Food security: Report on CFS Session 41
The following article, published in the November-December NewsNotes, was written by Fr. Ken Thesing, MM, who lives and works in Rome.
Sustainability and nuclear weapons
From August 27-29, the UN’s Department of Public Information held its 65th annual conference.
Call for faithful leadership at the UN Climate Summit
Sign this petition to President Obama and Congress urging the U.S.’s moral leadership at the UN climate summit in September 2014.
Nuclear disarmament: Urgent and possible
The following article was prepared by Marie Dennis and published in the September-October 2014 NewsNotes.
International Day for Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons
Established by the United Nations General Assembly, the aim of the day is to enhance “public awareness and education about the threat posed to humanity by nuclear weapons and the necessity for their total elimination, in order to mobilize international efforts towards achieving the common goal of a nuclear-weapon-free world.”
UN: Report on fifth biennial meeting on SALW
The following article, written by Sr. Claris Zwareva, was published in the July-August 2014 NewsNotes.
CSW58: Implementing the MDGs
Sr. Meg Gallagher, MM attended the 58th Session on the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW), held in March at UN headquarters in New York; its priority theme was “Challenges and achievements in the implementation of the Millennium Development Goals [MDGs] for women and girls.” Following are excerpts from her report.
UN: Family farming in the future
The following article by Dave Kane appeared in the March-April 2014 NewsNotes.
Threat of growing inequalities
The following article was published in the March-April 2014 NewsNotes.
World Water Day 2014
March 22 is World Water Day.
UN: “The World We Want” platform
The following piece was published in the January-February 2014 NewsNotes.
COP19, Warsaw: An invitation to fast in solidarity with victims of climate change
The following message was sent by two staff members of the United Methodist Church General Board of Church and Society (UMC-GBCS) who are attending the UN climate change meeting in Warsaw, Poland (COP19), November 2013.
UN: Renewed partnership for development
The following article was published in the November-December 2013 NewsNotes.
Ensure that UN doesn’t jeopardize efforts to prevent sex trafficking
The following alert is circulated by the human rights, anti-trafficking group Equality Now.
MOGC signs letter to GCF for environmental, social protections
The Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns was one of many signatories on the following letter to the board of the Green Climate Fund (GCF), which expresses our unified call for the adoption of the most robust environmental and social protections possible at the GCF.
International Human Rights Day
Human Rights Day — December 10 — presents an opportunity, every year, to celebrate human rights, highlight a specific issue, and advocate for the full enjoyment of all human rights by everyone everywhere.
UN: Voice of youth
At the UN, July 12 was designated Malala Day in honor of Malala Yousafzai, the young Pakistani woman who was attacked in October 2012 for her efforts to gain an education.
New efforts on nuclear disarmament
For years after the end of the Cold War, the extreme danger of nuclear weapons and the moral obligation to achieve “nuclear zero” seemed to command little serious attention from governments or from the public at large.