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Photo: UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (at podium) speaks at a press event to launch the Decade of Action for Road Safety, alongside Mayor of New York Michael Bloomberg and Jeannette Sadik-Khan, New York City Transportation Commissioner, in Manhattan, New York. May 12, 2011. United Nations, New York. UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe.
Photo: UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (left) receives a helmet and campaign pin from Michelle Yeoh (right), actress and Global Ambassador for the Make Roads Safe campaign, who met with Mr. Ban to promote the “Decade of Action for Road Safety”. United Nations, New York. UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe.
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Photo: As part of a media-art installation by Swiss artist Johannes Gees, a “No Slavery” laser-beamed message is projected onto the north wall of the UN Secretariat building. United Nations, New York. UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe.
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Photo: Daffodils are in full bloom as spring returns to the campus of UN Headquarters in New York. April 14, 2011. United Nations, New York. UN Photo/John McIlwaine.
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Photo: Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (third from right) meets with the representatives of the top five countries contributing troops to UN peacekeeping operations.
From left:
• Hardeep Singh Puri, Permanent Representative of India to the UN;
• Abulkalam Abdul Momen, Permanent Representative of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh to the UN;
• U. Joy Ogwu, Permanent Representative of Nigeria to the UN;
• Abdullah Hussain Haroon, Permanent Representative of Pakistan to the UN; and
• Maged A. Abdelaziz, Permanent Mission of the Arab Republic of Egypt to the UN.
April 11, 2011. United Nations, New York. UN Photo/Paulo Filgueiras.
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Photo: View of Vaduz Castle, the official residence of the Prince of Liechtenstein. Vaduz, Liechtenstein. UN Photo/Mark Garten.
Liechtenstein is a small Alpine principality in central Europe between Austria and Switzerland. It was created as a principality within the Holy Roman Empire in 1719 and became independent in 1866. Vaduz is the capital.
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Photo: Portrait of one of the young girls in the Kapisa Province of Afghanistan who are receiving Vocational Education and Training. Photo © United Nations/Eskinder Debebe.
The UN Security Council has unanimously adopted a resolution extending the mandate of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) until March 23, 2012.
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Photo: Mongolian boys, one mid-lasso, shepherd their herd of goats in Khovd Aimag. The UN Development Programme (UNDP) works to empower herder groups in the area — many herdsmen now develop their own land-use plans, conservation maps and sustainable practices for water, forest and pasture management. Khovd Aimag, Mongolia. UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe.
• Lasso is a light, strong rope, usually with a smooth, hard finish, made of a fine quality of hemp or nylon. It is used primarily for catching large animals such as cattle and horses. The rope varies in length from 35 to 50 ft (11-15 m). At one end of the rope is a running knot or a metal ring by means of which a loop or noose is made. The loop is thrown, from as far away as 30 ft (9 m), around the horns or the feet of an animal and drawn tight. The lasso was invented by Native Americans. In the West United States and in parts of Latin America the lasso is a part of the equipment of a cattle herder. To use it on horseback requires great skill of the rider.
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Photo: 11-Year-Old Boy From India to Be Awarded Lions International Peace Poster Contest Grand Prize at the United Nations.
Raj Phairembam, an 11-year-old boy from Manipur, India, will be recognized at Lions Day with the United Nations in New York City for winning this year’s grand prize in the Lions International Peace Poster Contest. At the event on Friday, March 18, 2011, Phairembam will receive an award and US$5,000.
Phairembam said when he found out he won, he was overwhelmed with disbelief and excitement.
“We live in different continents but our feelings are the same. We want to be where there is peace. We don’t want to be where there is violence and war,” said Phairembam. “We want a kingdom of peace where love prevails and where we can enjoy the freedom to play fearlessly with our friends - be it an American, an African, a European, an Australian or an Asian.”
• An estimated 350,000 children, ages 11, 12 and 13 in 70 countries around the world, participated in this year’s contest. His poster was chosen for its originality, artistic merit and portrayal of this year’s contest theme, “Vision of Peace.”
Lions Clubs International President Sid L. Scruggs III said, “I commend Raj and all these young people for sharing their personal visions of peace with the world around them. They are truly beacons of hope for us all.”
Lions created the Peace Poster Contest to foster a spirit of peace and international understanding in young people worldwide.
• Lions Clubs International is the world’s largest service club organization with 1.35 million members in more than 45,000 clubs in 206 countries and geographic areas around the world.
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Photo: Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (second from right) meets with students from Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government. March 11, 2011. United Nations, New York. UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe.
Photo: Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (head table, centre) meets with students from Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government. March 11, 2011. United Nations, New York. UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe.
Photo: Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (front, centre) poses for a group photo with students from Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government. March 11, 2011. United Nations, New York. UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe.
