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The Future We Want “We recognize that we can’t continue to consume our way to prosperity. Yet we have not embraced the obvious solution.” Op-ed in The New York Times by UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon.

united-nations: Monday is the World Day for Cultural Diversity and Inclusion. Not sure how to mark the occasion? Ideas here: http://j.mp/k0rfby.

united-nations: Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is calling on all youth to take action ahead of June’s Rio+20 conference!  Are you up for the Future We Want challenge?  Here’s a “to-do” list for you. In this photo, the Secretary-General used an iPhone to snap a photo of students in the GA Hall this week. Credit: UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe

it’s also today! 🙂 united-nations: Gender equality is a basic human right enshrined in the UN Charter, and it is one of the main objectives of the UN Millennium Development Goals. ICTs are tools that can help accelerate progress towards achieving this target. Thursday, 17 May, is World Telecommunication and Information Society Day.

Small Five nations withdraw bid for Security Council reform It would have indicated that the GA actually has power to decide anything important… It was a nice idea while it lasted…

International Day of Families “This year’s International Day of Families highlights the need for work-family balance. The aim is to help workers everywhere provide for their families financially and emotionally, while also contributing to the socio-economic development of their societies.” Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message for 2012

united-nations: Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon wants to hear from you! Calling all young people! What future do YOU want? Join a global conversation about the Future We Want on Twitter using the hashtag #GCModelUN.   Ban Ki-moon will review your ideas and share selected posts with students attending the Global Classrooms Model UN event on 17 May in New York City.   You can also follow tweets from students representing 23 countries who will be attending the event using the same hashtag.   Stay tuned for more posts related to “Rio+20” — the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development which will take place…

United Nations: US Must Return Stolen Land to Native Americans UN wraps up ‘contentious study’ of Native American communities – Common Dreams staff Far from joking about this, I hope no-one will misunderstand, but every time I read about this, it makes me think about “The Indians in the Lobby” from The West Wing. JOSH: I was just coming to see you. Did you hear about the two Indians in the lobby? LEO: One of them wants to become a rabbi? JOSH: It’s not a joke, they’re really… Nevermind. 🙂 But seriously, it’s a really good episode about this same…

Annan plan for Syria “on track”, spokesman says “However… even on days we feel there is satisfactory progress albeit it is in inches, not in feet or miles, in those days as well we are horrified by the extent of violence that we see on the ground.”

united-nations: 3 May is World Press Freedom Day which this year focuses on how media freedom has the power to transform societies — find an event near you! In 2012, we remember the 62 journalists who died as a result of their work in 2011. UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and UNESCO Director General Irina Bokova: We call on States, professional media and non-governmental organisations everywhere to join forces with the United Nations to promote online and offline freedom of expression in accordance with internationally accepted principles. This is a pillar of individual rights, a foundation for healthy societies and a force…