| 单词 | UN |
| 例句 | At any moment, the UN truck would arrive. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z He also organized rallies against the hard-liners in Beijing in the flag plaza of the UN. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z The bag was halffull of water itself, the wrapped packages of UN food bobbing. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z Around noon, Patrice yelled out that the UN broadcast had changed. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z I’d made it to the front of the building, where the UN van had once been, when I heard rustling behind me. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z As if by a miracle, a UN truck arrived that day to bring water to the line of Lost Boys. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z Against all odds and after countless interviews with UN personnel, she learned that she and her boys had been accepted for resettlement by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z Given the UN encampment was on the road to the airport, I knew I was beginning the journey north of Kinshasa, with half a mile of marsh separating me from the river. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z The UN wanted to keep the news of our leaving from the Anyuak, because they were afraid the Anyuak might take things from us by force. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z As I mentioned earlier, my father had prepared a private dinner for the UN’s ambassador from the Kingdom of Bhutan. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z Once you prove to the UN that you’re a refugee in danger, a country has to raise its hand to take you. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z “We need to leave,” the UN officer said. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z “Look at you! The UN is here. They can get you out!” Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z Back into an enclosure: It’s in such a different circumstance this time, but memories return of my flight from the UN peacekeepers so many years ago. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z I peeled the foil back from one of the UN ration packets to examine the contents by moonlight. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z The food the UN brought to Pinyudu was barely enough to live on. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z Our leaders at Kakuma told the UN that we should be divided into groups according to our clans and the counties we were from in Sudan. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z When I sat down before the council, Samantha Power, the United States Ambassador to the UN, introduced me to the audience. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z Choosing between a career in Education and a UN job wasn’t easy, she said—but the thing to remember was that the very fact that she had a choice was a great privilege. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z “They started there, bombed holes into the runways. No one can fly in. They want to have their government installed before the UN or whoever else cares to help can get here.” Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z But when we started to arrive, their lives got better because the UN was there with food. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z They visited the UN and the South Street Seaport and returned to the apartment at four in the afternoon. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z About every sixteen days, UN trucks arrived in Kakuma to distribute dry food. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z I didn’t know yet what I hoped for from the UN. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z But it would mean a series of interviews with UN workers in Burundi, the home of the massacre, and my mom didn’t want to go. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z I tried to remember the map of Congo hanging on the wall of the UN station. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z When Tabitha got to my friend’s, we left right away and hurried to the UN compound. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z We picked a UN refugee camp near Kigali, the capital of Rwanda, where many of my people have been displaced due to conflict in Congo. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z I didn't even know where most of the old out-of-the-way countries the UN men in front of me represented fitted in on the map. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z "Would you like to see the UN this afternoon?" The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z There we stayed for two months until we received news from the UN. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z That's the idea I had gotten from the UN caseworkers, and from anything I had ever seen on TV over the years. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z “We need you to take us to the UN station.” Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z "I can already see the UN," I told him, with a little hysterical giggle. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z Over the simple shelter we lived in, we now had a nylon tarp for a roof, supplied by the UN. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z Two flags were on the desk, the blue UN flag and another country’s flag that I didn’t recognize, maybe where the guy was from. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z From somewhere behind the UN compound, an angry roar shook the city—the sound of a drakon waking. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z The UN High Commissioner for Refugees had decided to relocate all of us to a new camp sixty miles inside northwestern Kenya. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z Sasha asked if I would like to speak to the UN. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z So when UN food bags would break open, leaving food behind, the Anyuak would collect it. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z The UN dug wells for water, but getting it was an ordeal. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z Since Mr. Kamara had found out that I had been chosen to go to the UN, he had spoken only English to me. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z We were scheduled to go at different times, not as a family unit, because the UN handles people who are over the age of eighteen as individual cases. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z Every few days after that the UN would make another drop. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z The UN people led us out to a plane that was very small and hot. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z Constantin drove me to the UN in his old green convertible with cracked, comfortable brown leather seats and the top down. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z The UN Refugee Agency had sent out a bulletin about Mariam, and Habib’s professor and his sons were looking for any news of her in Jalalabad. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z I knew the assassination had happened in Kinshasa, but my hope was the capital would be the first place the UN would secure and that once I was there I could try my aunt’s house. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z “I’m trying the UN station,” Patrice said, fiddling with the radio dial. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z When I got my UN blanket, I put it over my head and ran around camp, smelling it and saying, “This is mine.” Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z At first, the Taposa tribesmen collected any leftover food we discarded whenever the UN trucks arrived with a new supply. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z They also loved to trade us things we needed for the used T-shirts the UN gave us. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z Beatrice passed the time in the camp by standing in lines to apply for resettlement by the UN. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z She said she had applied for a UN job and they would all live in The Hague with a Dutch ayah to look after them. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z The UN had started schools in Pinyudu, and some of the boys went. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z I hoped it might be a plane from the UN bringing us food. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z The visitors from the European Commission, the UN, UNICEF, and several NGOs arrived at the center in a convoy of cars one afternoon. