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ICC Urged to Accept ‘Ecocide’ as an International Crime
Ido Liven – TerraViva Europe
June 20th, 2011 ( Comments Off on ICC Urged to Accept ‘Ecocide’ as an International Crime)
“The U.N. Overlooks Native Rights in Developed Countries”
Crystal Lee interviewing Verena Schaelter – Inter Press Service-IPS
June 13th, 2011 ( Comments Off on “The U.N. Overlooks Native Rights in Developed Countries”)
8 June: Day of the Oceans
Rene Wadlow – TRANSCEND Media Service
June 6th, 2011 ( 1 Comment »)
U.N. to Launch International Year of Cooperatives
Thalif Deen – Inter Press Service-IPS
May 23rd, 2011 ( Comments Off on U.N. to Launch International Year of Cooperatives)
Press Release-UN High Commission for Human Rights: Palestinian Nakba
Richard Falk, UN Special Rapporteur for the Palestinian Territories – TRANSCEND Media Service
May 16th, 2011 ( Comments Off on Press Release-UN High Commission for Human Rights: Palestinian Nakba)
Translating Southern Successes into LDC Solutions
Rousbeh Legatis interviewing Josephine Ojiambo, Ambassador of Kenya – Inter Press Service-IPS
May 9th, 2011 ( Comments Off on Translating Southern Successes into LDC Solutions)
Child Victims Have ‘Leading Role’ in Creating a Nonviolent Society
Marcela Valente – Inter Press Service-IPS
May 9th, 2011 ( Comments Off on Child Victims Have ‘Leading Role’ in Creating a Nonviolent Society)
Fukushima, Chernobyl Raise Questions about WHO’s Role
Gustavo Capdevila – Inter Press Service-IPS
May 2nd, 2011 ( Comments Off on Fukushima, Chernobyl Raise Questions about WHO’s Role)
Syria: The Downward Spiral
Rene Wadlow – TRANSCEND Media Service
May 2nd, 2011 ( 1 Comment »)
World Citizens Call For a Thai-Cambodian Peace Zone: From Periodic Flair-Ups to Permanent Cooperation
Rene Wadlow – TRANSCEND Media Service
April 25th, 2011 ( Comments Off on World Citizens Call For a Thai-Cambodian Peace Zone: From Periodic Flair-Ups to Permanent Cooperation)
Russia: NATO Has Overstepped UN Mandate on Libya
Yevgeny Shestakov, Special to Russia Now – TRANSCEND Media Service
April 25th, 2011 ( Comments Off on Russia: NATO Has Overstepped UN Mandate on Libya)
Libya: Use of Depleted Uranium, Partition and Regional Risks
Farouk James – Pambazuka News
April 25th, 2011 ( Comments Off on Libya: Use of Depleted Uranium, Partition and Regional Risks)
WikiLeaks: Great Power Rivalry at the UN
Nikolas Kozloff – Al Jazeera
April 18th, 2011 ( Comments Off on WikiLeaks: Great Power Rivalry at the UN)
World Citizens Call For a Cease Fire in Libya and Start of Negotiations on a Broadly-Based New Libyan Republic
Rene Wadlow – TRANSCEND Media Service
March 21st, 2011 ( 1 Comment »)
Groundbreaking New UN Report on How to Feed the World’s Hungry: Ditch Corporate-Controlled Agriculture
Jill Richardson - AlterNet
March 21st, 2011 ( Comments Off on Groundbreaking New UN Report on How to Feed the World’s Hungry: Ditch Corporate-Controlled Agriculture)
Women’s Day: A Historic Opportunity Unveiled
Kanya D'Almeida – TerraViva Europe
March 7th, 2011 ( Comments Off on Women’s Day: A Historic Opportunity Unveiled)
March 8: Women and the People’s Revolution
Rene Wadlow – TRANSCEND Media Service
March 7th, 2011 ( Comments Off on March 8: Women and the People’s Revolution)
Restorative Justice after Mass Violence: Opportunities and Risks for Children and Youth
Laura Stovel and Marta Valiñas – UNICEF
February 28th, 2011 ( Comments Off on Restorative Justice after Mass Violence: Opportunities and Risks for Children and Youth)
United Nations, an Organisation on Life-Support?
Kanya D'Almeida – TerraViva Europe
February 21st, 2011 ( Comments Off on United Nations, an Organisation on Life-Support?)