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Photo: Petra Nemcova, model, television host and Founder of the Happy Hearts Fund (HHF), addresses a joint press conference at UN Headquarters on “Partnering with the Philanthropic Community to Promote Education for All”. The Event was organized by the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs in collaboration with the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), the United Nations Office for Partnerships and the Committee Encouraging Corporate Philanthropy. February 28, 2011. United Nations, New York. UN Photo/Mark Garten.
Joining Ms. Nemcova at the press conference were Susan Durston, Associate Director of Education Programmes for UNICEF, Olav Seim, Director of the Education for All Global Partnership Team; Danielle Ryan, Representative of the Cathal Ryan Trust; Carlos Domínguez, Senior Vice-President of Cisco Corporation; Hikmet Ersek, President, Chief Executive Officer and Director of Western Union; and Jaime Barclay, Senior Philanthropy Specialist of the Symantec Corporation. Ms. Barclay said that Symantec had donated funds, time and software to causes around the world in the area of education through such proven organizations as Room to Read, to which it was announcing a $1 million grant for literacy facilities and related initiatives in India.
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Photo: UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (left) meets with Barack Obama, President of the United States of America, inside the White House Oval Office, Washington D.C., where they discussed the ongoing crisis in Libya. February 28, 2011. Washington DC, United States. UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe.
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Photo: The Zero Emissions Race, co-sponsored by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP), comes to a close as electric vehicles cruise through the finish line at the UN Office at Geneva, Switzerland. The “zero emissions” vehicles, powered by renewable energies like solar, wind, wave and geothermal, drove across the globe in 80 days, through 16 countries, for a total of 3,000 kilometres. February 24, 2011. Geneva, Switzerland. UN Photo/Jean-Marc Ferre.
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Photo: A view of the Security Council as Susan E. Rice (third from left), Permanent Representative of the United States of America to the UN, on behalf of her Government, vetoes a draft resolution condemning Israeli settlement activity. The other 14 Members of the Council voted in favour of the resolution. February 18, 2011. United Nations, New York. UN Photo/Paulo Filgueiras.
Photo: A wide view of the Security Council as 14 Members vote in favour of a draft resolution condemning Israeli settlement activity. The draft resolution was vetoed by the United States. February 18, 2011. United Nations, New York. UN Photo/Paulo Filgueiras.
Photo: A wide view of the Security Council as Susan E. Rice, Permanent Representative of the United States of America to the UN, vetoes a draft resolution condemning Israeli settlement activity. The other 14 Members of the Council voted in favour of the resolution. February 18, 2011. United Nations, New York. UN Photo/John McIlwaine.
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Photo: Joseph Deiss (centre), President of the sixty-fifth session of the United Nations General Assembly, meets with high-level representatives of the G4 nations, the group seeking permanent seats on the Security Council.
From left:
• Takeaki Matsumoto, Japanese State Secretary for Foreign Affairs.
• V. L. B. Crivano Machado, Under Secretary-General for Political Affairs of Brazil.
• S. M. Krishna, Minister for Foreign Affairs of India.
• Guido Westerwelle, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Germany.
February 11, 2011. United Nations, New York. UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe.
• The current council is composed of five permanent members with veto power - the United States, Russia, China, France and Britain, the victors of World War II - and 10 members elected for two-year terms.
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“Well, also,” says he elsewhere, “was it written by Theologians: a King rules by divine right. He carries in him an authority from God, or man will never give it him. Can I choose my own King? I can choose my own King Popinjay, and play what farce or tragedy I may with him: but he who is to be my Ruler, whose will is to be higher than my will, was chosen for me in Heaven.”
— Sartor Resartus By Thomas Carlyle.
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Photo: Congo River at dusk, near Bokatolaka, Democratic Republic of the Congo. United Nations Photo.
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Photo: A wide view of the Security Council during its open debate, “Post-conflict peacebuilding: institution-building”. January, 21, 2011. United Nations, New York. UN Photo/John McIlwaine.
Photo: Cattle of the Sudanese Dinka people roam through their camp on the oustskirts of Nimule, South Sudan. These Dinka were displaced from their homes in a widespread dispute over land. Nimule, Sudan. UN Photo/Tim McKulka.
• The United Nations Security Council, on January, 21, 2011, acknowledged the need to continue improving its peacebuilding support for countries emerging from conflict.
Peter Wittig (Germany), Chairperson of the Peacebuilding Commission, said institution-building went beyond creating organizational structures. It involved rebuilding on the basis of “new rules of the game”, from power-sharing and rotation and women’s active participation in decision-making to fair distribution of wealth and economic opportunities. Communities and their organizations, as well as the private sector and civil society, must also be rebuilt. In that regard, the Peacebuilding Commission’s role could be expanded to encourage the identification of crucial institutions and mechanisms that could make post-conflict societies more resilient and better able to address tensions and challenges through non-violent means.
