Jun 9, 2018
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United Nations, New York, USA, June 08 2018 – Photographer Chris Jordan during a panel discussion held on the occasion of World Oceans Day. The discussion highlighted the important roles of youth and innovation in addressing solutions towards cleaning our oceans today at the UN Headquarters in New York City. Photos: Luiz Rampelotto/EuropaNewswire by Kurt Wheelock When the United Nations celebrated World Oceans Day on June 8 there were speeches but also a presentation by Parley about how ocean plastic is being used to make athletic shoes, credit cards and even luxury brand sunglasses. In an event attended by [Read More]
Jun 5, 2018
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Hundreds of Guests Participated on a Green Fair to Commemorate the World Environment Day today at the UN Headquarters in New York City. Similar Events are taking place around the world to Help clean-up beaches, rivers and parks of Plastic Bottles. Photos: Luiz Rampelotto/EuropaNewswire By Kurt Wheelock For World Environment Day, there was a UN Green Fair complete with a solar powered car and costumes made of plastic water bottles from which UN officials are swearing off. Among the tables on the plaza in front of the UN General Assembly building was one from Comics Uniting Nations, which in [Read More]
May 31, 2018
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United Nations, New York, USA, May 30, 2018 – Singer and songwriter Emmanuel Kelly tells his story and sings his song at the President of the General Assembly’s Youth Dialogue. (#Youth72) today at the UN Headquarters in New York City. Photo: Luiz Rampelotto/EuropaNewswire By Kurt Wheelock Emmanuel Kelly, the boy abandoned in a shoe box in Baghdad, Iraq, disabled or differently abled by the impact of chemical weapons in war, spoke and sang on May 30 in the UN’s Economic and Social Council chamber. From his new single, he sang “I will never be alone.” Earlier he told the [Read More]