Report of Special Rapporteur to the UN Human Rights Council on Occupied Palestinian Territories
Richard Falk – TRANSCEND Media Service
February 21st, 2011 ( 1 Comment »)
UN Falling Apart Under ‘Ban Ki-Who’
Ida Karlsson – IPS News
February 7th, 2011 ( Comments Off on UN Falling Apart Under ‘Ban Ki-Who’)
Earth is Our Common Home: The Forest Year
Rene Wadlow – TRANSCEND Media Service
February 7th, 2011 ( Comments Off on Earth is Our Common Home: The Forest Year)
2011 Higher Prices for Food: World Citizens Call for Coordinated World Food Policy
Rene Wadlow – TRANSCEND Media Service
January 10th, 2011 ( 1 Comment »)
Universal Decriminalization of Homosexuality a Human Rights Imperative — Ban Ki-moon
ILGA – TRANSCEND Media Service
December 27th, 2010 ( Comments Off on Universal Decriminalization of Homosexuality a Human Rights Imperative — Ban Ki-moon)
‘War Criminal’ Gets a UN Job
Brad Hamilton – New York Post
November 29th, 2010 ( Comments Off on ‘War Criminal’ Gets a UN Job)
UN: Defining Terrorism
Thalif Deen – Inter Press Service-IPS
November 29th, 2010 ( Comments Off on UN: Defining Terrorism)
The Privatization of War: Mercenaries, Private Military and Security Companies (PMSC)
Jose L. Gomez del Prado – UN Working Group on the Use of Mercenaries
November 15th, 2010 ( Comments Off on The Privatization of War: Mercenaries, Private Military and Security Companies (PMSC))
Moldova Becomes Latest State Party to International Criminal Court
UN News Centre – TRANSCEND Media Service
October 25th, 2010 ( Comments Off on Moldova Becomes Latest State Party to International Criminal Court)
UN Warns of Global Refugee Crisis
Al Jazeera – TRANSCEND Media Service
October 11th, 2010 ( Comments Off on UN Warns of Global Refugee Crisis)
On UN World Habitat Day, Oct 4: One Billion Slum Dwellers Cannot Be Ignored
Amnesty International – TRANSCEND Media Service
October 4th, 2010 ( Comments Off on On UN World Habitat Day, Oct 4: One Billion Slum Dwellers Cannot Be Ignored)
UN-Backed Anti-Corruption Academy Inaugurated in Austria
UN News Centre – TRANSCEND Media Service
October 4th, 2010 ( 1 Comment »)
Henry Steel Olcott (1832-1907): The Buddhist Bridge
René Wadlow – TRANSCEND Media Service
September 13th, 2010 ( Comments Off on Henry Steel Olcott (1832-1907): The Buddhist Bridge)
Fractured Justice: The UN Secretary-General’s Gaza Flotilla Enquiry
Bob Rigg – Open Democracy
September 13th, 2010 ( Comments Off on Fractured Justice: The UN Secretary-General’s Gaza Flotilla Enquiry)
Jean Giono (1895-1970): The Energies of the Earth
René Wadlow – TRANSCEND Media Service
September 6th, 2010 ( Comments Off on Jean Giono (1895-1970): The Energies of the Earth)
United Nations Emits Report of “Harmony with Nature” Bolivia’s Initiative
Pía Figueroa – Pressenza International Press Agency
September 6th, 2010 ( Comments Off on United Nations Emits Report of “Harmony with Nature” Bolivia’s Initiative)
Earth is Our Common Home: UN Desert Decade
Rene Wadlow – TRANSCEND Media Service
August 30th, 2010 ( Comments Off on Earth is Our Common Home: UN Desert Decade)
U.N. Declares Water and Sanitation a Basic Human Right
Thalif Deen – IPS
August 2nd, 2010 ( Comments Off on U.N. Declares Water and Sanitation a Basic Human Right)
Leopold Sedar Senghor (1906-2001) – Who will teach rhythm to the world laid low?
René Wadlow – TRANSCEND Media Service
July 19th, 2010 ( Comments Off on Leopold Sedar Senghor (1906-2001) – Who will teach rhythm to the world laid low?)