Also addressing the Council were representatives of the United States, France, South Africa, Russian Federation, Colombia, Brazil, Lebanon, Nigeria, India, Gabon, Portugal, China, United Kingdom, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Egypt, Turkey, Croatia, Afghanistan, Costa Rica, Uganda, Morocco, Japan, Republic of Korea, New Zealand, Mexico, Nepal, Australia, Peru, Ukraine, Bangladesh (on behalf of the Non-Aligned Movement), Armenia, Slovenia, Serbia, Pakistan, United Republic of Tanzania, Benin, Botswana and Argentina.
The Council emphasized the need for the United Nations and the wider international community to better coordinate and more effectively help nations stabilize in the aftermath of conflict.
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“If they want peace, nations should avoid the pin-pricks that precede cannon shots.”
— Napoleon Bonaparte
“Where no wood is, there the fire goeth out: so where there is no talebearer, the strife ceaseth.”
— Proverbs of Solomon 26:20
“And they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruninghooks: nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more.”
— Isaiah 2:4
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Photo: A view of the UN Headquarters Secretariat building from Headquarters’ Rose Garden after a winter storm. January 14, 2011. United Nations, New York. UN Photo/John McIlwaine.
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Photo: Members of the press interview a participant of the special Security Council meeting that focused on the concerns of young people, “Your World, Your Future: Voices of a New Generation.” UN Photo/Paulo Filgueiras.
Photo: Young People at Unprecedented Security Council Event. Participants at “Your World, Your Future: Voices of a New Generation” at United Nations Headquarters. New York City school students and other young people from around the world told Members of the Security Council what the greatest challenges to peace and security would be for their generation. This special event was sponsored by the United States, whose delegation holds that body’s rotating presidency for the month of December. UN Photo/Paulo Filgueiras.
Among the responses shared at the event were statements and queries about nuclear disarmament, peacebuilding, terrorism, violence against civilians during armed conflict, sustainable development and the threats posed by the persistence of economic inequality worldwide. Also addressed were climate change, the so-called digital divide, skyrocketing needs for energy and the need for universal education.
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“The child is father of the man.”
— William Wordsworth.
“The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid; and the calf and the young lion and the fatling together; and a little child shall lead them.”
— Isaiah 11:6.
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Photo: A close-up of a flute soloist performing alongside the Asia-Pacific United Orchestra, under the leadership of Maestro Lü Jia, inside the General Assembly Hall, as part of the UN Academic Impact's inaugural concert. As part of Academic Impact's official launch, 68 musicians from 14 countries and representing 19 symphony orchestras gave a classical concert. November 19, 2010. United Nations, New York. UN Photo/Paulo Filgueiras.
• In an effort to bolster "intellectual social responsibility" for such global goals as promoting human rights, protecting the environment and ending wars, the United Nations is partnering with institutions of higher learning around the world in a new initiative called "Academic Impact".
Since formal launch of the initiative at the UN Headquarters on November 19, 2010, 167 representatives from 40 countries have participated in a two-day series of related conferences, seminars and other activities to share ideas on how to match academic innovation with the work of the United Nations.
Each participating college or university is expected to engage in one activity or project annually in support of those principles. In 2011, the United Nations would set up 10 hubs, one for each principle, to serve as focal points to receive and disseminate ideas among participating universities. Academic Impact would also contribute to the UN Economic and Social Council's Annual Ministerial Review on Education. With close to 500 members in more than 90 countries, the new initiative is aimed to promote a culture of intellectual superiority.
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"Knowledge comes, but wisdom lingers."
- Alfred Lord Tennyson (English Poet. 1809 - 1892).
"The saddest aspect of life right now is that science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom."
- Isaac Asimov. (Isaac Asimov was an American author and professor of biochemistry at Boston University, best known for his works of science fiction.)
"To myself I am only a child playing on the beach, while vast oceans of truth lie undiscovered before me."
- Isaac Newton.
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Photo: Acclaimed singer Debi Nova speaks at UN Headquarters' commemoration of the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, officially observed on November 25. Pictured with Ms. Nova are Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (left) and Joseph Goddard, Permanent Representative of Barbados to the UN. November 23, 2010. United Nations, New York. UN Photo/Mark Garten. (Image provided by & Copyright © United Nations, New York.)
Photo: Award-winning broadcast journalist JuJu Chang (left) speaks at UN Headquarters' annual commemoration of the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, officially observed on November 25. Pictured with Ms. Chang is Michelle Bachelet, Under-Secretary-General for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women). November 23, 2010. United Nations, New York. UN Photo/Mark Garten. (Image provided by & Copyright © United Nations, New York.)
Source: United Nations, New York
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