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August 1, 2012

Minnesota and Ghana: people on the road

Posted 9:20pm

by Elodie de Bethmann On Monday, July 30, the Presbyterian Ministry at the United Nations had the pleasure of spending the day with members of The House of Hope Presbyterian Church of St. Paul, MN. The group joined us to learn more about human movement and related issues. We started the day with each seminar… Read more »

June 20, 2012

#WorldRefugeeDay Tweetathon: Wednesday, June 20th

Posted 8:57am

@presbyun is participating. Will you Presbyterian Disaster Assistance provides aid to refugees and displaced persons on behalf of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). On Wednesday, June 20th from 9 am to 9 pm EST, Blue Key supporters are taking over Twitter once again to support refugees! We want to encourage as many people as possible to take… Read more »

June 18, 2012

Choices- World Refugee Day – 20 June 2012

Posted 5:50pm

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moonMessage on World Refugee Day More than 42 million people around the world have been forcibly displaced from their homes and communities. More than a million fled their countries in the last eighteen months alone due to a wave of conflicts, in Cote d’Ivoire, Libya, Mali, Somalia, Sudan and Syria. These numbers represent… Read more »

February 15, 2012

Security Council issues statement on Sudan

Posted 10:49am

The President of the United Nations Security Council, Ambassador Kodjo Menan of Togo released the following statement from the Security Council yesterday: The members of the Security Council expressed their deep and growing alarm with the rising levels of malnutrition and food insecurity in some areas of Southern Kordofan and Blue Nile States in Sudan,… Read more »

August 24, 2011

The United Nations, Israel and Palestine – A Brief History

Posted 9:22pm

The United Nations has been working on the question of Palestine and Israel since the first special session of the General Assembly on 28 April 1947, which established a body to investigate the issue and return with its recommendations. Over 60 years later, the range of the UN’s work on the issues has continued to… Read more »

August 24, 2011

UN statement on Jonglei violence

Posted 5:58pm

Below is taken directly from Office of the Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator in South Sudan from the Sudan Tribune. (Juba, 24 August 2011): The United Nations Humanitarian Coordinator in South Sudan, Ms. Lise Grande, has expressed her concern about the impact of renewed inter-communal violence on the civilian population in Jonglei State. Clashes… Read more »

May 24, 2011

Sudan Advocacy Action Forum on recent events

Posted 7:30pm

Dear Sudanese Friends and Friends of the Sudanese people, The situation in the Abyei area is highly volatile with reports of ongoing fighting in and around Abyei town and SAF operations further south towards the Bahr el Arab/Kiir River. Insecurity…

May 10, 2011

Security Council meets on civilians in armed conflict

Posted 6:44pm

Twice a year, the United Nations Security Council has an open debate around the role of civilians in armed conflict. Today, the Security Council held this biannual debate, with testimony from Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs Valerie Amos, Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping…

April 15, 2011

Zonta Club New York Talks about Human Trafficking

Posted 4:08pm

April is the National Sexual Assault Awareness month. As part of this year’s celebration, I had the opportunity to speak with the New York Chapter of Zonta International. The goal of Zonta is to improve the lives of women by…

March 26, 2011

Ecumenical Advocacy Days

Posted 9:30pm

Ecumenical Advocacy Days is meeting in Washington, DC this weekend and the Presbyterian Ministry at the United Nations is excited to be joining our Presbyterian Church (USA) partners and the Office of Public Witness to be advocating for a just…

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