Tag: Ban Ki-moon
Happy Sunday, people! I hope your holiday season has been merry and joyful so far! Let’s see what bloggers found worthy of posting about this week. The Tsar Meets the Sultan Despite the Turkish president’s recent attitude towards the EU, this Russian-Turkish alliance against Europe was hardly expected by anyone. The Race to Replace the MDGs Has Officially Begun Time is running out the Millenium Development Goals and the Sustainable Development Goals that are going to replace them are being worked out. This week the Secretary General released a report on this topic. Why the ICC Should Be Cautious to…
Hello Everybody, I hope you are having a great weekend! I don’t really have anything to add this time except for the posts. I hope you will check them out! Some Good News On Ebola Really not much, especially since we know that the UN agency set up to fight ebola is underfunded. Venezuela’s Revenge Five new non-permanent members were elected to the UN Security Council this week, Venezuela being one of them. Ban Ki-moon’s Week of Israeli Critisism Ends With Fusillade at the UN Secretary General Ban visited Palestine this week and left with impressions not everybody was happy…
UN chief to leaders: ‘The world can and must stop Ebola – now’ “The world can and must stop Ebola – now,” Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon told world leaders gathered at a special meeting held on Thursday at the United Nations to speed up the global response to the outbreak that has evolved from a public health crisis into a threat to peace and security.
Historic Climate Summit Opens New Chapter in Global Efforts to Tackle Climate Change – UN Climate Summit 2014 New commitments, new ideas, and new financing for significant actions to address the challenge of climate change dominated the announcements made by more than 100 Heads of State and Government and leaders from the private sector and civil society at the Climate Summit hosted Tuesday by United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon. To learn more about Tuesday’s Climate Summit, visit its official site clicking here.
Happy Sunday Everybody! It feels like the last summery-ish weekend here in Hungary, so I am trying to take the best of it. How about you all? This week I read so much great posts that I could seriously feature all of them here. I don’t remember when was the last time when it was so hard to choose but a few. And, UN week a.k.a. the general debate of the 69th session of the UN General Assembly is approaching! So, expect some more excitement in the days to come! 4 Things You Need to Know About the International Coalition to…
united-nations: What’s expected at the UN next week? Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon gives a preview here: http://j.mp/1ATanoW Next week is UN Week! Check out this great preview of what to expect.
Hey, everybody! Other than the event-of-the-week NATO summit, the Ukrainian truce agreement was the other major news these past days. You will find that neither was covered by my favorite bloggers yet (well, bloggers need days off too…). I am planning to do a post about the NATO summit myself that I didn’t get around to edit yet, so I certainly get that. And just a quick service announcement: I should have announced it in a separate post, but I forgot (well after a near heart attack when I almost deleted the whole blog by accident… yeah, don’t ask…). So,…
“Charity plays a significant role in the work of the United Nations and its agencies. On this International Day, I call on people everywhere to act on the charitable impulse that resides in every human being – to start giving and to keep on giving.” /Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon/ Read the full message here. This one is the second International Day of Charity, observed since 2013 on the anniversary of Mother Teresa’s death. Click the picture to learn more.
“Action now will save lives, build a solid foundation for sustainable development far beyond 2015 and help lay the groundwork for lasting peace and human dignity. We have 500 days to accelerate MDG action. Let’s make every day count.” /Secretary General Ban Ki-moon/ There is only 500 days left to reach the Millenium Development Goals. 500 Days of Action, that is. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon of the United Nations celebrated the momentum along with 500 young people including Malala Yousafzai. Check the link clicking the picture to learn more about the MDGs, what’s left for these 500 days…
What Drives the Man with the World’s “Most Impossible Job”? Check out this great interview with Secretary General Ban Ki-moon via LinkedIn: UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Leadership, Climate Change, and Having the World’s Toughest Job from LinkedIn
