Bosnia Marks 20 Years of the Beginning of Its War – ABC News Exactly 11,541 red chairs have been lined up in rows along Sarajevo’s main street — one for every man, woman and child killed in the siege that ended up being the longest in modern history.
And those who were seen dancing were thought to be insane by those who could not hear the music. Friedrich Nietzsche (via curiositycounts)
curiositycounts: Love this oh-so-true message in a gorgeous blend of romantic imagery and lovely typography. (via)
Christiane Amanpour: Bosnia’s lesson for Syrian slaughter Amanpour: Bosnia was where I learned objectivity does not mean drawing a false moral equivalence
U.S. Department of State: U.S. Takes the Reins of the UN Security Council Presidency statedept: About the Author: Alex McPhillips serves as Press Officer and Associate Director for Digital Media at the U.S. Mission to the UN in New York. When Ambassador Susan Rice assumed the rotating monthly Presidency of the UN Security Council from the United Kingdom this week, she began by
Court Rejects Palestinians in Their Bid for a Tribunal For the Palestinian Authority, which had sought an investigation of an Israeli military offensive, the ruling was a setback to its effort to gain international recognition as a state. Maybe it is just interesting for me, since I am planning to write a study about the ICC. But yet it’s interesting.
UN discusses Gross National Happiness indicator as successor to Gross Domestic Product UNITED NATIONS — Should happiness figure in a nation’s bottom line? And should the concept of Gross National Product be replaced by Gross National Happiness? I like the idea more and more every day… 🙂
I am the kind of journalist who thinks that if women had more positions of power and influence, there would be a material difference in the way things worked out. Christiane Amanpour one of ELLE’s 10 Powerful Women in DC
Let no corrupting talk come out of your mouths,but only such as is good for building up, as fits the occasion, that it may give grace to those who hear. Ephesians 4:29 (via audreyschild777)
