January 2011 Action Alert
World Interfaith Harmony Week, February 1-7, 2011 In October of 2010 the General Assembly of the United Nations unanimously passed a resolution to recognize World Interfaith Harmony Week annually...
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February 2011 Update on the UN in the Congo MONUSCO took over from an earlier UN peacekeeping operation – the United Nations Organization Mission in Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUC) – on 1 July...
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The United Nations and You Women’s Empowerment Principles The Women’s Empowerment Principles are a set of Principles for business offering guidance on how to empower women in the workplace, marketplace...
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The United Nations and You The Financial Transaction Tax Background: A financial transaction tax (FTT) would impose a small fee, approximately 0.25% on the sale or transfer of stocks, bonds and other...
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September 2011 The United Nations and You 11 Days of Global Unity 11 Ways to Change the World “11 Days of Global Unity,” first started by We, The World, is expanding this year to mark the tenth...
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October 2011 Action Alert
October 2011 The United Nations and You “While humankind has made enormous progress in improving material welfare over the past two centuries, this progress has come at the lasting cost of degradation...
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November 2011 The United Nations and You: The Social Protection Floor Background One of the main issues that continues to arise at the United Nations is the need for a Social Protection Floor (SPF)....
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December 2011 UN and You
December 2011 As in years past the Sisters of Charity Federation NGO Office is offering an alternative gift giving program for Christmas. The goal behind the program is to offer our members an...
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The Environmental and Economic Crises This edition of The United Nations and You is not an action alert, but is designed, instead, to lead to a better understanding of what is emerging on the world...
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The Millennium Consumption Goals and Rio+20 The Millennium Consumption Goals (MCGs) idea was proposed by Professor Munasinghe of Sri Lanka in January 2011 at the United Nations in New York. According...
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