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via unsceb.org At the HLCM 46th session, the Committee significantly advanced efforts to protect and further the Mental Health and Well-Being of the UN system workforce by endorsing the Mental Health and Well-Being Strategy for 2024 and beyond, including a Scorecard as the basis for system-wide reporting to the HLCM starting in 2025. The strategy […]
by Conor Coughlin at substack.com As voters prepare to go to polls this November, they may want to re-consider the spoken words of Yasser Arafat from his famous ‘Olive Branch’ speech before the United Nations fifty years ago. If the average citizen were to simply set aside every “preconceived” argument regarding religion, law and war, and then […]
by Katy Grimes at californiaglobe.com Gov. Gavin Newsom is taking his climate change road show to the Vatican where he was invited to speak by Pope Francis at a Summit of mayors and governors. The Summit, which will be held from May 15th to May 17th, will cover “the impact of rising temperatures” in local […]
by FRANCES MARTEL at breitbart.com An organization representing the ethnic Tutsi survivors of the 1994 Rwandan genocide against Tutsi people issued a statement condemning Secretary of State Antony Blinken, Rwanda’s New Times reported on Monday, for claiming the atrocities were committed against a variety of populations. The outrage stems from a post that Blinken published on X on April […]
by Joseph A. Klein at canadafreepress.com On the same day that the United Nations in New York honored the International Day of Commemoration in Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust, the UN’s Hague-based International Court of Justice (ICJ) defiled these victims’ memory. The ICJ decided in its provisional ruling to move forward with a […]
via bbc.com Several countries including the UK have paused funding for the UN agency for Palestinian refugees, UNRWA. It comes after the agency announced the sacking of several of its staff over allegations they were involved in the 7 October Hamas attacks. The UK government said it was “appalled” by Israel’s allegations. The US, Australia, […]
by LAUREN SFORZA at thehill.com Secretary of State Antony Blinken said in remarks Sunday that Palestinians need to be able to return to their homes in Gaza as soon as it’s safe. In a joint press conference with Qatari Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani, Blinken said the amount of aid […]
by Eric Worrall at wattsupwiththat.com h/t Dr. Willie Soon; “… We’ve seen narratives created … to delay climate action … a challenge we cannot afford to ignore as we head into a bumper election year in 2024…” The speech by Melissa Fleming, UN Under Secretary General for Global Communications was given in October, but I’ve […]
by Sima Kotecha & Sarah Bell at bbc.com Claims of sexual abuse and corruption at the United Nations should urgently be investigated by an independent panel, an ex-senior UN member has said. Purna Sen’s comments follow a BBC investigation which revealed the sackings of a number of UN staff who tried to expose alleged wrongdoing. […]