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US Blocks UN Security Council Resolution for Global Ceasefire
Security council had spent weeks seeking resolution but Trump administration opposed mention of WHO The US has blocked a vote on a UN security council resolution calling for a global ceasefire during the Covid-19 pandemic, because the Trump administration objected to...
Kailash Satyarthi: What Real Pandemic Aid Would Look Like
Internationally acclaimed child rights activist Kailash Satyartathi on how COVID-19 is affecting the most vulnerable -- children living in poverty -- and what needs to be done to help. "...I am urging all G20 leaders to look beyond their own borders, and to recognize...
Jose Ramos-Horta: The Pandemic World, a chance to be better
Freedom fighter, former President of Timor-Leste and Nobel Peace Prize laureate José Ramos-Horta shares a perspective from one of the world's poorest nations, and suggestings for global remedies to COVID-19 and its economic consequenes. Reprinted from Wall Street...
UNICEF Chief: Ceasefire during COVID-19 pandemic essential, to safeguard 250 million children
The head of the UN children’s fund UNICEF warned on Friday that 250 million children around the world living in the “waking nightmare” of conflict desperately need warring parties to stop fighting as the COVID-19 pandemic spreads. In her appeal, UNICEF...
Mikhail Gorbachev: When the Pandemic Is Over, the World Must Come Together
Former President of the Soviet Union and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Mikhail Gorbachev, writing for Time Magazine: During the first months of this year, we have seen once again how fragile is our global world, how great the danger of sliding into chaos. The COVID-19...
‘Prayer Is Not Enough.’ The Dalai Lama on Why We Need to Fight Coronavirus With Compassion
Spiritual leader of Tibetan Buddhism and Nobel Peace Prize laureate His Holiness the Dalai Lama, writing for Time Magazine: Sometimes friends ask me to help with some problem in the world, using some “magical powers.” I always tell them that the Dalai Lama has no...
UNSG: “To silence the guns, we must raise the voices for peace”
Statement of António Guterres, ninth Secretary-General of the United Nations, who took office on 1st January 2017. Ten days ago, I issued an appeal for an immediate ceasefire in all corners of the globe to reinforce diplomatic action, help create conditions for the...
A Special Message from His Holiness the Dalai Lama
My dear brothers and sisters, I am writing these words in response to repeated requests from many people around the world. Today, we are passing through an exceptionally difficult time due to the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic. In addition to this, further...
UN Secretary-General’s Appeal for Global Ceasefire
UN Secretary General's statement calling for a global ceasefire, on March 23, 2020: Our world faces a common enemy: COVID-19. The virus does not care about nationality or ethnicity, faction or faith. It attacks all, relentlessly. Meanwhile, armed conflict rages on...
Jimmy Carter: The World is at a Turning Point
Former U.S. president Jimmy Carter said Monday that the world is at a “turning point in history” and governments must choose policies of peace and human rights over war and human suffering. Carter’s remarks opened a forum of human rights workers hosted by The Carter...
1996 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate José Ramos-Horta on what it will take for Asia
The former President of Timor-Leste delivers a profound outline of steps needed to build peace in Asia, including leaving past grievances behind and building a new day.
Dutch court rules people have a fundamental right to be protected from climate change
The highest court in the Netherlands ruled Friday that the nation's government must cut greenhouse gas emissions by 25% by the end of next year. The landmark case marks the first time a country has been held responsible by its courts to take action against climate...
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