Tag: United Nations

Pillay says Syrian chemical weapons allegations “exceptionally grave,” investigation essential “These allegations are exceptionally grave and need to be comprehensively proved or disproved as soon as is humanly possible. Whether or not chemical weapons were in fact used, it seems that once again in Syria many civilians have been killed in flagrant contravention of international law.” /Navi Pillay, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights/

Remember the Fallen Today is the 10th anniversary of a terrorist attack on the United Nations Headquarters in Baghdad. The deadly attack claimed the lives of 22 people and it was a game changer for the world organization. It signaled the momentum from which the blue flag switched from being a shelter for those under it to being a target to terrorists in their war against western democracies. August 19th, World Humanitarian Day was designated by the General Assembly to honour humanitarian workers around the world who often risk their lives for the greater cause.

Happy weekend dear readers! Especially for everybody in Hungary who are just in the middle of a four-day-long weekend due to a public holiday on Tuesday. Hope you are all having a great time! I have some serious thinking to do during this weekend, still in the middle of serious profession-wise decision making. Although I still have no idea where it is going to take me (even geographically), I enjoy this process a lot. I know something good is going to come after either way. I am looking forward to being able to reveal everything, but until then, I’ll keep…

On 17 December 1999, in its resolution 54/120, the United Nations General Assembly endorsed the recommendation made by the World Conference of Ministers Responsible for Youth (Lisbon, 8-12 August 1998) that 12 August be declared International Youth Day. The theme of International Youth Day 2013 is “Youth Migration: Moving Development Forward .” Click to find out more!

International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples un-library: The International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples (9 August) was first proclaimed by the General Assembly in December 1994 (A/RES/49/214). The focus of this year’s International Day is “Indigenous peoples building alliances: Honouring treaties, agreements and other constructive.arrangements". Click here to visit the UN’s site where you can learn more.

united-nations: This year’s International ‪#‎YouthDay‬ celebrations kick off on Monday. Tune in live at 10 am (NYC time) (14.00 GMT) when more than 700 young people from USA, Belgium, Brazil, India, Lebanon and Nigeria will talk with Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and other senior officials about UN initiatives for youth. Watch live in Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Spanish and Russian here: http://webtv.un.org/. More information: http://j.mp/16iXarn via UN Secretary-General’s Envoy on Youth-Ahmad Alhendawi

united-nations: On Friday the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) launched a new initiative, Free & Equal ,for LGBT equality. All people, regardless of their sexual orientation or gender identity, are born free & equal in dignity and rights. The United Nations is here to make it clear that LGBT rights are human rights.

I submitted this photo this week for http://ifuwerentafraid.tumblr.com/. Sheryl Sandberg’s LeanIn.org is asking you what would you do if you weren’t afraid? And this answer pretty much sums up my life right now. Based on the notes it got, I am not alone feeling this way. What would your answer be? Go to http://ifuwerentafraid.tumblr.com/ and submit your photo. On other news, we are after a huge heat-wave in Hungary with all-time-high temperature records breaking almost every day. I still claim I like this weather, although I admit it is less pleasant when you have work to do and errands to run. Or a…

The 12 Targets That Could Replace the MDGs The High Level Panel of Eminent Persons on the Post 2015 Development Agenda has presented its recommendations to Secretary General Ban Ki-moon yesterday on the post 2015 agenda, that is, targets to achieve until 2030. Click the link to read more.

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