Water as Human Right Threatens to Split World Body
Thalif Deen – IPS
July 19th, 2010 ( Comments Off on Water as Human Right Threatens to Split World Body)
James H. Cousins (1873-1956)
René Wadlow – TRANSCEND Media Service
July 12th, 2010 ( Comments Off on James H. Cousins (1873-1956))
Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan (1888—1975)
René Wadlow – TRANSCEND Media Service
July 5th, 2010 ( 1 Comment »)
Scrap Dollar as Sole Reserve Currency: U.N. Report
Reuters – TRANSCEND Media Service
July 5th, 2010 ( Comments Off on Scrap Dollar as Sole Reserve Currency: U.N. Report)
Lalon Shah (? – 1890) Men are vessels made for holy uses
René Wadlow – TRANSCEND Media Service
June 28th, 2010 ( Comments Off on Lalon Shah (? – 1890) Men are vessels made for holy uses)
Icons, of Peace
David Inkey – TRANSCEND Media Service
June 28th, 2010 ( Comments Off on Icons, of Peace)
Aimé Césaire: (1913 – 2008) A Black Orpheus
René Wadlow – TRANSCEND Media Service
June 21st, 2010 ( 1 Comment »)
ICC Adds Aggression to List of Crimes Despite US Opposition
Jenna Greene – Legal Times
June 21st, 2010 ( Comments Off on ICC Adds Aggression to List of Crimes Despite US Opposition)
W.H. Auden: (1907-1973) Poet of the Age of Anxiety
René Wadlow – TRANSCEND Media Service
June 14th, 2010 ( Comments Off on W.H. Auden: (1907-1973) Poet of the Age of Anxiety)
UN orders Israel to lift Gaza blockade
NineMSN – TRANSCEND Media Service
June 7th, 2010 ( Comments Off on UN orders Israel to lift Gaza blockade)
Nicholas Roerich (1874-1947) The Highest mountains stand as the witnesses of the Great Reality
René Wadlow – TRANSCEND Media Service
June 7th, 2010 ( Comments Off on Nicholas Roerich (1874-1947) The Highest mountains stand as the witnesses of the Great Reality)
Israel Averts International Probe on Gaza Atrocities
Thalif Deen - IPS
June 7th, 2010 ( Comments Off on Israel Averts International Probe on Gaza Atrocities)
Edna St. Vincent Millay (1892 – 1950) The World stands out on either side, no wider than the heart is wide
René Wadlow – TRANSCEND Media Service
May 31st, 2010 ( Comments Off on Edna St. Vincent Millay (1892 – 1950) The World stands out on either side, no wider than the heart is wide)
Alliance of Civilisations “Bridging Cultures” for Peace
Beatriz Bissio – TerraViva Europe
May 31st, 2010 ( Comments Off on Alliance of Civilisations “Bridging Cultures” for Peace)
Gary Snyder: (1930- ) A Zen View of Nature
René Wadlow – TRANSCEND Media Service
May 24th, 2010 ( 1 Comment »)
Velimir Khlebnikov: The Futurian (1895-1922)
René Wadlow – TRANSCEND Media Service
May 17th, 2010 ( Comments Off on Velimir Khlebnikov: The Futurian (1895-1922))
G.W. Russell (1867-1935): “The highest minds building one upon another”
René Wadlow – TRANSCEND Media Service
May 10th, 2010 ( Comments Off on G.W. Russell (1867-1935): “The highest minds building one upon another”)
Kenneth Rexroth (1905-1982): The Poetry of Relevance
René Wadlow – TRANSCEND Media Service
May 3rd, 2010 ( Comments Off on Kenneth Rexroth (1905-1982): The Poetry of Relevance)
U.N. Blasted for Sequestering NGOs and Media
Thalif Deen – TerraViva Europe
April 26th, 2010 ( Comments Off on U.N. Blasted for Sequestering NGOs and Media)
Ondra Lysohorsky (1905—1989)
René Wadlow – TRANSCEND Media Service
April 26th, 2010 ( Comments Off on Ondra Lysohorsky (1905—1989))
Rabindranath Tagore (1861-1941)
Rene Wadlow – TRANSCEND Media Service
April 19th, 2010 ( Comments Off on Rabindranath Tagore (1861-1941))
JALAL AL-DIN RUMI (1207-1273)
Rene Wadlow – TRANSCEND Media Service
April 12th, 2010 ( Comments Off on JALAL AL-DIN RUMI (1207-1273))
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