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United Nations Lincoln Journal Star / Aug 1, 2020
Hahn sees her recent return home to her beloved Nebraska as her "best decision ever." With the influence of her journalist mother, Grayce Hahn Burney, she was determined to give back to her state by founding the Malaika Foundation (www.malaikafoundation.org), a recipient of HN grants, which has a mission to build a greater understanding of peoples and countries throughout the world and enhance global education in Nebraska schools and communities.
UN official/NPO founder Hahn to receive 2020 Sower Award
Lincoln Journal Star
United Nations Journal of Petroleum Technology / Aug 1, 2020
Pilot Program in Mexico Classifies Oil and Gas Projects Using UN Framework A pilot project was initiated to classify oil and gas projects in Mexico using the United Nations Framework Classification (UNFC). The UNFC assists in identifying key social and environmental factors that could impede the movement of oil and gas volumes higher up the value chain.
Pilot Program in Mexico Classifies Oil and Gas Projects Using UN Framework
United Nations Business Standard / Aug 1, 2020
Read more about Pandemic response in SE Asia must address rising inequalities: UN Report on Business Standard. UN has commended governments in southeast Asia for acting swiftly to stem the most serious health consequences of Covid-19 but highlighted the need to curb rising inequalities across the region
Pandemic response in SE Asia must address rising inequalities: UN Report
Business Standard
United Nations Prensa Latina / Aug 1, 2020
1 de agosto de 2020, 0:10 United Nations, Aug 1 (Prensa Latina) The United Nations Summit on Biodiversity will be held virtually on September 30 at the level of heads of State and Government, UN authorities confirmed.
https://www.plenglish.com/index.php?o=rn&id=58423&SEO=un-biodiversity-summit-to-be-held-in-september
UN biodiversity summit to be held in September
Prensa Latina
United Nations Voice of America / Jul 31, 2020
Germany's ambassador to the United Nations criticized the world body's members on Thursday for their unwillingness to go forward with a reform that would allow his country a permanent seat in the Security Council.
German Envoy to UN Criticizes Members 'Blocking' World Body’s Reform
Voice of America
United Nations UN News / Jul 31, 2020
"These are the people who work in different sectors - identifying, supporting, counselling and seeking justice for victims of trafficking, and challenging the impunity of the traffickers," UN Secretary-General António Guterres said in his message on the Day, which is observed annually each 30 July.
United Nations KSFR / Jul 31, 2020
Longtime Santa Fe Native American Art dealer and business owner Stephen Fox has some ideas about the United Nations. KSFR News Director Tom Trowbridge recently spoke with Fox... and began the conversation by asking him about something called "the model U-N project" is all about:
United Nations Crux: Covering all things Catholic / Jul 31, 2020
MUMBAI, India - A Catholic member of India's marginalized Tribal community has been named to a new United Nations advisory group providing perspectives and solutions to tackle the worsening climate crisis. Archana Soreng, from Sundergarh in India's Odisha state, and six other young climate activists from around the world who have been named by UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres to a newly established Youth Advisory Group on Climate Change.
Catholic member of India’s Tribal community named to UN climate change group
Crux: Covering all things Catholic
United Nations Malaysian Christian News / Jul 31, 2020
An Indian tribal Catholic woman is among seven young climate leaders selected by United Nations secretary-general Antonio Guterres to advise him on the global climate crisis. Jul 31, 2020 By Bijay Kumar Minj An Indian tribal Catholic woman is among seven young climate leaders selected by United Nations secretary-general Antonio Guterres to advise him on the global climate crisis.
Indian tribal Catholic joins United Nations climate initiative
United Nations UN News / Jul 31, 2020
The historic Hagia Sophia in Istanbul, designated a mosque once again earlier this month by the Turkish Government, should be maintained as an inter-cultural space "reflecting the diversity and complexity of Turkey and its history", said two independent human rights experts on Friday.
United Nations UN News / Jul 31, 2020
Evidence suggests that the spike in cases in some countries is partly due to younger people "letting down their guard during the northern hemisphere summer", WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Thursday. "We have said it before and we'll say it again: young people are not invincible", he told journalists.
United Nations The Straits Times / Jul 31, 2020
SINGAPORE - The Sentosa Golf Club (SGC) has become the world's first golf club to join the United Nations' Sports for Climate Action Initiative, after signing the initiative following its collaboration with international golf sustainability non-profit organisation GEO Foundation on Friday (July 31).. Read more at straitstimes.com.
The Straits Times
United Nations UN News / Jul 31, 2020
In Latin America, where much of the region has dealt with years of sluggish growth, the economic crisis brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic is pushing millions more into poverty, says Alicia Bárcena, the head of the UN regional body for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC).
United Nations Vatican News / Jul 31, 2020
On Thursday, the Conference of Catholic Bishops of India (CCBI) formally congratulate Archana Soreng on her appointment to Youth Advisory Group on Climate Change by the UN Secretary General. By Sr Bernadette Mary Reis, fsp António Gutteres announced the formation of a Youth Advisory Group in a press release on Monday.
Vatican News
United Nations European Jewish Press / Jul 31, 2020
Miguel Angel Moratinos is a former Foreign Minister of Spain from 2004 to 2010. Between 1996 and 2003, he worked as the European Union Special Representative for the Middle East.
Is Miguel Angel Moratinos the right person to be the UN antisemitism watchdog ?
European Jewish Press
United Nations ReliefWeb / Jul 31, 2020
GENEVA (30 July 2020) - UN human rights experts today warned of increased patterns of closing of digital spaces amid the COVID-19 pandemic. UN Special Rapporteurs* attending the annual RightsCon conference on human rights in the digital age, the first fully online, stressed that "COVID-19 has made us even more reliant on digital technologies and the space they create for civic engagement.
ReliefWeb
United Nations UNAIDS / Jul 31, 2020
As the world faces the colliding pandemics of COVID-19, HIV, tuberculosis and malaria, UNAIDS supports the call for bold, bipartisan support by the United States of America for global efforts against these concurrent health challenges GENEVA, 31 July 2020 -The United States of America has long led the world in its response to infectious pandemics.
United Nations THE WEEK / Jul 31, 2020
By Yoshita Singh United Nations, Jul 31 (PTI) UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres has welcomed the announcement by the Afghanistan government and the Taliban of a ceasefire to enable the Afghan people to celebrate Eid al-Adha in peace. The UN chief urged all parties concerned to seize this opportunity and embrace an Afghan-led and Afghan-owned peace process.
THE WEEK
United Nations The New York Times / Jul 30, 2020
