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Petition to Make the United Nations more effective in realizing women's rights

Add your name to our petition calling on the President of the General Assembly to make the United Nations more effective in realizing women’s rights. In September 2009, after years of persistent campaigning by women’s human...

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White Ribbon Day: Ballarat unites to say no to violence

White Ribbon Day: Ballarat unites to say no to violence Ballarat Courier In 1999, the United Nations General assembly declared November 25 to be the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women. White Ribbon...

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Youth Organize Worldwide Human Rights Walk

Youth from every corner of the globe will walk in our first ever “International Walk for Human Rights,” on United Nations Human Rights Day, December 10, 2009. Covering 6 continents and 24 countries, the walk, sponsored by Youth...

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Nagorno-Karabakh Peace Process Ousts Azerbaijan-Submitted Resolution

NAGORNO-KARABAKH PEACE PROCESS OUSTS AZERBAIJAN-SUBMITTED RESOLUTION news.am Nov 24 2009 Armenia The UN General Assembly has postponed the discussion of the resolution on situation on Azerbaijan's occupied territories...

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GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE COPENHAGEN PETITION

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Who The F*** Does Netanyahu Think He Is?

It’s not often that stories about the Israeli/Palestinian conflict make me laugh but one by Jeremy Bowen, the BBC’s Middle East editor, did. Because he is the corporation’s correspondent supporters of Israel right or wrong most...

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Why you won't see a climate change deal

Lars G. Josefsson showed up at the UN General Assembly in New York City in September with a petition signed by 244,500 people that called for action on climate change, including the fixing of a global price for carbon emissions.

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End violence against women once and for all: UN chief

End violence against women once and for all: UN chief Tehran Times TEHRAN -- UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon in his message on the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, November 25, called for more...

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Canadian commentator caught in UN controversy

The United Nations is in a standoff with Canadian commentator Anne Bayefsky as it pressures her to sign a statement that she broke the rules on the day she spoke in favour of Israel at a UN microphone.

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UN to open high-level meeting to boost South-South cooperation

UNITED NATIONS, Nov. 24 (Xinhua) -- The United Nations is to open the most important UN meeting on South-South cooperation in decades as countries from the South assume leading roles in decisions on hot global issues ranging...

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