Aug 30, 2019
Celebrities, News, United Nations
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United Nations, New York, USA, August 30, 2019 – Maria Fernanda Espinosa Garces (right), President of the seventy-third session of the General Assembly, meets with Greta Thunberg (second from left), climate activist from Sweden, and Alexandria Villasenor (left) and Xiye Bastida, climate activists from the United States. Photo: Luiz Rampelotto/EuropaNewswire General Assembly President Maria Espinosa welcomed today at the United Nations the climate activist Greta Thunberg who sailed from Europe to New York for two weeks on a zero-emissions sailboat to take part in the Climate Action Summit later in September. Espinosa, together with 16-year-old Thunberg and two other New [Read More]
Aug 29, 2019
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New York, NY – August 28, 2019: 16-year-old climate activist Greta Thunberg arrives into New York City after crossing the Atlantic in a sailboat and attend press conference at North Cove Marina. Photo: Lev Radin Greta Thunberg, the 16-year-old Swedish climate activist and Nobel Peace Prize nominee, sailed into New York Harbor today (28 Aug), flanked by a fleet of 17 sailboats representing each of the Sustainable Development Goals on their sails. Thunberg is arriving to participate in the Youth Climate Summit and the Climate Action Summit at the United Nations Headquarters next month. The flotilla met Thunberg [Read More]
Aug 21, 2019
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Comprehensive Plan of Action, Iran, israel, Jacek Czaputowicz, JCPOA, Maria Luiza Ribeiro Viotti, Michael R. Pompeo, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Poland, nuclear agreement, Palestine, Pompeo, Secretary of State, Strait of Hormuz, UN, united nations, Warsaw Process
United Nations, New York, USA, August 20, 2019 – U.S. Secretary of State, Michael R. Pompeo Visiting the UN Headquarters in New York for a Security Council meeting on Maintenance of international peace and security. Photo: Luiz Rampelotto/EuropaNewswire With the participation of the Secretary of State of the United States, Mike Pompeo, the Security Council today (20 Aug) held a debate on the challenges to peace and security in the Middle East, including the situation in the Strait of Homuz, US-Iran relations, and the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA). The Secretary-General’s Chef de Cabinet, Maria Luiza Ribeiro [Read More]
