Tag: UN Secretary General

March 20: International Day of Happiness The General Assembly of the United Nations in its resolution 66/281 of 12 July 2012 proclaimed 20 March the International Day of Happiness recognizing the relevance of happiness and well-being as universal goals and aspirations in the lives of human beings around the world and the importance of their recognition in public policy objectives. Learn more about this day and read the Secretary General’s full message clicking here.

Kurt Waldheim: Un métier unique au monde Former UN Secretary General Kurt Waldheim’s narratives about the most unique job in the world. It is not his memoirs, this one was written while he was still acting Secretary General in 1977. It was not actually written by him, he was interviewed by Éric Rouleau in between travels and summits in the course of fifteen months due to the Secretary General’s busy schedule. This book is mostly about then current world affairs and how the UN dealt with them. What makes it interesting today is that most of these issues – Middle…