Tag: United Nations
united-nations: World Water Day is marked on 22 March every year. It’s a day to celebrate water, to make a difference for the members of the global population who suffer from water related issues, and to prepare for how we manage water in the future. Want to be part of the Day this year? Check out all these resources and tools! http://bit.ly/wwdmtrl Please download and use them excessively! For more info: www.worldwaterday.org…#WorldWaterDay, #WaterIs
Happy Spring Everybody! I hope you are all having a great weekend and can take a little time to check out this week’s posts. On Bibi’s ‘Reversal’ Concerning Palestinian Statehood and Netanyahu’s Latest ‘Reversal’ on Palestinian Statehood I had to include both posts, like a sequel. The newly re-elected Israeli prime minister has reversed his position on the two-state solution two times within a few days. At least, by the looks of it. Will Syrian War Criminals Ever Face Justice? One should only hope so. The Syrian nightmare entered its fifth year and nothing seems to change. A Country Was Nearly Wiped…
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
The pursuit of happiness is a fundamental human goal Speaking at the High Level Meeting on “Happiness and Well-Being: Defining a New Economic Paradigm” convened during the sixty-sixth session of the General Assembly, Secretary General Ban Ki-moon stated that the world “needs a new economic paradigm that recognizes the parity between the three pillars of sustainable development. Social, economic and environmental well-being are indivisible. Together they define gross global happiness.” The meeting was convened at an initiative of Bhutan, a country which recognized the supremacy of national happiness over national income since the early 1970s and famously adopted the goal of…
Welcome to the 100th Sunday Smack everybody!!! I can’t believe that I am doing this weekly round-up for 100 weeks (= almost two years!) already! The blog itself will turn 4 this summer too!! On this occasion besides thanking you all for reading and sticking with me all through these years I thought it would be best to share my thoughts about this blog with you all. Quite some time ago I decided to do this just to follow the topics I am most interested in. I sure want to continue doing it, and want to do it with more…
Happy Sunday, Happy Women’s Day People! I hope you all had a nice day today. I had an extremely busy week at work and thought there would be a lot of posts to catch up on, but hardly found any. Perhaps my favorite bloggers were busy as well. So, here’s a short version of Sunday Smack, the one before the big one next week! The Case of Russia’s Detention of Ukrainian Military Pilot Savchenko under IHL Great post taking all the scenarios into account. The Court will have to decide first whether there is an international armed conflict between Russia…
Happy International Women’s Day Everybody! I have to admit I don’t like the way this day is celebrated where I come from, in Hungary. Here “Women’s Day” preserved its old socialist holiday feature when men present women with flowers or chocolate. Now, it’s not that I don’t like flowers and chocolate, but I would much rather be treated equally and fairly every single day of the year than being celebrated on this one for something I am not even responsible for achieving (being a woman, that is). Via The Economist You can see Hungary is not even close to the…
un-dpa: Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi on 23 February at the Security Council’s open debate on international peace and security. The debate commemorated the 70th anniversary of the United Nations. It provided an opportunity for Member States to reaffirm their commitments to the purposes and principles of the UN Charter, and to discuss ways to more effectively maintain peace and security. Seated behind and to the right of Mr. Ban is Taye-Brook Zerihoun, Assistant Secretary-General for Political Affairs. UN Photo/Devra Berkowitz The Secretary-General opened the debate in which more than 80 Member States made statements. He…
Happy Sunshiny Sunday Everybody! I hope you all have had a relaxing weekend so far. Happy long weekend to those in the US too! Check out this week’s posts below! How the Cease-Fire With Russia Might Save Ukraine The cease-fire effective from today will have to be abided by first to have any long term effect. So far, everything is possible. Can the UN Put the Financial Squeeze on ISIL? As usual, the fate of this Security Council resolution will depend on the member states’ willing to act on it. To what extent can it weaken ISIL is another question….
UNICEF and Hungary announce agreement in principle to establish new UNICEF Global Services Centre in Budapest NEW YORK/BUDAPEST, 10 February 2015 – The Government of Hungary and UNICEF announced today that they have agreed in principle to establish UNICEF’s first-ever Global Shared Services Centre in Budapest. The new centre will conduct a broad range of UNICEF’s financial and human resources operations worldwide, enabling the children’s organization to realize greater efficiencies and cost savings.
