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Today is the second ever #GivingTuesday launched last year by 92nd Street Y and the United Nations Foundation. It is great to see this amazing initiative now becoming a worldwide movement. Click to find out how you can participate.
Over 1 billion people, approx 15% of the world’s population, live with some form of disability. Tuesday is the International Day of Persons with Disabilities, this year’s theme is “Break Barriers, Open Doors: for an inclusive society and development for all”. Click to learn more.
theatlantic: In Focus: Days of Protests in Ukraine Over the weekend, hundreds of thousands of people in Ukraine took to the streets to demonstrate against President Viktor Yanukovich’s decision to abandon an EU integration pact, as he works to strengthen economic ties to Russia, rather than Europe. Protesters blockaded government buildings and occupied Independence Square in Kiev today, seeking to force Yanukovich from office. After harsh crackdowns last night, demonstrations continued this morning, with leaders calling for a nationwide strike. Read more.
World AIDS Day is held on December 1 for the 25th time this year! Combating AIDS as one of the deadliest diseases is an emphasized goal of the United Nations, one of Millenium Development Goals. As there’s only going to be one more World AIDS Day until the target year of the MDGs, click here to find out what has been achieved on this front already.
Happy first day of December and first day of Advent everybody! It doesn’t really feel very Christmassy or even pre-Christmassy for me yet, as it is a bright sunshiny day in Hungary. Some snow would help me get in the mood. A white, snowy Advent and Christmas would surely be nice, but right after the holidays, can it be hot summer again, please? Besides all the other excitements that December holds, I am starting at a new job tomorrow that I am really looking forward to. I wish every one of my readers such an eventful and joyous December that…
25 November is the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women. Violence against women is a human rights violation Violence against women is a consequence of discrimination against women, in law and also in practice, and of persisting inequalities between men and women Violence against women impacts on, and impedes, progress in many areas, including poverty eradication, combating HIV/AIDS, and peace and security Violence against women and girls is not inevitable. Prevention is possible and essential Violence against women continues to be a global pandemic. Up to 70 per cent of women experience violence in their lifetime. Click…
statedept: Following the P5+1 talks with Iran in Geneva, Secretary of State John Kerry traveled to London on November 24 to meet with U.K. Foreign Secretary William Hague and Libyan Prime Minister Ali Zeidan. European Union High Representative Catherine Ashton accompanied the Secretary as he traveled from Geneva, Switzerland, to London, U.K. Go to state.gov for trip details and more photos from the Secretary’s travel.
united-nations: Join us in thanking everyone, including music artist David Guetta, helping to raise funds for and to raise awareness about typhoon Haiyan relief efforts in the Philippines, the crisis in Syria and other under-funded crises around the world. The facade of the Secretariat building at UN Headquarters in New York City was turned into a huge wall of images on Friday when Mr. Guetta launched his new video. Photo courtesy of the Permanent Mission of Germany to the UN.
Happy Sunday, dear readers! The weekend ends with some significant world news. The past week wasn’t quite eventful though, so there are only a couple of reads I recommend today. On world affairs: Barack, Bibi and Iran It is a great article, but now that there is an agreement, I mainly left it in for the picture. It so perfectly describes the outcome of the negotiations as well, doesn’t it? Intervention in the Central African Republic This issue still doesn’t get enough attention in my opinion, although the threat of genocide after what Rwanda and Kosovo taught the international community…
Deal Reached to Halt Iran’s Nuclear Program | The Cable “Even if the deal succeeds in freezing Iran’s nuclear program, meanwhile, Washington and Tehran still remain on opposite sides of the Syrian civil war and face lingerng disputes over Iran’s support for Hezbollah in Lebanon, a network of heavily-armed Shiite militias in Iraq, and Shiite activist groups in Saudi Arabia and other Persian Gulf states. The nuclear deal could clear the way for further pacts down the road devoted specifically to issues like reducing Tehran’s support for the regime of Syrian strongman Bashar al-Assad. For the moment, though, those disputes…
