Category: Uncategorized

What is NATO for? The main purpose of the latest Nato summit is to emphasise that the organisation’s longest, biggest ever operation is nearly at an end. And then, what’s next for NATO?

Official White House photos by Pete Souza.

united-nations: Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is calling on all youth to take action ahead of June’s Rio+20 conference!  Are you up for the Future We Want challenge?  Here’s a “to-do” list for you. In this photo, the Secretary-General used an iPhone to snap a photo of students in the GA Hall this week. Credit: UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe

Ronald Reagan’s Letter to a Little Girl in Hungary

it’s also today! 🙂 united-nations: Gender equality is a basic human right enshrined in the UN Charter, and it is one of the main objectives of the UN Millennium Development Goals. ICTs are tools that can help accelerate progress towards achieving this target. Thursday, 17 May, is World Telecommunication and Information Society Day.

xanitarium: Today is the International Day Against Homophobia. Hating people, whatever the reasons, should never be justified. Let’s share hope and love instead.

Iran flouts U.N. sanctions, sends arms to Syria Syria remains the top destination for Iranian arms shipments in violation of a U.N. Security Council ban on weapons exports by the Islamic Republic, according to a confidential report on Iran sanctions-busting seen by Reuters on Wednesday.

Mladic trial postponed over ‘errors’

Small Five nations withdraw bid for Security Council reform It would have indicated that the GA actually has power to decide anything important… It was a nice idea while it lasted…