Jun 27, 2015
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United Nations, June 26 2015. Ambassador Samantha Power U.S. Permanent Representative to the United Nations Thank you so much. It’s a great honor to speak to you here on behalf of the host country, the United States – we’re incredibly proud of this role that we get to play, thanks to the founders. Deputy Secretary-General Eliasson, Vice President of the General Assembly Gunnarsson, colleagues, ladies and gentlemen. Greetings to you on this auspicious day as we look to the past and the future of our United Nations. I also want to greet Secretary-General Ban and all of those gathered in San Francisco, [Read More]
Jun 27, 2015
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United Nations, New York, USA, June 26 2015 – Press Conference on Stopping Barrel Bombs attacks by the Syrian Government. Speakers: French Ambassador Francois Delattre, Ambassador Roman Oyarzun Marchesi of Spain and there guests Nadim Houry, of Human Rights Watch, Bassam Al -Ahmad of the Center for Documentation of Violations in Syria and Raed Saleh, Syrian refugee On the Photo: (FROM LEFT): Raed Saleh, Roman Oyarzun Marches, Francois Delattre, Nadim Houry, Bassam Al -Ahmad Credit: Luiz Rampelotto/EuropaNewswire A UN Security Council member said today that the international community was saying to the Syrian government, “with a single voice: ‘stop [Read More]
Jun 25, 2015
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“Boss! We have Cimex lectularius again” Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Bed Bugs FAQs What are bed bugs? Bed bugs (Cimex lectularius) are small, flat, parasitic insects that feed solely on the blood of people and animals while they sleep. Bed bugs are reddish-brown in color, wingless, range from 1mm to 7mm (roughly the size of Lincoln’s head on a penny), and can live several months without a blood meal. Where are bed bugs found? Bed bugs are found across the globe from North and South America, to Africa, Asia and Europe. Although the presence of bed bugs has traditionally [Read More]
