Apr 23, 2016
News, United Nations
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United Nations, New York, USA, April 22 2016 – Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (right) speaks to the media following the Signing Ceremony for the Paris Agreement on Climate Change. More than 165 Member States were expected to attend the signing ceremony, including an estimated 60 Heads of States and Heads of Governments, setting an all-time record for countries signing an international agreement on a single day. Mr. Ban is joined by (from left) Ségolène Royal, Minister of the Environment, Energy and Marine Affairs of France; François Hollande, President of France; and Christiana Figueres, Executive Secretary of the UN Framework Convention on [Read More]
Apr 20, 2016
News, United Nations
Claudia Ruiz Massieu, Drug Police, Drugs, Enrique Pena Nieto, General Assembly, Jail, Killings, Mexican Foreign Minister, Mexico Cartel, Mexico's minister of foreign affairs, New York, President of Mexico, Probation, UN, UN Headquarters, united nations, World Drug Problem
United Nations, New York, USA, April 19 2016 – Enrique Pena Nieto, President of Mexico along with Claudia Ruiz Massieu, Mexico’s minister of foreign affairs and his delegation during the Thirtieth special session of the General Assembly on the World Drug Problem today at the UN Headquarters in New York. Photo: Luiz Rampelotto/EuropaNewswire United Nations, April 19 2016 In a special session on the world drug problem the United Nations (UN) General Assembly adopted an outcome document which reaffirmed its member’s determination to “tackle the world drug problem and actively promote a society free of drug abuse.” The document, which [Read More]
Apr 10, 2016
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2016, Actor, Adult, Arts Culture, bag pipes, flags, Grand Marshal, kids, Kilt, Manhattan, New York City, Outlander, Plaid, Sam Heughan, Sam Heughan photos, Scotch day, Scotland, Scotsman, Scottish Parade, Sixth Avenue, Star, Tartan, Tartan Day Parade, USA, with and blue
Sixth Avenue, New York, USA, April 09 2016 – Thousands of Scots march along Sixth Avenue in New York City during the Rainy 2016 Tartan Day Parade. The parade is the largest Scottish celebration in Manhattan and one of the largest Scottish parades in the world By Britta Schmitz NEW YORK, April 10 2016 – New York celebrates the contributions made by Scottish-Americans to the United States with a big annual parade. The Tartan Day Parade traditionally takes place in Manhattan after the weekend of National Tartan Day on April 6, a day chosen by the U.S. Senate in 1998. [Read More]
