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united-nations: What’s expected at the UN next week? Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon gives a preview here: http://j.mp/1ATanoW Next week is UN Week! Check out this great preview of what to expect.
united-nations: Monday is International Day of Democracy! This year’s theme – Engaging Young People on Democracy – highlights the challenges and opportunities of young people engaging in democratic processes. For more information, visit: http://www.un.org/en/events/democracyday/ This year’s theme is yet again one I can wholeheartedly support. I’ve posted about democracy education two years ago here.
Happy Sunday Everybody! I was down with a terrible cold most of this week, which made me delay the launch of one new feature to the blog. But, better late than never, right? I’ll work on it next week. Hope you can take time to check out this week’s post while doing your Sunday things. 🙂 The Legality of ISIS Air Strikes Under International Law While John Kerry continues his campaign to collect supporters for the cause, this is a great post about the alternatives of making bombing Syria look like it was legal. The NATO Summit’s Most Important Outcome…
Recipes From the Islamic State’s Laptop of Doom “The black Dell laptop found in an Islamic State safe house inside Syria not only contains instructions forhow to weaponize the bubonic plague, it also includes thousands of files that provide a window into how would-be jihadists become radicalized, and how they learn to carry out their deadly craft.” “There’s also evidence that Muhammed has a sweet tooth: The laptop contains recipes for baking a cake, making banana mousse, and for the preparation of caramel.He even kept some screen shots of a music playlist he listened to in January 2010, which included the…
united-nations: 8 September is International Literacy Day! The theme this year is “Literacy and Sustainable Development”. Literacy is one of the key elements needed to promote sustainable development, as it empowers people so that they can make the right decisions in the areas of economic growth, social development and environmental integration. Learn more at: http://j.mp/QoqjYL
Hey, everybody! Other than the event-of-the-week NATO summit, the Ukrainian truce agreement was the other major news these past days. You will find that neither was covered by my favorite bloggers yet (well, bloggers need days off too…). I am planning to do a post about the NATO summit myself that I didn’t get around to edit yet, so I certainly get that. And just a quick service announcement: I should have announced it in a separate post, but I forgot (well after a near heart attack when I almost deleted the whole blog by accident… yeah, don’t ask…). So,…
“Charity plays a significant role in the work of the United Nations and its agencies. On this International Day, I call on people everywhere to act on the charitable impulse that resides in every human being – to start giving and to keep on giving.” /Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon/ Read the full message here. This one is the second International Day of Charity, observed since 2013 on the anniversary of Mother Teresa’s death. Click the picture to learn more.
We will not be cowed by barbaric killers | The Times As Russia holds a gun to Ukraine and Islamic extremists commit despicable murder, Nato must strengthen its alliance US President Barack Obama and UK Prime Minister David Cameron wrote this opinion piece in today’s Times ahead of the NATO summit kicking off today in Newport, Wales. The article is available to read in full on Prime Minister Cameron’s Facebook page. Check it out!
Russia is emotionally in Ukraine, its troops are not, says Russian MP by Henry Hullah NATO satellites, journalists on the ground and Ukrainian officials have all reported Russian troops in Ukrainian territory, but how much longer can Russia claim it has no military presence in Eastern Ukraine? “Russia will say that until it really has some forces on the ground.” (…) the Russian government had not been providing weapons, such as T-72 tanks which the MP insisted came from Hungary, to separatists and also had nothing to do with the current state of Ukraine. This is interesting because there were news…