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z By this time the UN had given us little tents to sleep in, and we’d zip ourselves into them at night. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z Maybe there was a UN mandate that calling an animal endangered worked like clicking ruby slippers, and meant they’d have to drop everything and whisk us to safety. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z Some said the UN was at Pinyudu already, so it was worth going the extra distance. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z Growing up, the only white men I ever saw worked for either the UN or UNICEF. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z “He’s a genius, that boy. He could be a translator for the UN if he wanted to be.” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Thank goodness the UN and the Red Cross kept up their relief missions, flying over Pochala and dropping loads of food, medicine, and clothes. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z By standing at the left side of the window and laying my cheek to the woodwork, I could see downtown to where the UN balanced itself in the dark, like a weird green Martian honeycomb. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z Every few weeks, UN workers would deliver the rations of rice, beans, vegetable oil, sugar, salt, and a flour mixture called sosoma, made of soybeans, sorghum, and corn. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z How many Congolese were killed by the Belgians and labor and starvation, by the special police, and now by the UN soldiers, we will never know. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z The Titan army had set up camp all around the UN complex. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z “Why do you think you should go to the UN to present the situation affecting children in this country?” A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z No matter how much we tried to ration the food, we always seemed to run out before the UN trucks came again. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z Abraham bought a needle at a market and used it to sew my UN blanket into a new pair of shorts. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z It was among Congo’s most dangerous cities even in times of peace, and the UN had no contact whatsoever with the entire city of almost a million people. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z She took them to a secure place the UN had, and they took her and her kids to Nairobi, the capital of Kenya. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z I cracked open the door to the UN pod and stood at the border of cool, soft-lit sanity and the vivid familiar chaos of Congo at war. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z The UN workers tried to be fair in dividing up food and clothes among so many of us. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z From that day onward, UN truck drivers visited our line of refugees every day. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z He looked like the security guards at the UN offices. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z UN blankets had two sides and a layer of air in the middle. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z Sometimes the UN officials would pay the rest of us a surprise visit in Burundi and ask questions about our family, again checking that we were who we said we were. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z A month after the invasion, just as the UN was about to conclude a peace negotiation, the Turkish Army had launched another attack. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z The army general was serving as interim president until the UN could organize elections. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z One of the peacekeepers became romantically involved with one of Adele’s friends: He would take the girl out drinking, then take her back to the UN compound. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z The elders advised the UN to put us with mothers of young children or with the few families that had made it to Pinyudu intact. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z The UN warned us that many of the slayings were being conducted with “white weapons”: machetes, clubs, and knives, so-called because they killed without noise. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z At the UN office in Burundi, we sat in a crowded room with other families from the massacre, our first reunion. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z “A desi Muslim girl from an immigrant family and a brown Jewish son of a refugee—you’re like a dream team for Model UN.” Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z The UN had already told me once they couldn’t bring Otto out of the country. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z They made the walls with branches of trees and grass that they covered with mud, and the UN gave us a big piece of nylon fabric to use as a roof. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z Nothing did any good until we got kerosene from the UN. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z I made my way through the security line and the winding halls of the UN compound, until I reached a corner room where the event would be held. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z Some people were dying, but others were saying, “The UN is coming, the UN is coming.” Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z The UN also brought us tools, blankets, and secondhand clothing. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z Fortunately, a UN car came along and scared the Taposa away. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z Many wear signs saying, SOY UN GUSANO, “I am a worm.” Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Then, on a hospital plane full of UN workers and sick white people, we were transported through a long thrumming darkness, in which we slept the sleep of the dead. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Officials from Burundi and the UN were finally arriving now. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z UN schools were open to girls just as in Pinyudu, and now that we were older, we sometimes managed to attend. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z At arty moment the UN vehicle would come, and I would have to leave him. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z The first white people I ever saw were those UN people at Pinyudu. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z At the center of the city, Esther pointed out the post office, shops, the UN building, and the Cotton Tree. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z The day of the UN speech, I was excited. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z But there was no UN and no food. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z The UN’s refugee agency had heard about all of us waiting in that field, and they arrived with dried corn, beans and lentils, oil, and salt. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z The big white UN van came rumbling by in the midafternoon. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z They would come to town and bring corn and millet, sorghum, and beans and take the T-shirts or other clothes the UN had given us in exchange. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z Doctors at Health Right, a volunteer-based medical center in Charleston that treats 21,000 low-income working people free of charge, presented the UN monitor with a photograph of one of its dentistry clients. A journey through a land of extreme poverty: welcome to America 2017-12-15T05:00:00Z If you’re looking for a swim without the sun, there are indoor pools that offer day passes, including the one at the Millennium Health and Racquet Club at the Millennium UN Plaza Hotel in Midtown. Hotel Pools as a Destination 2010-07-01T21:50:00Z But in the preceding weeks there had been smaller attacks on the US consulate and the UN mission. Fighting dirty: could Michael Bay’s Benghazi movie take down Hillary Clinton? 2016-01-27T05:00:00Z "It was like the UN in the artists' village," he says passionately. World Festival of Black Arts: a once in a decade event 2011-01-03T22:00:01Z And Tuesday, Stewart easily slipped back into that funny-serious role, transitioning from a profane rant over the Syrian war drums to an interview with UN High Commissioner for Refugees representative Andrew Harper. Jon Stewart Returns To a Ship-Shape Daily Show, and a Full Agenda 2013-09-04T13:31:19Z The countdown metric is being unveiled at the “Goalkeepers” summit on the sidelines of the UN general assembly. New global 'scorecard' to map extent of mental illness crisis 2019-09-25T04:00:00Z But hang on — there’s a Model UN event she needs to chaperone. Jonathan Safran Foer’s ‘Here I Am’ chronicles troubles at home and abroad 2016-09-06T04:00:00Z At current rates, the workforce will shrink by 17.3 percent by 2050, according to UN figures — a disaster for the manufacturing sector, where labor is already in short supply. Will China abandon its one-child policy? 