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Raise your hand for Haiti - Morning Flag Raising - Prayer Breakfast - Afternoon Symposium

Female literacy has considerable multiplier effects in all areas of women empowerment and no one anywhere has a doubt that educational empowerment alone can transform women into powerful agents of social change.

“Patient-centered CME: from a Local to a Global Perspective” will explore changes in the dynamic of the delivery of healthcare in North America and the important role of CME as a tool in promoting better quality and efficiency within that system.

To quote Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore “In Science, we go through the discipline of eliminating the personal limitations of our minds and thus reach the comprehension of truth which is in the minds of the universal man”.

CEN, CENELEC and ETSI establish Joint Working Group on eAccessibility.

Without Social justice which is the underlying principle for peaceful and prosperous coexistence within and among nations, the dream of Fair Globalization cannot be achieved.

Iranium powerfully reports on the many aspects of the threat America and the world now faces with interviews with 25 leading politicians, Iranian dissidents, and experts on: Middle East policy, terrorism, and nuclear proliferation.

International call to action is the report "The Massacre of Political Prisoners in 1988," published by the Abdorraham Boroumand Foundation, the author Geoffrey Robertson QC, “distinguished jurist” member of the UN Internal Justice Council.

Blizard postpones NDR - National Day of Remembrance for Haiti to May 18, 2011 - Haitian Flag Day at the United Nations

Artist H-II: Stephen Michael Apatow, Founder of the United Nations Arts Initiative supports the National Society of Film Critics Statement On Jailed Iranian Directors.

13-Year-Old Felice News Anchor, Max Jones, to host a hard-hitting documentary about the crisis on the Korean Peninsula, to be released in 2011.

A National Day of Remembrance for Haiti at the United Nations, New York, Wednesday, January 12, 2011, 6am Prayer Breakfast Launch - The American Alabaster Quilt for Haiti - 5 year Witherspoon Quilt Project - A Football Field of Hand Written Notes

With the expansion of the Internet and the growing reach of technology, the need for effective and ethical online dispute resolution is growing in importance.

Our favourite Brazilian supermodel, Gisele Bündchen, has gone and surprised us all at Talent management yet again.

The Haiti Information Project (HIP) announced the release of the documentary film Haiti: We Must Kill the Bandits on broadband pay-per-view the same day as elections in Haiti on November 28, 2010.

Dianne Curtis, President of Zonta International, was awarded the Minerva Award on November 15, 2010, in the Hall of the Capitol in Rome, Italy. Dianne Curtis is the first American to receive the prestigious Minerva Award.

Armed rioters blaming the United Nations for Haiti’s cholera epidemic clashed violently with U.N. troops on Monday in Cap-Haïtien, on Haiti’s northern coast. The U.N. said one demonstrator was killed by a peacekeeper shooting in self-defense.

Echoing the One Million voices Campaign, Nobel laureate Shirin Ebadi wants the international community to impose travel restrictions and other "political sanctions" against Iranian officials

Adelphi University is pleased to welcome United Nations Special Representative of the Secretary-General (SRSG) on Sexual Violence in Conflict, Margot Wallström.

Researcher, humanitarian, and lecturer on social work Maud Edgren-Schori will speak at Adelphi University about her data and conclusions from a needs assessment report she wrote while deployed in the Republic of Georgia.

Adelphi University is pleased to host Joy Ogwu, former foreign minister of Nigeria and current Nigerian Ambassador to the United Nations (UN). The lecture is part of the Ambassador Series and is free and open to the public.

On behalf of Noble World Foundation (NWF), Shiv R. Jhawar, founder of NWF and the author of the book, Building a Noble World, sent an open letter proposing the UN Security Council reform to the UN Secretary-General, Ban Ki-Moon on October 24th, 2010.

The important new book Preserving the United Nations delineates the foundational errors present in 1945.

