Tag: united nations

  • Satellite view of the evolution of fires around the world July-August 2019

    Satellite view of the evolution of fires around the world July-August 2019

    Check out what I found in NASAWorldview : Satellite view of the evolution of fires around the world July-August 2019: https://go.nasa.gov/2PkgUfC ——————————————————————————————- UnitedNations: Protection of Global Natural Resources – Sign the Petition “Protection of the Amazon”!: http://chng.it/txkS4yrW ——————————————————————————————- Check out the UNenvironment program: https://www.unenvironment.org On the agenda, the UN Climate Action summit on 23 September 2019. UN must […]

  • War and Peace at the UN

    War and Peace at the UN

    War and Peace at the UN In 1961, Secretary General Dag Hammarskjöld’s plane, which wanted to establish a UN right of interference in Katanga (Congo), crashed. The square in front of the General Secretariat in New York still bears his name. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jan/12/former-raf-pilot-shot-down-un-chief-dag-hammarskjold-1961-plane http://www.un.org/depts/dhl/dag/time1960.htm The project to establish a right of interference falls through. This means […]

  • Call to people who are not subject to repression

    Call to people who are not subjected to repression, either because they have a social status that puts them above repression, or because they live in a territory that respects democracy and freedom of opinion. Industrial and financial strength, greed and corruption have turned against the people in more than 20 countries on all continents. […]

  • 13

    Marriage at 13 is a bad idea. Just look at Romeo and Juliet… –  Women who were first married by age 18 – Our World in data: https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/women-married-by-age-18?year=1985 – Marriageable age – Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marriageable_age – The 1962 Convention on Consent to Marriage, Minimum Age for Marriage, and Registration of Marriages – Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Convention_on_Consent_to_Marriage,_Minimum_Age_for_Marriage_and_Registration_of_Marriages Wedding scene – Romeo + Juliet (1996)  […]

  • Golden Rivers and Freedom wars

    Golden Rivers and Freedom wars

    American made – Iran–Contra affair: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran–Contra_affair – American made film: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Made_(film) The Night Manager (novel) – The Night Manager – novel – Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Night_Manager – United States involvement in regime change – Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_involvement_in_regime_change Air America  – Air America (airline), a former civilian airline operated by the Central Intelligence Agency: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_America_(airline) – Air America (film), a 1990 film adaptation of […]

  • L’Atlas

    – Tiens, ton Atlas mon chéri. – Y a trop d’pays, j’arrive pas à le lire… – T’inquiète, tu peux faire avec cinq; ça suffit… Aurianne Or Vetoed! What’s wrong with the UN security council – and how it could do better | World news – The Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/world/ng-interactive/2015/sep/23/un-security-council-failing-70-years

  • La Terre vue de près

    (via https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ghkQoJoipbM) La Terre vue de près – UNESCO: http://www.unesco.org/archives/multimedia/?pg=33&s=films_details&id=1570 Entretien avec Yann Arthus-Bertrand, Ambassadeur de bonne volonté du Programme des Nations Unies pour l’environnement: http://www.un.org/apps/newsFr/newsmakersF.asp?NewsID=21#.WkN1dbaZPNA