United Nations Aids: Millennium Development Goals Met As 15 Million Received HIV
As reported by a recent report of the United Nations Aids agency, we have already met the target of making HIV treatment accessible to 15 million people before 2015 ends. The figure was reportedly...
View ArticleUN peacekeeping mission leader quits over vehicle abuse claims
UN chief Ban Ki-moon told reporters that he had requested his resignation. In Haiti, 231 people admitted to having “transactional sexual relationships” with peacekeeping personnel in exchange for...
View ArticleBiden to appear on Colbert’s ‘Late Show’
As with Bush’s contest, Colbert’s costs $3 to enter. No wonder Colbert says he now feels liberated: “I wanted the ability to use more of me that I could never show you on ‘The Colbert Report’. Now I...
View ArticleTrevor Noah Disproves ‘Notion That There Are No Women in Comedy’
He made his first appearance on the Late Show back in 2013. The Late Show airs weeknights at 11:35 p.m. on CBS. “And over time, that’ll happen; it’s a conversation that we need to continue having”. You...
View ArticleZuckerberg To Bring Internet To Refugee Camps
The internet turned commonplace in developed nations within the Nineteen Nineties, however UN officers estimate that half the world doesn’t have dependable access – particularly ladies and women, whose...
View ArticleModi calls for change in UN Security Council
The Associated Press reports: “Xi and others spoke as the United Nations gathering began to shift focus from development to the high-powered General Assembly meeting that begins Monday with speeches by...
View ArticleChinese President Xi Jinping Calls for Equitable Development
The global meeting is focused on fixing some of the world’s greatest problems through a 15-year road map. President Rouhani addressed the Summit on Saturday in New York where he said that the JCPOA...
View ArticleChina promises to help poor nations
China’s President Xi Jinping has pledged billions in aide over the next to help the world’s poorest countries implement sustainable development. He spoke to a summit that adopted a sweeping agenda for...
View ArticleWorld Leaders Speak at Historic 70th Session of UN General Assembly
Ahead of this 70th anniversary General Debate, Mr. Ban will present his annual report on the work of the Organization. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon encouraged the 193-member body to look back at the...
View ArticleOnly “Total Systemic Change” Will Make 2030 Goals Viable — Maduro at UN
Concerns about how to reduce inequality loom large. When they do, impressive progress can be achieved. Businesses have enormous power, resources and knowledge to assist. The Sustainable Development...
View ArticleObama Highlights US-led Diplomatic Efforts at UN
“The United Nations and its member states have a strong obligation to work together to end the catastrophic wars and conflicts – not least in and around Syria“, said Mogens Lykketoft, president of the...
View ArticleUN Ideals Point Way to Solving World’s Crises — Obama at UN
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon opened the 70th General Debate with a speech in which he called for the situation in Syria to be referred to the worldwide Criminal Court and said that five countries –...
View ArticleUN chief: Refer Syria crisis to International Criminal Court
But among the stars of the show were Barack Obama and Russia’s Vladimir Putin. To ease violence in Syria and surrounding countries, nations that may not be inclined to work together must find a way to...
View ArticleUNICEF says new United Nations goals more realistic than MDGs
Adoption of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals, or SDGs, caps three years of brainstorming and negotiations with input from almost every corner of the world, organizers say, and provides a roadmap...
View ArticlePalestinian flag to be raised at United Nations
“Unlike the Palestinians, Israel is closely safeguarding the status quo at the Temple Mount and is committed to continue and keep it, according to all the understandings between us and the Jordanians...
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