2012-07-12T16:25:00Z A basket-case economy left many living on just $2 a day while UN troops tried to control criminal gangs and keep order in the slums. Wyclef Jean changes his tune over run for Haiti's toughest job 2010-07-27T19:23:00Z As UN special rapporteur, he’s reported on dire poverty and its impact on human rights in Saudi Arabia and China among other places. A journey through a land of extreme poverty: welcome to America 2017-12-15T05:00:00Z During her sentence, Manning was repeatedly held in solitary confinement and subjected to conditions described by the UN’s torture envoy as “cruel, inhuman and degrading”. Chelsea Manning director: 'She's a kind of punk rock figure for me' 2019-05-23T04:00:00Z Getting people to eat more pulses can ultimately help achieve UN Sustainable Development Goal 2: Zero Hunger. Pulses are packed with goodness 2023-02-23T05:00:00Z In 2013, UN Women called for urgent government actions to prevent femicide and increase punishment of killers, and pursued active projects in Guatemala, El Salvador and Nicaragua to achieve that end. Someone is Finally Starting to Count 'Femicides' 2015-02-18T05:00:00Z Hathaway has been brought on board to shed a spotlight on what UN Women executive director Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka described in a statement as the “motherhood penalty”. Anne Hathaway appointed as latest UN women's goodwill ambassador 2016-06-15T04:00:00Z In draft policy documents prepared ahead of the UN meeting in New York, leaders from select countries in Vienna largely maintained existing international drug control regimes. UN meeting on drug policy is marked by an unofficial holiday: 4/20 2016-04-19T04:00:00Z According to the UN Refugee Agency, Greece is getting $12m in funding from a total of $20m of funding in Europe. Susan Sarandon's Christmas with refugees: 'I want to humanise the issue' 2015-12-29T05:00:00Z If they ran the UN, then ceasefires would be gruelling and yet weirdly binding. A happy ending to my American tour 2010-10-19T09:57:00Z Congress, the UN and the cia to the White House, Bush never slowed down. George H. W. Bush's Sporting Life 2010-03-25T21:40:00Z You see, Sir Paul McCartney wasn't always a mellifluous bore banging on about vegetables and doing thumbs at the UN. Let's raise a glass to lovely, swampy, droning, booming bass 2013-05-29T19:00:00Z Rarely does a single accord return one of the world’s great civilizations to center stage, but the recent nuclear agreement with the UN Security Council may well accomplish that for Iran. These Are the Best Places to Travel in 2016 2015-12-03T05:00:00Z In 1967, they played for the UN general assembly at a human rights day celebration. Sitar maestro Ravi Shankar dies 2012-12-12T07:46:00Z At the 2014 UN Climate Summit, Chilean president Michelle Bachelet noted that women and children are 14 times more vulnerable than men in a climate disaster such as floods or droughts, especially in developing nations. Want to help fight climate change? Start with reproductive rights 2016-05-31T04:00:00Z He also suggested that a UN resolution against settlements might delay direct negotiations. Letters: To achieve Middle East peace, first we need justice 2011-01-25T00:06:02Z One of the things that really struck me was when in about 2013, 2014 some UN rapporteurs came to take a look on the ground at what was happening in Spain. Q&A: Almodóvar on unearthing the past in ‘Parallel Mothers’ 2021-12-21T05:00:00Z The three-day exhibit is part of activism taking place across New York City, while the UN holds a special session on global drug policy for the first time in 18 years. On 4/20, exhibit highlights drug policy issues near UN meeting on drugs 2016-04-20T04:00:00Z Thirty-four women and 49 children, by the UN’s count, were stabbed or shot dead at point-blank range. 50 marathons in 50 days 2012-06-06T22:24:00Z Meat consumption hurts the environment, as livestock is responsible for approximately 14.5% of global greenhouse emissions as the UN's Food and Agricultural Organization reports. Wendy's steps into the fast food plant-based burger wars 2021-07-07T04:00:00Z IN 2003, as America was gearing up for the invasion of Saddam Hussein’s Iraq, a tall Frenchman with a thick silvery mane took the floor at the UN in New York. They think, therefore they are 2015-06-11T04:00:00Z Ms Jolie made the comments while touring a refugee camp in Afghanistan on behalf of the UN agency. VIDEO: Jolie on plight of Libyan refugees 2011-03-02T22:56:32Z The commission calls on the UN to back decriminalisation of minor, non-violent drug offences involving the use, possession and sale of small quantities. Medical experts call for global drug decriminalisation 2016-03-24T04:00:00Z In March, UN drug policy authorities hammered out an agreement, which many criticized as secretive and inclusive, and left in place much of existing prohibitionist policies. Faith leaders to tackle drug war's racial divide in Harlem as UN meets nearby 2016-04-18T04:00:00Z The Final Year focuses on Rhodes and Samantha Power, the former US ambassador to the UN. Ben Rhodes: ‘Obama has a serenity that I don't. I get more exercised’ 2018-01-13T05:00:00Z He was made the first director of the UN's food and agriculture organisation in 1945, and tried to persuade the biggest grain producing nations to create a world grain bank. John Boyd Orr by Alasdair Gray 2011-08-12T21:55:16Z A UN report in 2006 estimated that this toxic soup chokes to death or poisons a million seabirds and 100,000 sea mammals every year. What Has Nature Ever Done For Us? by Tony Juniper – review 2013-01-19T10:59:00Z Offenther, familiar with the country from his time in the UN peace corps, suggested Mongolia. No sleep till Ulan Bator! 2013-05-17T13:00:00Z “I was working for a UN refugee agency, helping people who were arriving and monitoring conditions,” she says. How we met: ‘The first time I cooked for him I served the only thing he hated’ 2020-10-19T04:00:00Z The dividends for African economies range from 2 percent to 16 percent of GDP, based on UN and World Bank data. Child malnutrition costs Africa its future growth 2014-08-04T04:00:00Z He sits at a large table beneath the flags of Israel and the new Palestinian state, flanking the UN banner. The sheikh and I: Ghostwriting for a crown prince in exhile 2013-01-12T14:00:00Z Oscar-winning actress Jolie, who topped the UK and US box office earlier this month in Disney's Maleficent, is also special envoy for the UN High Commissioner for Refugees. Day-Lewis knighted in Honours list 2014-06-13T04:00:00Z "Many of the member states represented here today have invested heavily in biological threat response," she said at the UN. Ebola outbreak: call to send in military to West Africa to help curb epidemic 2014-09-02T04:00:00Z In 2013 the same panel concluded by a “preponderance of the evidence” that the carriers were UN peacekeepers from Nepal billeted in the Mirebalais barracks close to the river. Cholera in Haiti: UN experts chastise Ban Ki-moon over handling of outbreak 2016-03-03T05:00:00Z In a Guardian article the director of health and HIV at the UN Development Programme, Mandeep Dhaliwal, warned of a return to the era before Alexander Fleming’s discovery of penicillin. Antimicrobial resistance a 'greater threat than cancer by 2050' 2016-04-14T04:00:00Z She called for an end to violence in Rakhine, which UN officials have compared to genocide, and demanded action against the perpetrators. 