One young man's journey through life to find love and carve out a future for himself away from his controlling family, a journey that takes him to the four corners of the United Kingdom

CAMBRIDGE, UK (6th October 2010) – Vijay Mehta chair of United for Peace and Action for UN Renewal, will give a Lecture at 2:00 pm entitled “Reforming the UN for the 21st Century” at Stoneyard Centre, 43 St Andrew Street.

Le Méridien Amman Commemorates United Nations International Day of Peace

The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations estimates that Nicaragua will be one of the first countries in the region to meet all the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).

All over the world today people are marking Peace Day in their own way. Millions of people doing small things to bring about a massive united change towards global peace one day at a time…

Embarrassing? Yes. An important health need for billions of people? Most definitely!

Gillian Sorensen, Sr. Advisor, UN Foundation, is a national advocate for the UN & US/UN relationship. She will speak on 9/15/10 at UCONN/Stamford. Forum events at UCONN now begin at 5:45 PM (networking and refreshments) & presentation at 6:15 PM.

Dr. Walter Reichman, Professor Emeritus Baruch College and the Graduate Center of the City University of New York, has joined OrgVitality as a Partner and Vice President.

Experienced Costa Rican diplomat selected as executive secretary of the United Nations Climate Change Secretariat, reports Envido.

The request concluded that lawlessness now prevailing in the justice system in Los Angeles County, California, amounted to a Human Rights disgrace of historic proportions.

CNN report provide erroneous information regarding the core facts in the case of Richard Fine: "Superior Court Judge David Yaffe found Fine in contempt ... according to court documents." There are no valid court documents in the case of Richard Fine.

In first ever review of Human Rights in the US by the United Nations, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was asked to respond on Human Rights Alert submission to the United Nations, alleging violations related to the new computers of the US Courts.

Join African-American Conservatives as they interview Ambassador John Bolton live on Blog Talk Radio on Wednesday, May 26, 2010 at 11am EDT.

Latest Energy Information Administration results indicate that U.S. carbon emissions fell a record 7% as a result of better fuel efficiency and the recession.

With its theme of “Better City, Better Life with ICTs,” World Telecommunication and Information Society Day on May 17, 2010, is a day to focus on the importance of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT)

A recent United Nations study within India revealed that the entire Indian population has greater access to mobile phones than toilets – highlighting the growth of mobile technology whilst pinpointing sanitation issues.

Shawn Anderson, structural engineer and president of TKW Consulting Engineers in Fort Myers, FL, volunteers to inspect buildings and report to the U.N. on structural situation in post-earthquake Haiti. Leads masonry technique workshops for locals.

HHSYC celebrates historic unveiling of "African Renaissance Monument” in Dakar with Senegal’s President Wade and a U.S. Delegation including Akon, Benjamin Todd Jealous, Rev. Jesse Jackson, Dr. Julius W. Garvey and other prominent world figures.

After clearing a legal hurdle Blackstone is to move forward with a German offshore wind farm project.

Recent government guarantees will boost growth in the UK’s solar industry.

Researcher van smith exposes new data on “america’s stonehenge”, and its relevance to current worldwide activities, on the 1 – 5 march 2010 “future quake” radio programs

Diplomats succeed in gaining additional negotiating time ahead of the Mexico Climate Summit.

“…It is hoped that those youth still undiscovered throughout our Islands will come to realize that poverty, lowly upbringing and opportunities that seem unattainable must never become impediments to the desire for achievement and excellence…”

The quake that struck Haiti has not only flawed the country but also sparked nationwide humanitarianism and hope for this Caribbean island. Transaction Publishers donates in the reliefs efforts for this country.

Japan has announced that it intends stick to its offer to cut its greenhouse gas emissions by 25% by 2020 as part of the first step of the Copenhagen Accord.

New Delhi will host a meeting of four of the globes largest and fastest growing carbon emitters ahead of the Jan 31 deadline for the submission of climate action plans.

All the believers of God should join hands, irrespective of their religions and pray to Almighty God, to help mankind achieve peace, love, brotherhood and justice on our planet and fight against its thousand and one problems.