Statement on mission to Afghanistan, 5-11 December 2020 by UN Acting Assistant-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Deputy Emergency Relief Coordinator, Ramesh Rajasingham I am just completing a week-long visit to Afghanistan to draw attention to the massive increase in humanitarian needs due to COVID-19, conflict and climate change. During my visit, I met with First…
Ten finalists in the UNCTAD Empretec Women in Business Awards demonstrate how resilience, sustainability, circularity and inclusiveness are critical success factors in their ventures. Geneva, 11 December 2020 – Code is a base language that will help us build our future. Afnan Kamel Ali, a Jordanian tech entrepreneur, recognized this fact early on in her electrical…
Launching of the book “Promoting peace, human rights and dialogue among civilizations” in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia by H.E. Mr. David Fernández Puyana, Ambassador and Permanent Observer of the UN University for Peace to the United Nations Office at Geneva and UNESCO in Paris In the context of the UN 100 Years of Multilateralism, 75 Years…
A new mosque was built in the township of Akina with the support of the Turkmen side Today, on December 4, 2020, the opening of a mosque constructed in the township of Akina of the Andkhoy etrap of Faryab province of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan took place as a friendly gesture from the Turkmen…
Galerie Modus « Dessine-moi un cèdre » Exposition hommage au pays des cèdres à Paris C’est à la Galerie Modus, place des Vosges au cœur du Marais à Paris, que l’association « Green Cedar Lebanon » nous invite pour notre plus grand bonheur, à un évènement exceptionnel en hommage au pays du cèdre pour le lancement de l’exposition Dessine-moi un cèdre. Les peintures,…
Irish Struggle for Freedom : Landmark Events Ireland was inhabited by Celts from about the sixth century B.C. English invasions began in the twelfth century under Henry II, although the whole of Ireland was not conquered until the time of the Tudors. Revolts against English rule had led to English and Scottish families being settled…
WHO calls for reinvigoreated action to fight malaria 30 November 2020 – The World Health Organization (WHO) is calling on countries and global health partners to step up the fight against malaria, a preventable and treatable disease that continues to claim hundreds of thousands of lives each year. A better targeting of interventions, new tools and…
Irish Republican Brotherhood : American and Canada The word Fenian is derived from the old Irish ‘féne’ the name of an ancient Irish people. Fenians were members of the most important nineteenth century covert revolutionary nationalist organisation the Irish Republican Brotherhood (IRB). It derived some of its inspiration from the United Irishmen of the 1790s….
Highwaymen in Ireland and Beyond : Myth, Folklore and Legend A wealth of historical and other literature abounds about the life and daring exploits of highwaymen through the earlier centuries who are immortalised as gentlemen, brigands, robbers. They rode on horseback across hills and valleys, or hid in thick heath and woodland, with the protection…
Réponse au Nouvelliste, á Frantz Duval ou à Philippe Vorbe par Garaudy Laguerre DU MEILLEUR JOUER HAÏTIEN AU MEILLEUR JOUEUR AU MONDE. Je ne suis pas sûr à qui adresser cette réponse à l’article, car le journaliste-interviewer y a confondu ses opinions avec celles de l’interviewé. Est-ce involontaire ? Il y a en effet une parenthèse…