'Treated like cattle': Angelina Jolie takes aim at Myanmar over Rohingya plight 2019-02-05T05:00:00Z The UN general assembly unanimously voted last week to hold a special session on drugs in 2016. World leaders lend weight to film urging end to drug prohibition 2012-12-05T16:37:41Z "I am convinced that Emma's intellect and passion will enable UN Women's messages to reach the hearts and minds of young people globally," she said in a statement. Actress Emma Watson's plea for equality wins men's support 2014-09-23T04:00:00Z The film’s creators hope to lobby the world leaders who agreed the Global Goals for Sustainable Development in 2015, by presenting the world’s response to the video to the UN General Assembly this September. Spice Girls' 'Wannabe' Gets a Feminist Makeover 2016-07-05T04:00:00Z The same day, the UN adopted policies that, while expected, maintained prohibition as the framework for international drug law. On 4/20, exhibit highlights drug policy issues near UN meeting on drugs 2016-04-20T04:00:00Z They want assistance to deal with that, which is called “loss and damage” in UN jargon. Lima climate talks fall short, making 2015 breakthrough less likely 2014-12-14T05:00:00Z There’s Harry Styles’s Pleasing, nail polish in tiny glass jars that look like old-fashioned perfume bottles; and Machine Gun Kelly’s UN/DN LAQR, nail polish with “paint splatter” shades and brushes for nail art. Dear Celebrities: Please Stop Churning Out Beauty Brands 2021-12-16T05:00:00Z While Yorke holds strong opinions on social and environmental issues, DJing for Occupy London and attending the UN's climate change conference in 2009, he admitted that "politics is not a fun thing to write about". Radiohead's Thom Yorke: I'll sue David Cameron if he uses our music 2013-01-17T10:41:38Z What about the man-made structures on the seabed – are they connected to the UN's north pole monitoring station above? TV review: The Deep and Glamour Models, Mum and Me 2010-08-04T07:00:00Z The Serious Road Trip was greeted with contempt and disdain by the official UN aid operation in smart white SUVs and armoured vehicles. Amira Medunjanin, the Balkan Billie Holiday 2013-01-20T06:30:00Z Last week, UN secretary general Ban Ki-moon, speaking at the first general assembly meeting on drug-resistant bacteria, said antimicrobial resistance was now a fundamental threat to global health. Could ants be the solution to antibiotic crisis? 2016-09-24T04:00:00Z We talk a little about her Olympic experience last year, when she was invited by Danny Boyle to help carry the flag in the opening ceremony alongside Ban Ki-moon, secretary general of the UN. Doreen Lawrence: 'I could have shut myself away, but that is not me' 2013-04-20T22:26:39Z The memo, a single sheet of paper, asked her and her colleagues to help the US government spy on UN security council delegations in New York. Keira Knightley to star in ‘forgotten’ story of Iraq war whistleblower 2018-02-17T05:00:00Z The next day, 17 March, the UN Security Council would impose a no-fly zone over Libya. Spies, Chopin and a Libya rescue 2013-01-14T07:00:03Z Menon was skeptical about the effect of new sanctions on the divided Iranian elite, but India would continue to implement any sanctions approved by the UN Security Council; Menon hoped they would be carefully targeted. US embassy cables: Indian concern over security in Afghanistan 2010-12-16T21:30:34Z That’s a ratio well below that mandated by the UN in its camps for Syrian refugees. A journey through a land of extreme poverty: welcome to America 2017-12-15T05:00:00Z Forster's film finds Pitt pitted against insect-like hordes of the sprinting dead, as his UN agent trots round the globe trying to trace the source of the epidemic, save his family and avoid getting chomped. World War Z, Before Midnight, Spike Island: this week's new films 2013-06-22T05:00:13Z The latest UN University report revealed that the annual sales of the global bottled water market is expected to double to US$500 billion worldwide this decade. How the bottled water industry is masking the global water crisis 2023-04-12T04:00:00Z Drawing on his time at the UN's Food and Agriculture Organisation, McMahon takes us efficiently through the history that brought us to this pass. Feeding Frenzy by Paul McMahon; A Hungry Man in a Greedy World by Jay Rayner – review 2013-05-26T07:00:05Z He invited Nelson to his house in the UN compound a few days later. Portrait of a young singer on the cusp of stardom 2011-05-28T22:31:06Z In his early 20s, Yates had also collaborated with Le Corbusier, who he had met in Paris in 1944, and with whom he worked on the plans for the UN building in New York. Newcastle's Ryder Architecture celebrates 60 years of modernism 2013-06-19T10:50:59Z The last straw was when, in 1995, she was invited to the fourth UN women’s conference, in Beijing. Beverley Ditsie: the South African woman who helped liberate lesbians everywhere 2020-08-20T04:00:00Z The talks will focus on how the UN’s refugee agency can help Bangladesh’s efforts for the Rohingya and “sustainable solutions” to settle the persecuted minority, the statement added. 'Treated like cattle': Angelina Jolie takes aim at Myanmar over Rohingya plight 2019-02-05T05:00:00Z She said they were surprised to be denied access because representatives attended the UN meeting on drugs in February. UN pledges to end Aids epidemic but plan barely mentions those most at risk 2016-06-08T04:00:00Z In September the UN secretary general, Ban Ki-moon, warned that antimicrobial resistance was a “fundamental threat” to global health that risked making high quality universal healthcare impossible. Bill Gates: world faces decade at risk from antibiotic-resistant bugs 2016-12-30T05:00:00Z On a visit to a friend in Somalia in 1993 she encountered her first UN peacekeeping mission. Worst aid 2010-04-24T23:06:00Z The UK arm of the UN children’s agency, Unicef, stated in November last year that this could not be substantiated. Finland disputes Scotland's baby box claims after expert warning 2018-05-03T04:00:00Z Hopefully not some sort of UN, as that might get a little rabid even for a government assembly. Can dachshunds teach us about international diplomacy? 2013-03-04T16:16:00Z Richard Crane's I Am a Warehouse, about the burning of a UN refugee aid warehouse in Gaza, is at Newhaven Fort tonight until Sunday. What to see 2010-05-21T16:11:00Z The Taliban, according to the cable, had "proposed surrendering to the US or the UN". America's 'detainee 001' ? the persecution of John Walker Lindh 2011-07-10T16:08:00Z “Just the other day, I repeated some kind of statistics about the shelling of Gaza, that was a UN statistic, how many kids have been killed.” Susan Sarandon: ‘The good news and bad news about Hollywood is that they’re not political’ 2014-10-03T04:00:00Z California made a suitable starting point for the UN visit. A journey through a land of extreme poverty: welcome to America 2017-12-15T05:00:00Z He landed in Ethiopia and spent some time with the UN Foundation to raise awareness about the importance of girls education. 'American Idol:' Idol Gives Back 2010-04-20T07:39:00Z She had been away from the screen for a few years, facing down a bit of snarkery for her UN ambassador work and the alleged trouser-wearing prerogative in her relationship with Brad Pitt. Angelina Jolie: Hollywood won't be the same without her 2014-06-02T04:00:00Z It wasn't one, it was so many organizations including the UN, all of them together, and no one paused to think of that. “Put the fangs back in feminism”: Author Rafia Zakaria on how feminism loses relevance to whiteness 2021-08-25T04:00:00Z It goes to the UN and is converted. Port-au-Prince, city of survivors: Voices from Haiti, after the devastating 2010 earthquake 2020-01-12T05:00:00Z Despite being blessed with a body of impossible proportions and a superhero skillset, the comic book character was deemed unsuitable for her role as the UN honorary ambassador for the empowerment of women and girls. Unmaskings, burkinis and vegan cheese: the alternative ‘women of the year’ awards 2016-12-19T05:00:00Z Indeed, according to the UN Food and Agriculture Organization, Americans waste about 30 percent of the seafood they buy. One fish, three meals: Paul Greenberg makes the case for Americans to get hip to seafood Anderson Cooper hosted, saying with a laugh: "Is this what happens at the UN every Friday night?" Beyonce performs and films music video at UN 2012-08-11T03:34:10Z His full report on the US will be released next May before being presented to the UN human rights council in Geneva. A journey through a land of extreme poverty: welcome to America 2017-12-15T05:00:00Z The UN described the global increase in domestic abuse as a “shadow pandemic”, and in the first seven weeks of lockdown there was a domestic abuse call to UK police every 30 seconds. 