Biodiversity
3 Reasons Why You Will Soon Feel the Pain From Global Biodiversity Loss
The mass extinction and corresponding biodiversity loss doesn’t touch most people’s everyday lives yet. It remains abstract. That is going to change. Here are three of the major impacts we’ll see
Puma and UNEP kick off Year of Biodiversity
Today UNEP and Puma announced the launch of Play for Life, a campaign designed to promote the International Year of Diversity (2010). The campaign will include the 12 teams that Puma sponsors in Africa, including 4 World Cup qualifiers — Algeria, Cameroon, Cote d’Ivoire, and Gabon. Cameroon captain Samuel Eto’o will take a leading role.
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The SC; HRC; DPRK; South Sudan
The SC: The Security Council today held its last consultations under the Council Presidency of ROK. Tomorrow, Russia will take over the rotating Presidency of the Security Council for March under Ambassador Vitaly Churkin.
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The SG; Mali; Middle East; Palestine
The SG: At the Fifth Global Forum of the UN Alliance of Civilizations in Vienna, Austria today, the SG emphasized the role of youth in ensuring a “prosperous, equitable and peaceful future.”
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The SG; DRC; HRC; Palestinian Prisoner
The SG: In Ethiopia over the weekend, the SG is now in the United Arab Emirates. Today he met with Sheikh Mohammad bin Rashed Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE, where the two discussed developments in the region, including Syria, Iran, Lebanon, Egypt and Jordan, and in the Middle East Peace Process.
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