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UN Suspends Libya From Human Rights Council

UNITED NATIONS -- In another attempt to stop Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi's brutal crackdown on civilians, all the U.N. countries today adopted a resolution to suspend Libya from the U.N. Human Rights Council. "This is a harsh rebuke but one that Libyan leaders have brought upon themselves," said Susan Rice, the U.S....

Reducing Maternal Deaths Is Top Goal of UN Summit

NEW YORK (Sept. 20) -- Ticktock, ticktock ... an inexorable beat began at 9 this morning in the heart of Times Square, a grim reminder of the hundreds of thousands of women who die each year from complications of childbirth. The digital billboard clock, set up by Amnesty International, will tick for three days while...

Queen Elizabeth Visits UN, Ground Zero in NYC Tour

UNITED NATIONS (July 6) -- In her first address to the U.N. General Assembly in more than half a century, England's Queen Elizabeth II urged the world body to provide leadership on global challenges like climate change, poverty and terrorism, stressing that "so much remains to be done." At the same time, in her...

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Ideological Paranoia

Legislators in Arkansas, Kansas, and Louisiana are seeking to pass bills condemning a United Nations non-binding action plan that would have all countries collaborate to protect the environment and eradicate poverty.

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Barack Obama To Pledge $3 Billion In Private-Sector Funding To Alleviate Hunger In Africa

President Barack Obama is set to announce $3 billion in private sector pledges aimed at alleviating hunger in Africa and urge the world's biggest economies to make good on their own financial promises.

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06/01/12 University of Third Age meeting Source: The Porthsmouth News - Hampshire - UK AFTER an overwhelming response to a proposal to create a Havant branch of a unique learning group it is now fully up and running.
06/01/12 UN warns of civil war in Syria Source: New Zealand City United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has warned that massacres of civilians, such as the one perpetrated in Houla, could plunge Syria into a civil war.
05/31/12 ICP-13 HIGHLIGHTS, Thursday, 31 May 2012, New York, US Source: IISD - Linkages On Thursday, the Consultative Process convened for a morning plenary session to discuss: a general exchange of views on marine renewable energies (MREs); inter-agency cooperation and coordination; the process for the selection of topics and panelists so as to facilitate the work of the General Assembly; and issues that could benefit from attention in future work of the General Assembly on oceans and the law of the sea.
05/31/12 Chinese peacekeeping engineer detachment to South... Source: People's Daily Nicholas Von Ruben, director of the mission-support department of the United Nations Mission in the Republic of South Sudan (UNMISS)ï¼ conferred the "Peace Contribution Award" on the first Chinese peacekeeping engineer detachment to the Republic of South Sudan and the "Special Contribution Award" on 11 officers and men including Wang Zhonghua, commanding officer of the detachment, on May 28, 2012, local timeï¼so as to commend them for their contributions to peaceful reconstruction of South Sudan.
05/31/12 Four of Five UCAN Board Members Must Resign Source: San Diego Reader - San Diego CA The settlement agreement among various parties in the Utility Consumers' Action Network dispute, which should be filed with Superior Court today (May 31) or tomorrow, mandates that four of five current board members should be replaced after six months if the court approves "contingent upon there being suitable replacements," according to the document.

Background on World government

World government is the notion of a single common political authority for all of humanity. Its modern conception is rooted in European history, particularly in the philosophy of ancient Greece, in the political formation of the Roman Empire, and in the subsequent struggle between secular authority, represented by the Holy Roman Emperor, and ecclesiastical authority, represented by the Pope.

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