Jul 11, 2018
News, United Nations
Baron Divavesi Waqa, Baron Waqa, children and armed conflict, Climate Change, climate-related, Curaçao, early-warning mechanisms, Eugene Rhuggenaath, Jonathan R. Cohen, Karel van Oosterom, Kingdom of the Netherland, Lake Chad region, Pacific Ocean, Paris Accord, President of Nauru, Prime Minister, Security Council Meeting, security risks, Somalia, sustaining peace, United States, Vladimir Putin
United Nations, New York, USA, July 11, 2018 – President of Nauru Baron Waqa during the Security Council Meeting on Understanding and addressing climate-related security risks today at the UN Headquarters in New York. By Kurt Wheelock UNITED NATIONS, July 11 — Nauru is a small country in the Pacific Ocean, and getting smaller as the water rises. On July 11 its president Baron Divavesi Waqa proposed to the UN Security Council the creation on Climate and Security of a new UN envoy. He outlined to the Security Council members improvements they need to make, saying “the Council needs better [Read More]
Apr 4, 2016
News, United Nations
007, Agnes Marcaillou, Daesh, Daniel Craig, Elimination of Mines, Explosive Hazards, IEDs, International Day for Mine Awareness, Iraq, James Bond, land mines, landmines, Libya, Mine Actions, Mines, Somalia, South Sudan, Syria, UN, united nations, UNMAS
United Nations, New York, USA, April 04 2016 – Daniel Craig, actor and UN Global Advocate for the Elimination of Mines and Other Explosive Hazards during his visit to the UN Headquarters in New York. Photo: Cia Pak/EuropaNewswire United Nations, April 04 2016 Marking Mine Action Day, UN Global Advocate on the Elimination of Mines and Explosives Hazards, Daniel Craig, said that as conflicts continue to rage in Syria, in Iraq, in Libya, in Somalia, and in the Sahel, the United Nations Mine Action Service (UNMAS) “provides a long-term solution to the biggest problem facing the victims of war, how [Read More]
May 10, 2015
Celebrities, News
Ambassador, Buddhist spiritual, Burundi, Celebrities, celebrity, Celso Amorim, Civil War, DPI, Earthquake, election, former, Francis Lorenzo, Global Response to Health Crises, Gyalwang Drukpa, Himalayas, human rights, Humanitarian Coordinator, Indonesia, Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete, LGBT Rights, Mahayana Buddhist, Marty M. Natalegawa, Micheline Calmy-Rey, Minister for Foreign Affairs, Nepal, Nepal quake, Permanent Representative to the UN, Philippe Lazzarini, Politics, President of Switzerland, President of Tanzania, Rajiv Shah, Samantha Power, Samantha Power Photos, Somalia, South-South News, UN, united nations, United States, US
Gyalwang Drukpa Need Help for the Victims of the Nepal Quake. Second Avenue, New York, USA, May 08 2015 – His Holiness Gyalwang Drukpa Visiting South-South News for a Press Conference on the Earthquake in Nepal. On the Photo: Gyalwang Drukpa and Ambassador Francis Lorenzo, President of the South-South News Credit: Luiz Rampelotto/EuropaNewswire Philippe Lazzarini, Humanitarian Coordinator for Somalia. United Nations, New York, USA, May 08 2015 – Philippe Lazzarini, Humanitarian Coordinator for Somalia, briefs journalists on the situation the country. On the Photo: Philippe Lazzarini and DPI Credit: Luiz Rampelotto/EuropaNewswire. US Ambassador Samantha Power Press Conference on Burundi United [Read More]