'He's beaten her black and blue for years': a month in the life of a women's refuge manager 2021-02-17T05:00:00Z A few days into the UN visit, Republican leaders took a giant leap further. A journey through a land of extreme poverty: welcome to America 2017-12-15T05:00:00Z Though it's been over 50 years since the UN acknowledged reproductive rights as a human right, reproductive choice continues to be compromised globally. How food insecurity affects people’s rights to choose whether or not to have children 2023-06-01T04:00:00Z He's a UN goodwill ambassador for HIV/Aids, he's helped to raise money for refugees from Swat, and he played at the Nobel peace prize ceremony in 2007. Salman Ahmad, Sufi rocker 2010-05-20T11:29:00Z He then launches swiftly into the usual spiel about legality, Resolution 1441, his desire to avoid a war by going through the "UN route" and the horror of Saddam. Jack Straw: 'I didn't have a nervous breakdown, but I was close to one' 2012-09-29T23:07:05Z Play and leisure time are enshrined as basic human rights, for all children, in the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. Building playgrounds in Palestine: ‘This is their special place and refuge’ 2015-06-06T04:00:00Z Heads of state, CEOs and university presidents are all making public and concrete commitments to gender equality in the latest installment of UN Women’s ‘HeForShe’ initiative. Meet 10 CEOs and University Leaders Working For Gender Equality 2015-05-05T04:00:00Z In early 2003 she received an email asking her and her colleagues to help the US government spy on UN security council delegations in New York. Hollywood calls for the whistleblower who risked jail over Iraq ‘dirty tricks’ 2016-01-30T05:00:00Z But when looking for global political leadership to steer away from punitive drug policy, Gaviria warned not to look to the UN. It's time to decriminalize drugs, UN commission report says 2016-11-21T05:00:00Z UN Women’s “He for She” initiative is in full swing, and on Thursday nine world leaders announced major steps they are taking to bring their countries to full gender equality. These 8 World Leaders Are Taking Major Steps Towards Gender Equality 2015-06-18T04:00:00Z By part three in 2016, Civil War, Captain America refuses the secretary of state’s demand that the Avengers agree to UN oversight and splinters off with a bunch of rebel superheroes. What if superheroes aren’t really the good guys? 2018-04-27T04:00:00Z And, yes, they wanted me to keynote a UN conference on–you guessed it–global poverty. My life on the streets 2013-04-18T21:27:00Z I thought I wanted to be a translator at the UN and help people understand each other. 'Think about the bigger picture': life lessons from Meryl Streep and other successful women 2017-01-21T05:00:00Z And it’s timely, since the UN just announced a campaign called He for She, designed to get men involved in women’s rights. Watch Joseph Gordon-Levitt Explain Why He's a Feminist in a Truly Thoughtful Way 2014-09-24T04:00:00Z Army Ranger in charge of a UN military team so bland they make the average video game NPC feel like Chekhov characters by comparison. "Monster Hunter" review: Jovovich and Jaa team up for a virtually unwatchable video game movie 2020-12-21T05:00:00Z Throughout the film, we didn't see a single aid worker or UN peacekeeper. The World's Most Dangerous Place for Women, The Genius of Omar Khayyam and A Long Weekend With the Son of God | TV review 2010-03-31T05:45:00Z The programme will be presented by Goedele Liekens, a Belgian sex therapist and UN goodwill ambassador, who believes sex education in British schools is "hopelessly out of date" and should start at an earlier age. 'Any boy who tells you that he hasn't seen porn is lying. Porn changes what you expect from girls' 2014-09-28T04:00:00Z Unofficial UN estimates for Tamil civilian deaths over roughly the same January to mid-May time period are more than ten times as high, between 7,000 and 8,000. US embassy cables: Doctors 'pressured' to release civilian casualty figures during Sri Lankan conflict 2010-12-16T21:30:40Z China was once again the top source country for international tourists, which benefitted Asian destinations such as Japan and Thailand, as well as the United States and several European nations, the UN body said. Tourism worldwide reaches record levels in 2015 in defiance of terrorism threat 2016-01-18T05:00:00Z Nor indeed a lucrative, glamorous career in TV, then film, and ultimately as a UN goodwill ambassador. Who is today's defining comic? 2010-08-20T15:35:00Z He believes the UN was simply implementing what Russia wanted them to do.” ‘My daughter was raised during the siege of Aleppo. I had to make a film for her’ 2019-08-25T04:00:00Z Indeed, this year is the 60th anniversary of the UN's embrace of celebrity politics. Celebrity power drives the headlines 2014-12-28T05:00:00Z By the end of the film, Captain America, who defied the UN attempt to regulate superheroes, still doesn’t trust the government. Why Captain America: Civil War is better than Batman v Superman 2016-05-07T04:00:00Z In 2012 she was made a special envoy, representing the UN at a diplomatic level focusing on large-scale crises resulting in the mass displacement of people. Jolie: US must lead against torture 2014-12-15T05:00:00Z We’re spared the kindly white UN worker whose viewpoint gives the audience an easy in. Director Cary Fukunaga: ‘I thought nothing could be as hard as True Detective, but Beasts of No Nation eclipsed it’ 2015-10-15T04:00:00Z The UN would play a useful role in providing civilian policing and in overseeing the demilitarization of the Maoists. US embassy cables: India accuses Pakistan of supporting Taliban 2010-12-16T21:30:37Z The video will premiere Aug. 19 on World Humanitarian Day and the UN hopes it will help the campaign reach 1 billion people. Beyonce joins UN's global humanitarian campaign 2012-08-02T17:13:08Z When the UN Refugee Convention was established in 1951, the Soviet gulag was a reality and the Nazi genocide a recent memory. Why the left is wrong about immigration 2013-03-27T11:59:50Z Some 1.4 million crocodile skins were bought and sold last year, according to a recent UN report, supplied by Cites-registered farms around the world, including in the United States, Thailand, Zimbabwe, and Venezuela. Save the rhino! 2013-03-09T20:00:00Z Nowhere is this more apparent than in the scene outside the UN building, because it was actually shot by Milton Keynes railway station. The Joker stairs – and eight other movie locations that are big tourist attractions 2019-10-25T04:00:00Z A sequel volume to be published this year will focus on his acclaimed UN speech against the war in Iraq. Quai d'Orsay's comic-book hero tickles French fancy 2011-01-28T18:38:30Z Tahir's wife, Gul, was killed in a suicide bombing at the offices of the UN Food Programme and seven months after the event everyone but him had forgotten her. TV review: Dispatches: City of Fear; Accused; The Trip 2010-11-23T06:59:00Z The United Nations Population Fund said Russia was not on the radar of the UN organisations that fight to end FGM. Russia orders inquiry into claims of FGM in Dagestan 2016-11-05T04:00:00Z Plus a modelling career, a degree from Brown University and an UN goodwill ambassador role. Daniel Radcliffe: is it safe to speak of the curse of Harry Potter? 2017-10-09T04:00:00Z The speech marked the first time the UN had been addressed on the need to enshrine LGBTQ+ rights in equality laws. Beverley Ditsie: the South African woman who helped liberate lesbians everywhere 2020-08-20T04:00:00Z Thornhill finds himself at the UN, then suddenly accused of murder and on the run, dodging the cops on a sleeper train to Chicago. My favourite Hitchcock: North by Northwest 2012-08-03T16:45:00Z However, Portman points out that the film’s voiceover returns to brood on the incident as fighting breaks out after the UN vote to partition Palestine passes. Natalie Portman on Israel, Hollywood sexism and ‘being the boss’ 2015-05-24T04:00:00Z It also fails to grasp the way that South Sudanese leaders perceive the UN and its biggest supporters—America, Norway and Britain. From hope to horror 2016-07-14T04:00:00Z There are those who think that any money spent on culture is money wasted; those who pour scorn on everything minorities do; those who simply don't like the UN and criticise whatever it does. Do Flamenco and the Mediterranean diet really deserve special UN status? 2010-11-22T13:00:00Z Watson, 26, a goodwill ambassador for UN Women, was visiting the southeastern African nation a day ahead of the International Day of the Girl Child. Actress Emma Watson condemns child marriage during Malawi trip 2016-10-10T04:00:00Z It was a critical moment, as Washington was seeking UN backing for its invasion of Iraq. Hollywood calls for the whistleblower who risked jail over Iraq ‘dirty tricks’ 2016-01-30T05:00:00Z When we think of the Indigenous American students of the Carlisle School, the UN definition fits perfectly. For white folks who teach in the hood: A lesson in campus colonialism 2016-03-26T04:00:00Z The company’s Marine Chronometer Manufacture features a new in-house movement, the UN-118 Caliber, with an anchor escapement made of a material dubbed DIAMonSIL, a composite of silicon and synthetic diamond. Precise Future of Silicon Parts Still Being Debated 2012-11-23T13:35:46Z At the time, everyone told us to shut up because it might distract attention from the UN climate process. We shouldn't fret about the carbon footprint of Will.i.am's helicopter 2012-05-25T14:41:37Z UN peacekeepers used helicopters to fly the apes from a battle zone in the Democratic Republic of Congo. UN flies to rescue of Congo gorillas 2010-05-08T23:07:00Z She does Model UN—fellow readers, oh, what country is she? Mad Men Watch: Will the Circles Be unbroken? 2013-06-10T14:29:59Z Ban Ki-moon, secretary general of the UN, celebrated the day with a yoga lesson from his special adviser on Myanmar. Why Justin Trudeau and other world leaders love a yoga pose 2016-03-30T04:00:00Z At the current rate, the world will miss the UN target, which is to cut inactivity levels by 10% by 2025. Quarter of world's population 'not active enough to stay healthy' 2018-09-04T04:00:00Z Rawlence describes a generation "marinated in the UN vocabulary their whole life." Dadaab refugee camp, detailed in 'City of Thorns,' is a world ripped from the world 2016-01-02T05:00:00Z David Nabarro, the UN’s recently appointed system coordinator on Ebola, arrived in Monrovia this week as part of a trip to affected countries. Ebola: airlines cancel more flights to affected countries 2014-08-22T04:00:00Z When the UN general assembly debated a Saudi resolution last week that followed the west in calling for sanctions and Assad's departure, Brazil, India and South Africa all objected. Why Kofi Annan had enough over Syria 2012-08-05T20:00:01Z The Times journalist Ben Macintyre described how, waiting for a flight from Delhi, he had overheard a conversation between a Spanish UN peacekeeper and an Indian soldier. Globish: the worldwide dialect of the third millennium | Robert McCrum 2010-03-29T12:51:00Z There has been so much engagement from the UN. Jason Russell: Kony2012 and the fight for truth 2013-03-03T00:05:34Z Even Claire’s failed attempt to become a UN delegate mirrors Hillary’s failure to overhaul the healthcare system while her husband was in office. House of Cards: a KKK connection isn't all Frank Underwood and Donald Trump share 2016-03-04T05:00:00Z The UN Climate Summit is an opportunity for government officials to dig deep into lesser known problems facing the Earth. Food waste in the United States is out of control 2014-09-24T04:00:00Z After her recent visit here, The UN high commissioner for human rights notes that the firing of rockets into Israel from Gaza constitutes a war crime. Ian McEwan on winning the Jerusalem prize 2011-02-24T11:30:36Z In two years, groups including UN agencies will provide an update on the superbug fight to the UN secretary general. UN agrees to fight 'the biggest threat to modern medicine': antibiotic resistance 2016-09-21T04:00:00Z That’s enough, according to 2008 estimates by the Food and Agriculture Organization and the UN’s World Food Program, to feed the 870 million people in the world who are lacking sufficient food. Five ways corporate greed is bankrupting America 2012-10-16T21:55:00Z It’s a safe bet the UN employee will be a white guy. When it comes to interracial romances, the movies need to catch up 2016-05-12T04:00:00Z Everything, he says, is part of the “mirage”, a word that crops up repeatedly. Just as the government could not resist meddling with the UN mission, so too with the Khmer Rouge tribunal. Miracle or mirage? 2014-11-13T05:00:00Z The film ends with the UN hero shouting: "Stop it, Stop it" – but his cries are useless. Arabic dress and Iranian accents ? Hollywood's take on Afghan women 2011-02-12T10:59:00Z Genocide as an international offense was coined in 1948 by the UN general assembly, and Akayesu became its first scalp almost 50 years later. The Uncondemned: the heartbreaking story behind the first conviction of rape as a war crime 2015-10-09T04:00:00Z It’s hardly surprising that the Iranian crackdown has won support from at least one voice in the UN: Russian executive director of the UN Office on Drugs and Crime, Yuri Fedotov. World’s best places to get high 2012-08-13T03:00:00Z A class action lawsuit that is currently being heard by the federal district court for the southern district of New York accuses the UN of recklessly failing to avoid the spread of the disease. Cholera in Haiti: UN experts chastise Ban Ki-moon over handling of outbreak 2016-03-03T05:00:00Z At the UN General Assembly last September, former Mexican President Felipe Calderon and the leaders of Colombia and Guatemala called on world governments to help Latin American countries explore alternatives to the problem. U.N. development chief slams War on Drugs 2013-03-15T21:15:00Z Her Dover Street shop opened in September, but she missed the official opening to speak to the UN general assembly in New York about her role in the UNAids campaign. Victoria Beckham tops chart of Britain’s most successful entrepreneurs 2014-10-26T04:00:00Z He created the UN Emergency Force during the Suez crisis and secured a temporary resolution of the conflict: both Nasser and Ben-Gurion trusted him. My hero: Dag Hammarskjöld by Timothy Mo 2012-05-25T21:55:11Z Yet now, at the moment of her comeback triumph, she hints that after one more film, a Cleopatra biopic, her acting career might be over, and she's concentrating on being a director and UN ambassador. Angelina Jolie: Hollywood won't be the same without her 2014-06-02T04:00:00Z Ukraine's grain exports resumed after a UN deal was brokered in July to create a humanitarian corridor through the Black Sea. Global economy 2023: why there will still be plenty of pressure on food prices in the year ahead 2023-01-11T05:00:00Z Kidman said in a video that until she became the goodwill ambassador for UN Women, she had no idea about "this gross violation of women's human rights." Kidman, Sorvino urge end to violence against women 2012-06-07T05:46:06Z The day aims to recognise people who risk their lives to help those in need and marks the day in 2003 when 22 people were killed in a bomb attack on UN offices in Baghdad. Beyonce sings at United Nations 2012-08-12T14:28:50Z At stake is the UN's international copyright framework, which has been under revision for six years. Stevie Wonder lobbies UN over audiobooks for the visually impaired 2010-09-21T10:40:00Z The former US vice president wants to ramp up pressure on world leaders to adopt an ambitious new climate accord at the Paris UN climate talks in December. Live Earth concerts to return 2015-01-21T05:00:00Z By design, Banksy created “Subject to Availability” in the year of the UN Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen. To address climate change, artist Banksy ‘hijacked’ a painting of Mount Rainier. It’s now worth millions 2021-06-30T04:00:00Z Soon afterwards, he was visited by UN inspectors. From Gabriel to Lucifer: A Cultural History of Angels by Valery Rees 2012-12-21T07:00:01Z In Poland, at the UN climate change summit in 2018, he was chosen to represent the world’s people in addressing leaders from almost 200 nations. The real David Attenborough 2019-10-22T04:00:00Z The UN Convention to Combat Desertification, whose job it's been for 20 years to stop land degrading and becoming desert: Failed. Humans – the real threat to life on Earth 2013-06-29T23:05:50Z The UN monitor was given a sense of what being a plaything of the US means in practice when he travelled south to Guayama, a town of 42,000 close to where Maria made landfall. A journey through a land of extreme poverty: welcome to America 2017-12-15T05:00:00Z Since then I have briefed politicians and party leaders, addressed the UN and worked with police forces, schools and businesses on treating women and girls with respect. How to have a feminist wedding 2014-06-28T04:00:00Z Not at the UN or Arab League, however, but by the powerbrokers of Hollywood. And the winner is … Islamophobia 2013-01-15T08:30:03Z Pitt blandly plays a handsome "UN investigator" who is dramatically called in when a mysterious human rabies whooshes all over the world, turning everyone into crazed, violent zombies. World War Z – review 2013-06-20T20:15:01Z The UN’s sustainable developmental goals aim to reduce the number of children engaged in tobacco farming by providing alternative livelihoods. Bitter leaves: tobacco's devastating global legacy 2019-08-21T04:00:00Z Lindstrom added that the special rapporteurs’ letter showed that concern about the secretary general’s unbending position was rising up to senior levels within the UN system. Cholera in Haiti: UN experts chastise Ban Ki-moon over handling of outbreak 2016-03-03T05:00:00Z A few years ago Sister Fa played a gig with Nile Rodgers at the UN general assembly. Sister Fa: African rapper with a cause 2013-02-16T17:00:02Z Shrek prequel Helen Clark, of the UN Development Programme, said the actor's "proven commitment to the causes of the less fortunate makes him an ideal advocate for our work". Banderas in global poverty fight 2010-03-18T12:10:00Z Here she is in a smart black suit and gold necklace, addressing an unidentified gathering, here speaking from a podium, perhaps at the UN. Gaddafi compound reveals dictator's taste for bling - and Condoleezza Rice 2011-08-25T18:54:20Z Now, “mental health care for all” is a pillar of the UN sustainable development goals for 2030. Busting the myth that depression doesn't affect people in poor countries 2019-04-30T04:00:00Z "The appointment of Anne is timely because this year UN Women is driving hard to foster more positive mindsets and practical arrangements around workplaces that build and support equality for women." Actress Anne Hathaway named goodwill ambassador for UN Women 2016-06-15T04:00:00Z Noting that 28 May will be Assange’s 2000th day in captivity and citing a recent UN report that called the UK’s detention of Assange “arbitrary”, she called for his immediate release. Wikileaks staff: Julian Assange would find life no easier under President Clinton 2016-05-19T04:00:00Z The Obama administration has stuck to its deliberate approach, hoping for progress in the diplomatic process currently being led by former UN Secretary General Kofi Annan. What it takes to be in Vogue 2012-06-11T14:58:00Z The peacekeeping mission was closed down in August 2012 over fears that unarmed UN staff would be killed. How we met: 'We were being fired at by a sniper' 2020-08-10T04:00:00Z "The UN has officially endorsed it, and I think unprecedentedly they, at 12:30 today, stopped their work and had a rising at the UN," Ensler said. Ensler's Billion Rising movement spans the globe 2013-02-14T19:47:08Z The UN, in a 2005 report, delivered the shocking statistic that half of all states emerging from conflict relapse into violence within ten years. Teen book club: the story behind After Tomorrow 2013-05-10T14:39:34Z She launched a campaign for the government to commission such a report in May 2014 with the backing of the Guardian and UN secretary general Ban Ki-moon. Genital mutilation risk triples for girls and women in US, CDC study finds 2016-01-15T05:00:00Z A few days later, Russia circulated a draft resolution at the UN in New York to endorse the new approach. Why Kofi Annan had enough over Syria 2012-08-05T20:00:01Z A messenger of peace is the highest honour bestowed by the UN on accomplished individuals in any field. Pianist Lang made UN peace messenger 2013-10-29T10:59:51Z Measured purely in terms of column inches it was hugely successful and it is a tried and tested strategy by the UN. Celebrity power drives the headlines 2014-12-28T05:00:00Z The British star made waves last month when she spoke at the UN He for She event about the importance of feminism for both women and men. Emma Watson: Feminism Is 'Not Dogmatic,' It's About Having Choices 2014-10-29T04:00:00Z The Samuel DeWitt Proctor Conference will host two events on Monday, the first in the chapel of the UN’s headquarters in midtown Manhattan, the second at the Abyssinian Baptist Church in Harlem. Faith leaders to tackle drug war's racial divide in Harlem as UN meets nearby 2016-04-18T04:00:00Z Most depressing of all is the certain knowledge that the UN inquiry that's due to report back later this month is unlikely to be any more revealing. TV review: Death in the Med, Our Drug War and In their Own Words 2010-08-17T07:00:00Z There were frequent clashes between both sides around the main bridge, as well as between the Serbs and the French, who were guarding the bridge as part of the UN peacekeeping process. Photographer Sean Smith's best shot 2011-08-21T21:29:01Z The UN agency said aid partners needed to scale up efforts against Ebola by three to four times in Liberia and elsewhere in west African countries battling the epidemic. Ebola will infect thousands more people in Liberia within weeks, says WHO 2014-09-08T04:00:00Z The speech from this UN "Messenger of Peace" lasted less than three minutes and generated more press coverage than the contribution of either Ban Ki Moon or Barack Obama. Celebrity power drives the headlines 2014-12-28T05:00:00Z The UN has also warned of serious food shortages as a result of restrictions on movement in the Ebola-hit countries. Ebola outbreak: call to send in military to West Africa to help curb epidemic 2014-09-02T04:00:00Z At the very least, he is plotting on disarming the American public after the election, in accordance with a secret deal cut with the UN and possibly with the assistance of foreign troops. Is aggression genetic? 2012-05-28T22:00:00Z UN secretary general Ban Ki-moon said Lang Lang's focus will be getting the 57 million children around the world who are currently not receiving an education into classrooms - a key UN priority. Pianist Lang made UN peace messenger 2013-10-29T10:59:51Z So how does Alston view the role of UN rapporteur and his visit? A journey through a land of extreme poverty: welcome to America 2017-12-15T05:00:00Z The international pop star and songwriter Diane Warren will donate a video of "I Was Here" that will be filmed in the UN General Assembly Hall in New York in front of a live audience. Beyonce joins UN's global humanitarian campaign 2012-08-02T17:13:08Z There is an important document adopted by the United Nations in 1954 known as the UN Convention Relating to the Status of Stateless Persons. Stuck in Western Samoa: Please let me come home 2012-10-10T00:00:00Z Nikki Haley was actually a very successful UN ambassador, in my judgment. Tina Brown pulls no punches: "If you're a woman, you have to be gold in a silver job" 2019-02-11T05:00:00Z I made short videos for programs and campaigns about women's health and climate change to support the UN, and that shaped my understanding of the social issues. From a gun-toting firebrand to a Southern professor, "First Vote" examines Asian American voters 2020-10-20T04:00:00Z Significant to this day, he insisted on UN linkage and oversight of the IAEA. My hero: Dag Hammarskjöld by Timothy Mo 2012-05-25T21:55:11Z Wow, I hope God mentioned designing the international plague of child marriages, which that godless UN has had the temerity to condemn. Hey, Kirk Cameron, learn your Bible! 2012-07-12T20:50:00Z A sample: “The Story: A UN report just called for the crown prince of Saudi Arabia to be investigated in a murder case. Intense. Yup.” Review | Do millennial women really need the book ‘How to Skimm Your Life’? Give us more credit. 2019-06-24T04:00:00Z His hallmarks include much of the UN complex in New York and the Museum of Modern Art in Niterói, which is perched like a flying saucer across Guanabara Bay from Rio de Janeiro. Oscar Niemeyer, architect of Brazil's capital, dies aged 104 2012-12-06T01:23:38Z “Eradication is the only sustainable solution to malaria,” Bill Gates said on the release of the report his foundation produced with the UN last September. Malaria-free Sri Lanka may mark beginning of end for deadly disease 2016-09-09T04:00:00Z On March 10th, UN Women and Uber announced a partnership to create one million Uber jobs for women by 2020, as part of their endeavor to increase economic empowerment for women around the world. UN Women Breaks Off Partnership with Uber 2015-03-23T04:00:00Z In November 2018, the UK was on target to meet a UN goal of succeeding in diagnosing and effectively treating more than 90% of people with the virus. 'Invisible epidemic': progress against HIV leaves young Latino men behind 2019-02-15T05:00:00Z A pair of Russian comedians famously owned UN Ambassador Nikki Haley by recording a conversation with her in which she makes a very serious statement about the difficulties being faced by Binomo, a non-existent country. The big Sacha Baron Cohen question: Can a harmless prankster become a weaponized troll? 2018-07-12T04:00:00Z None of these groups — UN Women, an agency focused on gender equality; the United States State Department; and nongovernmental organizations, or NGOs — keep data on violence against female tourists. Women Alert to Travel’s Darker Side 2014-05-23T04:00:00Z This isn’t a theory, it’s a fact: according to the UN, women’s participation increases the probability of peace deals lasting 15 years by 35%. 