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…
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#GlobalCitizen #Diplomacy Rocks!
The United Nations and its diplomacy is increasingly about engaging the global citizen. Fenced in diplomatic reserves remain at the UN HQ which is hosting the globe’s kings, presidents, prime…
#Islamic Scholars Speak on Preserving the #Environment
It is perhaps coincidence that the color of Islam is green, but thinking and behaving consistent with environmental concerns has now focused the attention of Islamic scholars. This follows recent…
Papal Support for Labor
Pope Francis’s recent statements on income inequality and labor have been characterized by some as beyond the norm. However, the history of Popes that have seen organized labor as consistent…
Robert #Redford at UN says #ClimateChange Will #Sting All!
In “Butch Cassidy & the Sundance Kid” he went out in a blaze of bullets. Now, more than four decades later, since he joined Paul Newman to film one of…
“Let There Be Bread”
Pope Francis addressed the delegates at the Food & Agriculture Organization (FAO) Conference in Rome this week and cited eradicating hunger as a moral obligation. Food security, good nutrition,…