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“Los libros son amigos que nunca decepcionan.” “Books are friends that never disappoint us.” según Thomas Carlyle… y aun así las personas prefieren seguir rodeados de una ingenuidad banal que de una realidad cultural… Feliz Día del Libro. (via menicola)
UN Pulse from U.N. Dag Hammarskjöld Library: Security Council – The Situation in the Middle East: Syria un-library: Saturday 21 April 2012 The UN Security Council met at 6755th meeting to discuss the Situation in Syria.The Security Council discussed the letter dated 19 April 2012 from the Secretary-General addressed to the President of the Security Council (S/2012/238) At this meeting, the Security Council adopted Resolution 2043 (2012) unanimously; Observers to Be Deployed Expeditiously, Subject to Assessment of Relevant Developments on the Ground.
French use social media to bypass restrictions: For Results, Twitter Gets Out Early Word, in Code The results for President Nicolas Sarkozy, whose father hails from Hungary, were sometimes noted through references to the temperature in Budapest, Hungary’s capital.
Iceland PM guilty of negligence in banking system collapse. He is cleared of other charges, will face no punishment. Without naming names, there are several politicians in Europe who could be in his shoes. Should legal systems work towards this direction and foster holding politicians accountable for bad decisions? Would that change anything or are they just real people who make mistakes like anyone of us? Just the stakes are higher.
Stench of death in Heglig, 1 200 dead More than 1 000 South Sudanese troops died during the battle for Sudan’s main oilfield of Heglig, the Sudanese armed forces commander said on Monday, as a stench of death filled the air.
allaboutthewebplace: Eighteen months after thousands of volunteer filmmakers in every country on the planet shot 3,000 hours of footage in one day, _One Day on Earth_… http://dlvr.it/1Syp5V
united-nations: This weekend, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon joined other diplomats at DiploMatch, a soccer match organized by Play31, which aimed to use the unifying power of football to bring together people who have been torn apart by war. Play31’s vision is a world in which all children are free to play, as stipulated in Article 31 of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. The goal of the DiploMatch was to raise enough money to finance a community tournament in Sierra Leone. Photos credit: UNDP and Office of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict
