by NCRB UNAC | Jun 6, 2021 | Miscellaneous
Making a transition to ‘green energy’ for a sustainable society is going to be a horrendous challenge fraught with fierce debates and painful choices. But then, without a sufficiently timely shift in how we ‘navigate’ our civilization through a...
by NCRB UNAC | May 24, 2021 | Events
Dear members and friends, In recent years and especially over the last few months, there has been a lot of news about Outer Space as more nations plant their flags on the Moon and Mars. Within the UN, there is sure to be some apprehension over whether Earth-based...
by Georgina Bencsik | Nov 26, 2018 | canada, Global Affairs, Global citizen, Ottawa, Sustainable Development Goals, United Nations
#GivingTuesday is a global day of giving on 27 November! Everyone, anywhere, can participate by donating their time, talents or goods. The team @UN HQ in New York are holding a winter coat drive. Tell us your story ? Get ideas ?: givingtuesday.org...
by Georgina Bencsik | Oct 24, 2018 | canada, English, Events, Global Affairs, Global citizen, international day, Ottawa, UNA-Canada, United Nations
We mark UN Day this year at a time when we are hearing a growing chorus of voices in anger towards the ‘other’. When the aspirations expressed in the founding Charter – to expressly work on what brings us together in our world – are being called into question...
by Georgina Bencsik | Oct 24, 2018 | Global Affairs, Global citizen, international day, UN GA, UNA-Canada, United Nations
UN Day marks the anniversary of the entry into force in 1945 of the UN Charter. With the ratification of this founding document by the majority of its signatories, including the five permanent members of the Security Council, the United Nations officially came into...
