todaysdocument: Normandy Invasion, 1944From the Moving Images Relating to Coast Guard Activities series. See our past D-Day posts, including Eisenhower’s Order of the Day, and his hastily drafted “in case of failure” note, and a detailed sketch of a typical Platoon Leader in full battle dress.
This year’s theme of World Environment Day is an issue very close to my heart. I was brought up with a very serious view on food waste. My grandmother always made us think about food almost as sacred. She used to remind us that there may come a time with a lack of food to eat, so we should remember this every time we are about to throw out something. And that I did. In fact to this day I feel bad every time I have to throw out even just a small piece of bread. Many times I am…
June is my favorite month of the year! With the longest daylight hours, the hot weather (which I hope will arrive in Hungary soon), all the great outdoor events – concerts and festivals, and so on. Reading outdoors until like 9 p.m. on long June nights used to be my favorite thing in the world! I have great expectations for this month and also some good ideas and plans for this blog that I hope you’ll like! Until then, here’s what I have today: On world affairs: Guéhenno: lifting European arms embargo on Syrian rebels ‘backfired’ Yes, the decision did…
The 12 Targets That Could Replace the MDGs The High Level Panel of Eminent Persons on the Post 2015 Development Agenda has presented its recommendations to Secretary General Ban Ki-moon yesterday on the post 2015 agenda, that is, targets to achieve until 2030. Click the link to read more.
And today I have an excuse to post this video too. 🙂 One of my all time favorite UN celebrity ads, about peacekeeping. (Source: https://www.youtube.com/)
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EU ends arms ban on Syria rebels European Union foreign ministers have agreed not to renew the union’s arms embargo on the Syrian opposition, due to expire on Saturday. But there was no immediate decision to send arms to Syrian rebels and all other sanctions remained in force, the EU foreign policy chief said.
A busy week behind us again, unfortunately with more bad news than good. Even the weather took a worrying turn in many parts of the world. Starting with the hurricane in Oklahoma to all the extreme weather issues across Western Europe these days. Can we blame it on climate change or not? Of course I’ll leave this discussion to those who are experts of the topic while I’ll remain on more familiar grounds. On world affairs: Will We Witness the End of Peacekeeping in the Golan Heights? Recent exchanges of fire between Syria and Israel question the future of a not properly armed…
UN hails ‘historic’ Obama drone vow [Ben Emmerson, t]he lawyer leading a UN drone inquiry has praised [last night’s national security] speech by US President Barack Obama as a “significant step towards increased transparency”.
The United Nations Alliance of Civilizations (UNAOC) in partnership with UNESCO and a wide coalition of partners from corporations to civil society is launching the world campaign “Do One Thing for Diversity and Inclusion”, aimed at engaging people around the world to Do One Thing to support Cultural Diversity and Inclusion. You can find more info here and here.
