UN General Assembly extends mandate for High Commissioner Grandi The United Nations General Assembly today renewed the mandate of Filippo Grandi as United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees for a further two-and-a-half-year-period. The extension of Grandi’s mandate follows a recommendation by the UN Secretary-General António Guterres to the General Assembly. High Commissioner Grandi, welcoming the…
Port-au-Prince, le 19 Octobre 2020 Lettre ouverte au Doyen du Tribunal civil de première Instance de Port-au-Prince, Me Bernard Sainvil et à Me Ducarmel Gabriel, Commissaire du gouvernement Messieurs les Autorités judiciaires, Les Organisations signataires de la présente vous saluent patriotiquement et saisissent l’occasion pour attirer votre attention, d’une part, sur la volonté du pouvoir…
Recommandations contre l’esclavage, le racisme et les discriminations en Mauritanie. Par Diko Hanoune Elles sont adressées à l’état Mauritanien qui passera son Examen Périodique Universel (EPU) en janvier 2021. Nous recommandons à l’état Mauritanien de sanctionner les magistrats qui refusent de prendre en charge ou d’introduire des plaintes concernant l’esclavage et ses séquelles. C’est le…
Jean Claude Pallas The Guardian of the Palais des Nations « Defenseur du Palais des Nations » – this is how Jean Claude Pallas is known at the UNOG and internationally. His contribution to the preservation of the Palais des Nations is remarkable, in this sense he is The Guardian of the Palais. His book «Histoire…
The older you get… EITORIAL – DIVA “The older you get, the quicker the years pass by,” my colleague observed the other day. “Did you know that, according to some contemporary historians, the most important year in the twentieth century was 1979? I presume that was before 2020 and the Covid19 that knocked out the…
25 MILLION TREE SAPLINGS WILL BE PLANTED IN TURKMENISTAN IN 2020 IN HONOR OF THE 25TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE COUNTRY’S NEUTRALITY In 2020, 25 million saplings of deciduous, fruit trees and grapes will be planted throughout Turkmenistan. This number marks the 25th anniversary of the country’s Permanent Neutrality. Some of the trees were planted during…
VOCABLE NOIR ET RACISME par Frankh-Anta Racisme systématique, racisme systématique, racisme institutionnel, racisme tout court, peu importe le vocable. Ce qu’il faut retenir, c’est le dénominateur commun : le RACISME. Le reste est la forme qu’il prend dans la pratique. Le racisme demeure OMNIPRÉSENT et il se manifeste sous diverses formes. Il cause beaucoup de mal…
Interview with Ambassador Elchin Amirbayov, Assistant to the First Vice-President of Azerbaijan on foreign policy Q: You have a long outstanding career in diplomacy, and now you are the Assistant to the First Vice-President of Azerbaijan on foreign policy. What are the foreign policy priorities of your country? As they say, foreign policy is the…
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Peggy Hinaekian by Marit Fosse My artistic career started very early in life. It started in Egypt where I was born and grew up. Having demonstrated above the norm abilities in drawing, my father encouraged me and bought me the necessary tools to go ahead in my endeavors. I became an avid doodler and drew…
