Non-governmental organizations (NGOs). The Constitution of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) written just after the end of the destructive Second World War states that: “since wars begin in the minds of men, it is in the minds of
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Featured Image: Through the Russian Revolution. By Internet Archive Book Images, No restrictions, via Wikimedia Commons. Alexandre Marc ; (19 January 1904 – 22 February 2000) was born as Alexandre Markovitch Lipiansky in Odessa, Russia in 1904. He later simplified his name
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Featured Image: Photo by sammisreachers in Pixabay. On 30 July; there should be a world-wide concerted effort against trafficking in persons. The United Nations General Assembly in Resolution A/RES/68/192 in 2012; set out 30 July as a day to review and reaffirm
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Featured Image: Image by Ian Ingalula from Pixabay. The United Nations is preparing a Transforming Education Summit; to be held in New York on 19 September; during the General Assembly. A preliminary Summit is being held at UNESCO in Paris 28-30 June. This
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Featured Image: Photo by Stewart Munro on Unsplash. On Tuesday, 23 April 2019; the United Nations Security Council voted for resolution N° 2467; concerning the use of rape as a weapon in times of armed conflict. This resolution builds on an earlier resolution of 24 June
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Featured Image Photo by Shinobu in Pexels. By Rene Wadlow. In 1993, the then Secretary General of the United Nations, Boutros Boutros-Ghali wrote: “From the outset of my mandate, I have been convinced that the structure of the Organization must mirror, as closely as possible,
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The idea of world citizenship has been put forward in periods when the existing structures of inter- State relations were fragile and endangering life and society: by Socrates when the classic Greek city states were under strain;
Featured Image: Photo by Artem Podrez in Pexels. 21 September is the U.N. sponsored International Day of Peace chosen to mark the annual start of the U.N. General Assembly. The General Assembly touches upon all the armed conflicts and tension areas. It can
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Featured Image: Photo by Wylly Suhendra on Unsplash. The United Nations General Assembly has designated 19 August as “World Humanitarian Day” to pay tribute to aid workers in humanitarian service in difficult and often dangerous conditions. 19 August was designated in memory
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view to western wall Jerusalem and dome of rock. By Photo by Anton Mislawsky on Unsplash. The Nazi Government of Germany had first moved against the Jews; considered as both a racial and a religious group. The Jews had long been a
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