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	DR Congo and Ban Ki-moon by Thanos Kalamidas Barack Obama is the new president of the USA but the world didn’t change from one day to the other and the crisis in DR Congo lands us to the land of misery, war and death. The African leaders are numb from the events and keep asking from Ba
	The United Nations: Challenges and Leadership by René Wadlow To dream of vast horizons of the SoulThrough dreams made whole,Unfettered, free — help me!Help me make our world anew.- Langston Hughes
	Kids are dying in Zimbabwe by Thanos Kalamidas Waiting for the results of the debate between Palin and Biden and while stock markets all around the world still tremble with a lot of catastropholists describing the last days of capitalism, there is one country that has doomed their financial sy

	Non-violence: In Tune With The Infinite by René Wadlow
	Coming in From the Cold: UN Membership Needed for the Phantom Republics by René Wadlow "The Phantom Republics" has been the name given to the states demanding the status of independence after the break up of Yugoslavia and the Soviet Union: Abkhazia, Chechenya, Kosovo, Nagrono-Karabakh, South Ossetia and Transnistra. The c
	The challenge by Thanos Kalamidas Living in the EU I have seen refugees for decades coming not only for a better future but for the simple reason to save their and their children's lives and the bitter truth is that in the beginning of the twenty-first century the refugee real
	Let My Children Go: World Efforts to Eliminate the Worst Forms of Child Labour by René Wadlow June 12 is a red letter day on the UN agenda of events as the World Day Against Child Labour. It marks the June arrival in 1998 of hundreds of children in Geneva, part of the Global March against Child Labour that had crossed 100 countries to pre
	Don't let it be by Thanos Kalamidas Kids live their darkest times, not that they ever lived any better times since they have been the victims all through human history, but what they have to deal with today in the beginning of the 21st century with all this social and scientific adv
	A psycho killer called Mugabe by Thanos Kalamidas Reading the news I was wondering how many graves the people of Zimbabwe will find after Mugabe’s regime ends. I was wondering how many mothers cry this very minute for their missing sons and daughters and how many kids grieve for their paren
	The Failure of Gambari Mission in Burma by Rohingya Human Rights Turning a deaf ear to international outcries, Burma's military rulers are going to perpetuate military domination in running the state forever through unilaterally holding a referendum on May 10.2008 on a pro-military
	Death screaming in Darfur by Thanos Kalamidas This week seven trucks with food on their way for the refugees in the camps of Darfur were stolen and their drivers were abducted. The UN’s World Food Programme announced that less than 50% of the deliveries actually reach the camps and the
	World peace model #2: UN reform by Akli Hadid The UN was created in 1945 to promote world peace through mutual cooperation. If Pax UN is to be achieved, the UN should change its form of governance, and be transformed into a more democratic body.In a July 2007 estimate, th
	The Gambari Mission: A Failed Bid? by Rohingya Human Rights The UN which is believed to be the last resort of hope for the hopeless people, has appointed Mr Ibrahim Gambari, a Nigerian Diplomat on a mission to bring peace trough restoration of democracy and human rights in Burma, a country which has been g
	The Struggle of the Sahrawi People by Luis Portillo, Ph. D. Ladies and Gentlemen: My message for all of you is the same as the one for Mr. John Sweeney, president of the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations: Please, spread all over the worl
	Human Rights Day and NGO Action by René Wadlow The United Nations " spells — and it ought to spell — the end of the system of unilateral action, exclusive alliances, and spheres of influence, and the balances of power and all the other expedients which have been tried for cent
	Universal Declaration of Human Rights by The Ovi Team Today marks the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which became an advisory declaration adopted by the United Nations General Assembly on 10 December 1948 at Palais de Chaillot, Paris. It consists
	Dear Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon by Rohingya Human Rights Dear Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and Members of the United Nations, As you are well aware, the country Burma is presently in the midst of a severe political and humanitarian crisis that desperately needs immediate international atte
	World Food Day: Political Ecology is still needed by René Wadlow 16 October is the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization’s World Food Day — a yearly reminder that there are people who are constantly hungry due to poor agricultural methods, inadequate distributio
	Desert, Athens! by Thanos Kalamidas People often ask me if I miss Greece and how could I ever leave a country with sunshine throughout the year and temperatures well above 15 degrees, to come and live in a country that is dark, with snow, short summers and dark winters. Usually I es
	Never again by Thanos Kalamidas It is over twenty years since I went there and I feel so embarrassed thinking about it. I feel embarrassed because I am a human, a member of the human race, the very same race with those who build that place. It is o
	Darfur is first priority by Amin George Forji In accordance with the established tradition of the UN, the body’s new UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon officially started his tenure on January 1st, 24-hours after his predecessor, Kofi Annan, stepped down. Since New Year’s Day is a U
	Adieu Kofi Annan by Amin George Forji As the New Year begins, so does a new era for the world’s governing body, the United Nations Organization (UNO). Kofi Annan has stepped down and has been succeeded by South Korean diplomat Ban Ki-moon as the new world’s top administrat
	An expected apology by Thanos Kalamidas UN General Secretary Mr. Kofi Annan gave his final and goodbye speech at the library of the late US president Harry Truman in Independence, Missouri, talking about the needs of the UN and often pointing at the US and their responsibilities. South
	The disabled reality by Thanos Kalamidas It is a really long time since I saw a film that I value a lot and was one of the first movies that I bought on VHS. It is a very dark film that often crosses the line of a dramatic biography to a nightmarish and oft
	Pocket money by Asa Butcher A common question that children ask their parents is, "There's a Fathers' Day and a Mothers' Day - when is Children's Day?" The parent's stock reply is, "Everyday is Children's
	The wounded UN by Thanos Kalamidas While trying to think about what to write for United Nations Day, my mind kept going back to the speech made by General Secretary Kofi Annan for the Security Council when talking about the invasion of Lebanon by Israel. In his speech, the G.S. acc
	Cross-examining World Food Day by Amin George Forji The day has been commemorated since 1945, when it was first instituted by the FAO. The day is purported to have as its goal, the raising of awareness of the stakes of poverty and hunger. It is not a day to ration foo