Aug 29, 2018
Celebrities, News, Security Council
Bangladesh, Cate Blanchett, Catherine Elise Blanchett, Cox’s Bazar, EuropaNewswire, full citizenship, Goodwill Ambassador, Myanmar, New York, refugee child, Rohingya crisis, Rohingya refugee, Security Council, UN, UNHCR, UNHQ, united nations, UNTV, USA, victims of torture
United Nations, New York, USA, August 28, 2018 – Cate Blanchett Academy-award winning actor and Goodwill Ambassador for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), addresses the Security Council meeting on the situation in Myanmar. The meeting commemorates the one-year anniversary of the beginning of the Rohingya crisis in 2017 today at the UN Headquarters in New York City. Photos: Luiz Rampelotto/EuropaNewswire United Nations, August 28 2018. Actress and UN refugee agency goodwill ambassador Cate Blanchett told the Security Council today that she saw her own children “in the eyes of every refugee child” she met during her [Read More]
Apr 2, 2016
News, United Nations
autism, autism spectrum, Bangladesh, Book Signing, daughter, human rights, Neurodiversity, NeuroTribes, Prime Minister, Saima Wazed Putul, Sheikh Hasina, Steve Silberman, Sustainable Development Goals, UN, united nations, WAAD, World Autism Awareness Day
United Nations, New York, USA, April 01 2016 – Book Signing by Steve Silberman, author of “Neuro Tribes: The Legacy of Autism and the Future of Neurodiversity” today at the UN Headquarters in New York. By Britta Schmitz UNITED NATIONS, April 2 2016 – People on the autism spectrum are often stigmatized and face great challenges in their daily lives. April 2 is World Autism Awareness Day (WAAD). The UN celebrates the eighth WAAD with a high-level event and various panel discussions. “We’re moving from viewing people on the autism spectrum as failed versions of normal to [Read More]