Dec 7, 2019
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African Union, and Viet Nam, Antonio Guterres, behavior, Central African Republic, India, initiative, Kelly Craft, Lacroix, leadership, peacekeepers, peacekeepers face, Peacekeeping Performance, Permanent Representative, police unit, political solutions, Portugal, Secretary-General, Security Council Resolution 2436, Senegal, South Sudan, sustainable peace, UN, united nations, United States, United States of America, Uruguay
Secretary-General Antonio Guterres along with Kelly Craft, Permanent Representative of the United States of America to the United Nation During the Meeting on Improving Peacekeeping Performance A Year Since UNSCR 2436 today at the UN Headquarters in New York. Photo: Luiz Rampelotto/EuropaNewswire United Nations, December 06, 2019 Secretary-General António Guterres said United Nations peacekeepers “represent the last, best hope for millions of people around the world” and highlighted that his Action for Peacekeeping initiative, launched in March last year, as the organization’s response to the challenges peacekeepers face. Addressing a meeting on “Improving Peacekeeping Performance: A Year Since [Read More]
Dec 3, 2019
Celebrities, News, United Nations
Actor, architect, Ark of Return, Blood Diamond, Congressional Black Caucus, designer, Djimon Hounsou, Ed Zwick’s, fight against racism, Gate of No Return, Haitian-American, Producer, Rodney Leon, slave trade, UN, united nations, United States, Victims of Slavery
Members of the United States Congressional Black Caucus visit the Ark of Return at UN Headquarters. With them were Djimon Hounsou, Actor and Producer, and Rodney Leon, Haitian-American architect and designer of the Ark of Return today at the UN Headquarters in New York. Photo: Luiz Rampelotto/EuropaNewswire United Nations, December 02, 2019 Members of the US Congressional Black Caucus were joined by Benin’s actor Djimon Hounsou today at the UN’s Ark of Return memorial to reflect on the transatlantic slave trade’s cruel history and legacies. US Congressional Black Caucus delegation is in New York on a two-day learning [Read More]
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]
