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united-nations: Happy United Nations Day! Vaccinating children, feeding hungry families, assisting refugees, preventing crises before they happen, tackling climate change – at 72 years old, the UN continues to make a difference to the lives of everyone, everywhere. On Tuesday’s UN Day, find out more here: un.org/en/essential-un/

Welcome to the 200th Sunday Smack! Less than two weeks to go for the first round of the bar exam, so instead of celebrating, I spend today (and the weekend, and the whole week, and every minute these days for that matter) studying like crazy. Meaning, I really don’t have time to mark the occasion properly, but this is the 200th week I am doing this weekly round-up! 200! Doing something this long, I could almost be proud of the achivement, if it felt like an achivement and not something I enjoy so much. I can only hope you enjoy it…

The United Nations Charter was ratified 71 years ago today. Learn more about the history of the UN and read the Charter in 6 languages clicking here!

Happy Sunday, all! This year is the 60th annivesary of a hopeful revolution that started on the streets of Budapest in the fall of 1956 but resulted in brutal repulse and more than 40 more years under Russian oppression. Around this time every year we remember the bravery of those Hungarian people who risked their lives for freedom. There were commemorations held around the world this week for the occasion. And a lot of other news, of course. Let’s see some of them. Truly Winning the Battle of Mosul The battle of Mosul was kind of the news of the week….

In other news, I just got notified that blabbing world affairs turned 5 today! It doesn’t feel right to count the being and growing of this blog from that very first day though, since it began as something very different to what it is now. Perhaps I will have to do a whole post about the birth, growth and transformation of this blog later. But first, let’s celebrate! Here’s to another 5 years! And always thank you for reading! ❤  

Everything will be all right, when people, just people, stop thinking of the United Nations as a weird Picasso abstraction and see it as a drawing they made themselves. Dag Hammarskjöld /The second Secretary General of the United Nations serving between 1953-1961./ Note: People still think of the United Nations as a weird Picasso abstraction in 2015, perhaps not so much as 70 years before, but there is still a lot of work to be done… Here’s to the next 70 years!

un-library: Digital UN Charter collection online for United Nations Day The Dag Hammarskjöld Library is unveiling our digitized collection of over 30 different language editions of the UN Charters to celebrate United Nations Day. Since 1948, the 24th of October has been celebrated as United Nations Day. UN Day marks the anniversary of the entry into force in 1945 of the UN Charter. With the Charter’s ratification the United Nations officially came into being. Learn more about the UN Charter and UN Day UN Documentation Research Guide: Charter of the United Nations Research an Article of the United Nations Charter…

todaysdocument: Charter of the United Nations  From the series:  Treaties, Agreements, and Other International Acts for Which the United States is the Depositary Government, 1943 – 1984 On June 26, 1945, in San Francisco, the United Nations Charter was established. It was created at the end of World War II in an attempt to maintain international peace and security and to achieve cooperation among nations on economic, social and humanitarian problem. The required number of nations ratified the charter on October 24, 1945, which is now celebrated as United Nations Day.  History of the United Nations Charter (via UN.org) (The united-nations…

un-library: On 26 June 2015, the United Nations – and the world – celebrates the 70th anniversary of the signing of the Charter of the United Nations. The United Nations Iconic Founding Document Preamble of the United Nations Charter,1945. (UN Photo)  The United Nations Conference on International Organization, commonly known as the San Francisco Conference, was held from 25 April – 26 June 1945.   …representatives of over eighty per cent of the world’s population, people of every race, religion and continent; all determined to set up an organization which would preserve peace and help build a better world… they…

The UN Charter turns 70 today (June 26)! uniccanberrablog: Seventy years ago, San Francisco became the birthplace of global change when 50 nations came together in the Bay area to draft and sign the United Nations Charter, committing to work together to achieve global peace, prosperity and human rights. On Friday, 26 June 2015, the United Nations, the diplomatic community, the City of San Francisco, business leaders and more will observe the 70th anniversary of the UN at several events. #action2015 #UN70 Anniversary website: http://www.un.org/un70/en 2015 is also historic in that world leaders will chart the way forward to end…