Day of Reckoning
The Convention on the Rights of the Child, adopted 26 years ago today – 20 November – marks Universal Children’s Day. Perhaps this year more than any other we are…
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#University & UN Look to Future Together
The new global citizen is being educated at the globe’s university. From activism to careers, much of what occurs at the grassroots comes from new organizations and groups taking shape…
Green #Climate Fund Investments ahead of Paris #ClimateChange Conference
Innovation to induce the change needed to counter the inertia of industry, regulation and habit is perhaps one of the greater challenges to counter climate change. Public-private partnerships are…
Pack Your #Travel Bags to Explore, Exchange, Learn or Relax?
The UN World Tourism Barometer reported promising news of a four percent (4%) increase in the number of tourists — 810 million — in 2015’s first eight months. Whether traveling…
Does Globe Need More #Radiocommunication Regulations?
From driverless cars to Internet on passenger jets to communication satellites, all depend on a broad spectrum of radio waves to meet their designed purpose effectively. The demands for allocation…
Will #Myanmar Elections on 8 November Reflect Continued Hate?
Elections in Myanmar, (Burma) are scheduled for 8 November, 2015. But will they reflect true democratic reforms, or will results be a continued mirror of injustice, hatred, and discrimination against…
#Refugees – Defying the Odds for Life
The decade of time is seamless. Those facing oppression, hunger, or threat to life and livelihood will defy the odds to provide their families a better life, or just life….
Happy Birthday as UN Highlights its Birth & Development in #Photos
As the United Nations this week has officially turned 70, it has turned back to its own archives to look back at the moment of birth. It may be difficult…
Half of the Globe’s Countries Get a Failing Grade
The United Nations Educational, Scientific & Cultural Organization (UNESCO) gives failing grades to more than 50% of the globe’s countries in ensuring gender parity in education in both primary…
Food for Thought on #WorldFoodDay
The goal to eradicate hunger in our lifetime is too far away. Try explaining lofty challenges and statistics to these Darfur refugees in eastern Chad whose food rations have been…