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]
May 25, 2018
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By Kurt Wheelock On May 30 UN General Assembly President Miroslav Lajcak is convening a Youth Dialogue, featuring an Tongan Special Olympian and an up and coming singer who was abandoned as a baby in a shoe box in Iraq. Midday May 30, Lajcak will speak in the UN’s Youth Media Zone, with Leonardo Parraga who founded BogotArt Foundation and Ella Okko of the youth initiative from Finland called “Lennons Peace Ambassador.” Emmanuel Kelly, the boy abandoned in a shoe box in Baghdad, Iraq, disabled or differently abled by the impact of chemical weapons in war, will speak on will [Read More]
Apr 19, 2018
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United Nations, New York, USA, April 18 2018 – British Ambassador to the United Nations Karen Pierces during a Security Council meeting on the Chemical weapons attack situation between Britain and Russia today at the UN Headquarters in New York City. Photo: Luiz Rampelotto/EuropaNewswire UN High Representative for Disarmament Affairs Izumi Nakamitsu told the Security Council that samples collected by the UN chemical watchdog (OPCW) team “confirm the findings of the United Kingdom relating to the identity of the toxic chemical that was used on 4 March in Salisbury.” Speaking at the Council today Nakamitsu said the OPCW team [Read More]
