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Earth Day has a special meaning in the year which is crucial for the fight against climate change. This year the United Nations will decide on the Sustainable Development Goals and we will see whether member states are willing and able to take necessary action to preserve our Earth for the next generations. On a lighter note, have you played Google’s Earth Day Quiz? Turns out I’m a woolly mammoth! (”So unique, you’re technically extinct. But on the bright side, scientists hope to be able to clone you some day!” – uhm, good for them…)
Happy weekend everybody! And happy long weekend for those in the US and UK! I hope everyone in the EU has voted already, you know how I feel about voting. 🙂 It’s going to be a busy week for me, with loads of things to get done before I am heading to London the next weekend. I am very excited already! 🙂 Interestingly, I have only picked international law stories for this Sunday. Hope you’ll find them as interesting as I did. Crimea after Cyprus v. Turkey: Just Satisfaction for Unlawful Annexation? I have mentioned the European Court of Human…
Welcome to the last Sunday Smack of 2013! This is going to be a special edition as this time I will recommend some year-end reviews of a wide range of topics. Hope you’ll enjoy! 9 Stories that Will Drive the Global Agenda in 2014 OK, I know that’s not what I promised, but I thought I would start with the exception. I think this is a great compilation, plus UNDispatch is still my favorite world affairs blog. Now, let’s see what 2013 was like… 2013: the year in world news Great picture review of world news on the Telegraph….
It’s Pentecostal weekend, which also means a long weekend in a few countries: no work tomorrow in Hungary too, yay! This was a busy week in global issues and happenings, although nowhere as much as in US politics. I tried to collect only the most interesting articles and posts and cut the ones you read everywhere. I hope you’ll like these! On world affairs: Could UN Peacekeepers Be Involved in a Syria Ceasefire? After recent diplomatic developments and the planned summit on Syria, will UN peacekeepers be the right solution in this crisis? General Assembly ‘strongly’ condemns Syrian human rights…
Google reports ‘alarming’ rise in censorship by governments Search engine company has said there has been a troubling increase in requests to remove political content from the internet. Many of these requests came from western democracies not typically associated with censorship.
little more than an hour to go (9.30 CET), who else is watching? united-nations: We’re making last-minute preparations for today’s Google Plus hangout with Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon! Above is a sneak peek of the set! More information: Google blog post Watch live on YouTube at 3:30 pm EST! Related video United Nations on Google+ Six young people will join from the United States, Europe, Asia, Africa, the Middle East and South America, and have the opportunity to ask questions on the issues that matter to them.
Let’s all hang out with Secretary General Ban Ki-moon on Tuesday 10th April, 3:30 pm EST on Google+! Check out http://www.un.org/social for more! (Source: https://www.youtube.com/)
