Swords Into Plowshares Food and Hunger Archives

August 9, 2013

NGO Working Group on Food & Hunger releases inaugural newsletter

Posted 12:31pm

The Presbyterian Ministry at the United Nations joins other nongovernmental organizations with UN accreditation in work for a just and reliable world food system. The NGO Working Group on Food and Hunger at the United Nations “recognizes that nearly a billion people in the world are hungry and a billion more suffer from malnutrition…. Read more »

May 31, 2013

High-Level Panel on the Post-2015 Development Agenda

Posted 4:30pm

by Brendan Welsh Today, the High-level Panel on the Post-2015 Development Agenda met to discuss their report, and answer questions from representatives of various countries, NGOs, and various government agencies. Michael Anderson, Prime Minister’s Special Envoy on the UN Development Goals began by introducing the five Transformative Shifts laid out in the report: 1. Leave… Read more »

October 1, 2012

Presbyterian engagement at the United Nations General Assembly

Posted 9:16am

Last week, New York City welcomed world leaders to the 67th United Nations General Assembly. The Presbyterian Ministry at the United Nations was active in raising the voice of Presbyterians from here in the United States as well as those of our partners in the World Communion of Reformed Churches. Worshiped with world leaders at… Read more »

April 24, 2012

Taking a stand against land grabbing

Posted 3:47pm

Today, I joined the Oakland Institute and other protestors outside of the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in New York City. We were outside the hotel because “nearly a thousand representatives of pension funds, university and foundation endowments, private equity firms, hedge funds and other high rollers have gathered together to figure how to make huge returns… Read more »

September 19, 2011

UN General Assembly Begins

Posted 5:46pm

The 66th Session of the United Nations General Assembly is underway. Today, delegates focused their attention on non-communicable diseases. The President of Kenya explained to the General Assembly actions being taken to address these diseases in his country. Over the next days, other heads of state including U.S. President Barack Obama will arrive in New… Read more »

May 25, 2011

Interreligious Working Group on Domestic Human Needs Webinar!

Posted 4:20pm

Budget Debates 102*: Debt Ceiling, Spending Caps and Program Cuts Why you should care & what you can do about it May 26 12:00-1:00 Eastern Contact jroach@afsc.org to register Debt limit! Triggers! Spending caps! What does it all mean for…

May 24, 2011

Continued prayers for Sudan

Posted 9:59pm

Over the past week, we have seen reports flooding our inboxes with accounts of attacks in Abyei, a contested region in Sudan. Here are just a few statements we have seen in the past days: “According to United Nations officials…

May 23, 2011

Continued prayers for Sudan

Posted 5:35pm

Over the past week, we have seen reports flooding our inboxes with accounts of attacks in Abyei, a contested region in Sudan. Here are just a few statements we have seen in the past days: “According to United Nations officials…

May 16, 2011

It Costs Too Much! The Colombia Free Trade Agreement: Presbyterians Speak Up

Posted 1:39pm

Join us for a Webinar on May 27 Space is limited. Reserve your Webinar Seat Now The Obama Administration is pushing to pass the three Free Trade Agreements – Korea, Colombia and Panama – by summer. The Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)…

May 3, 2011

UN Special Rapporteur on the right to food begins new term

Posted 2:36pm

Prof. Olivier De Schutter, UN Special Rapporteur on the right to food said, “The right to food movement is composite, and it speaks different languages — but it is emerging as a major voice in public debates about the direction…

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