Tag: Secretary General
united-nations: Our Rights. Our Freedoms. Always. On Thursday’s Human Rights Day, make sure you know YOUR rights and freedoms. United Nations Human Rights explains here: http://www.un.org/en/events/humanrightsday/ Today is Human Rights Day! The UN General Assembly adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights this day 67 years ago. Do you know your rights?
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!
A promise, now overdue, but better late than never. I will post my review of the general debate in two parts and of miscellaneous events of the 70th session of the UN General Assembly so far in a third. This year I followed more speeches than in previous years, as the refugee crisis in Europe puts many countries in the spotlight that otherwise would not be of interest in terms of world affairs. The theme of the general debate of the 70th session was „The United Nations at 70 – a new commitment to action”, but besides the theme, the…
Peace will not come out of a clash of arms but out of justice lived and done by unarmed nations in the face of odds. Mahatma Gandhi 21 September is the International Day of Peace! The International Day of Peace was established in 1981 by resolution 36/67 of the United Nations General Assembly to coincide with its opening session, which was held annually on the third Tuesday of September. The first Peace Day was observed in September 1982. Click to learn more.
Happy Sunday everybody, lots of world affairs to blab about these days… As things aren’t getting any better around Hungary, the Office of the UN’s High Commissioner for Human Rights issued statements on its Facebook page both in Hungarian and in English, emphasizing that seeking asylum cannot be viewed as a crime. Unfortunately, as of 15 September, in Hungary, it is. At courts along the southern borders asylum seekers are now being prosecuted for entering Hungary illegally. Hopeful though, there are plenty of Hungarian lawyers who are ready to protest against the new laws, calling themselves Lawyers for the rule…
Happy Sunday everybody! This is a half pre-written post, as I am spending these days vacationing in Croatia. Here’s what it looks like at the moment. (If any of you happens to know how on earth does one add photo to a text post in Tumblr’s Android app, please let me know, because I have tried, but couldn’t figure it out…) https://instagram.com/p/6c4G9iyG2G/ Insert beach photo here, which I did not have the chance to take yet, for we are locked in by the rain, so this rainy view from our window will have to do for now, the Adriatic sea…
Syria is the world’s largest humanitarian crisis. At least a quarter-million Syrians have been killed. Almost half the country’s people – 12 million men, women and children – have been forced to flee their homes. In a massive cross-border exodus, Turkey, Lebanon, Jordan and Iraq are hosting an ever growing number of refugees, and increasing numbers of Syrians making desperate flights across the Mediterranean in so-called ‘death boats.’ UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon addressing the Security Council meeting on the situation in Syria /29.07.2015./
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…
united-nations: Ban Ki-moon will be joining Narendra Modi and people around the world in celebrating the first-ever International Day of Yoga this Sunday! Yoga is an ancient physical, mental and spiritual practice that originated in India. The word ‘yoga’ derives from Sanskrit and means to join or to unite, symbolizing the union of body and consciousness. The Day is a chance to highlight yoga’s many benefits. Find out more and get details of events planned in your region at:http://j.mp/1MEPqpe Yay, I love yoga, for all its health benefits it surely deserved a day of its own! 🙂
united-nations: We fight racism everywhere, every day – throughout the year. Saturday is the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination. This year’s theme “Learning from historical tragedies to combat racial discrimination today” aims to explore the root causes of racism lessons from history. Find out more about combatting racism today: http://bit.ly/fmYfoP
