by the government….