'Think about the bigger picture': life lessons from Meryl Streep and other successful women 2017-01-21T05:00:00Z Transgender people, who identify as the opposite gender to the one they were born with, should no longer be considered mentally ill, according to a new UN categorisation. WHO takes transgenderism out of mental illness category 2018-06-19T04:00:00Z I support the UN secretary general Ban Ki-moon's call for a freeze on the settlements. Ian McEwan says he will accept Jerusalem prize 2011-01-19T19:04:37Z In Italy, where according to the UN 9% of the population were born elsewhere, participants estimate it to be almost three times that. Revealed: the gap between what you know about your country and the reality 2015-12-02T05:00:00Z On Friday, the UN chief, Ban Ki-moon, set the goal of stopping the worst-ever outbreak of the disease within six to nine months. Hopes raised as Ebola vaccine protects monkeys for 10 months 2014-09-07T04:00:00Z The UN Food Systems Summit Scientific Group proposed that governments around the world should spend at least one per cent of their agricultural GDP on food systems science and innovation. How science and innovation can strengthen global food systems 2023-03-03T05:00:00Z As clips remind us, this was the year of Big Brother's inauguration, of Geri Halliwell at the UN, of Tony Blair being booed by the Women's Institute, of the beginning of George Bush's disastrous Presidency. Isle of MTV 2010-09-04T05:45:00Z The four musicians were signatories of a letter, published on Aug 30, which said "Israel's policy toward the Palestinians fits the UN definition of apartheid." British arts world wades into row over Israeli orchestra 2011-09-22T22:23:26Z The previously unreported epidemic threatens the UN’s goal to end the global Aids crisis by 2030, which appeared achievable after a sharp drop in Africa during the past 15 years. Mobile dating apps spur HIV epidemic among Asia’s teenagers, says UN 2015-11-30T05:00:00Z The UN marked the 10th anniversary of the Buddhas' destruction this week. Afghanistan's surviving treasures 2011-03-04T09:00:01Z “Some of these law enforcers are themselves part of the problem, and they do not take these crimes as seriously as they need to,” Ms. Mlambo-Ngcuka, of UN Women, said. Adventurous. Alone. Attacked. 2019-03-25T04:00:00Z Calls for large-scale restoration, such as the UN Decade of Restoration, are ambitious and may compete with other land uses. Coffee, brought to you by bees: How restoring habitat is a win-win for forests and farmers alike 2023-05-24T04:00:00Z In 2015, Malawi passed a law to raise the minimum age of marriage to 18 with UN Women working with traditional chiefs to change local practices. Actress Emma Watson condemns child marriage during Malawi trip 2016-10-10T04:00:00Z At Rio Ray expressed alarm because the summit was sponsored by UN officials who, she said, were members of the 'International Socialist Party'. Extract: Requiem for a Species by Clive Hamilton 2010-04-16T09:19:00Z By 2008, when the UN was set to celebrate a world free of illicit substances, criticism of prohibitionist policies was gaining momentum. Faith leaders to tackle drug war's racial divide in Harlem as UN meets nearby 2016-04-18T04:00:00Z The UN’s Food and Agriculture Organisation, in a 2008 analysis of all studies of the low-fat diet, found “no probable or convincing evidence” that a high level of dietary fat causes heart disease or cancer. The sugar conspiracy | Ian Leslie 2016-04-07T04:00:00Z Now he is off to Cancún in Mexico for the current round of UN climate talks, though he is not expecting a breakthrough. Writing in green 2010-12-03T14:37:00Z The UN World Tourism Organisation said 2015 was the sixth consecutive year of above-average growth in global tourism since the economic crisis. Tourism worldwide reaches record levels in 2015 in defiance of terrorism threat 2016-01-18T05:00:00Z Down Syndrome International and the UN are encouraging World Down Syndrome Day observers to think about inclusion means in 2022. World Down Syndrome Day: How 'eye-catching' socks became a tradition 2022-03-21T04:00:00Z Has the UN dispatched a humanitarian relief team yet? Holy cow! Can Brooklyn survive its oat-milk shortage? 2018-08-15T04:00:00Z Brad Pitt stars as a UN troubleshooter trying to save humanity from a terrorist conspiracy of the walking dead. Richard Corliss Previews the Movies of Summer 2013 2013-05-17T09:45:41Z In 1955, the UN committed to ending the scourge of malaria. Malaria-free Sri Lanka may mark beginning of end for deadly disease 2016-09-09T04:00:00Z General Dallaire, the UN commander in Rwanda, asked permission to seize a Hutu arms cache in January 1994, and thus pre-empt plans for mass killing in the capital. Interventions: : A Life in War and Peace by Kofi Annan – review 2012-11-15T08:00:04Z Syrians began to believe there is no hope from the UN and the international community. 50 marathons in 50 days 2012-06-06T22:24:00Z The UN Refugee Agency called it “powerful visual evidence of people dying during their dangerous journeys across borders.” Photo of Salvadoran refugees shows power of still images 2019-06-26T04:00:00Z Will we most regret the reintroduction of abusive interrogation, previously thought to have been laid to rest by the UN Convention Against Torture? Cruel Britannia by Ian Cobain - review 2012-11-23T08:00:01Z Organised by the UK government, the Wellcome Trust, the UN and several other national governments, the meeting will be attended by scientists, health officers, pharmaceutical chiefs and politicians. ‘Antibiotic apocalypse’: doctors sound alarm over drug resistance 2017-10-08T04:00:00Z Trump recently mocked Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg on Twitter for a United Nations speech to world leaders and skipped a UN meeting on the issue. Television’s Weather Channel wades into climate debate 2019-10-21T04:00:00Z By the 1970s, the UN Relief and Works Agency Palestinian refugee camps in south Lebanon and around Beirut and Tripoli were armed fortresses threatening the very state. War Games: The Story of Aid and War in Modern Times by Linda Polman 2010-05-07T23:11:00Z The UN has recognised the diet as an endangered species. What actually is the Mediterranean diet – and does it work? 2016-09-02T04:00:00Z If you’re not up on your UN history, that was where Hillary Clinton famously said “women’s rights are human rights, and human rights are women’s rights” in 1995. International Women's Day Shows Awareness Is Not Enough 2015-03-08T05:00:00Z In fact, the UN and the International Red Cross had begun working in and around Rostaq almost at once. Forbidden Lessons in a Kabul Guesthouse by Suraya Sadeed, with Damien Lewis ? review 2011-07-29T21:57:02Z The UN estimates that of all the women murdered in 2012, almost half were killed by partners or family members, compared to 1 in 20 men. Someone is Finally Starting to Count 'Femicides' 2015-02-18T05:00:00Z Child mortality has fallen dramatically since the UN set a the goal of reducing under-fives deaths worldwide by two-thirds, and the spread of HIV infections has fallen by 44% in the last decade. HIV epidemic will rebound dramatically without more funding, warn experts 2015-06-25T04:00:00Z "This is clearly a politicised decision of the UN, one that shows poor judgment and a lack of even-handedness," Israel's mission to the UN said in a statement to UN general assembly president Joseph Deiss. Israel condemns screening of film about Palestinian journalist at UN HQ 2011-03-14T14:22:54Z The UN is protected under international agreements with a wide immunity against prosecution within the domestic courts of nation states. Cholera in Haiti: UN experts chastise Ban Ki-moon over handling of outbreak 2016-03-03T05:00:00Z The UN hired him as a consultant after he proposed building paper-tube shelters for refugees in the central African country. Japanese architect wins top prize 2014-03-25T12:02:25Z At events such as the UN Food Systems Summit, for example, corporate stakeholders guide policy decisions while vulnerable farmers can feel sidelined. ‘Regenerative agriculture’ is all the rage — but it’s not going to fix our food system 2023-05-09T04:00:00Z These were the nations that move around, the non-permanent members of the UN Security Council. "I never set out to be a whistleblower": Katharine Gun tells the true story of "Official Secrets" 2019-08-24T04:00:00Z North By Northwest is full of architecture, starting with Saul Bass's titles, which begin as an abstract grid that is gradually revealed as the glazed facade of the UN building in Manhattan. Building an audience for architecture 2011-01-20T21:45:01Z The visit came ahead of a new UN appeal to raise nearly a billion dollars for the one million Rohingya now in the camps around the town of Cox’s Bazar. 'Treated like cattle': Angelina Jolie takes aim at Myanmar over Rohingya plight 2019-02-05T05:00:00Z According to the UN's World Food Programme, the overall effect of inflation, war and extreme weather has been that many people around the world have had their access to food restricted. Global economy 2023: why there will still be plenty of pressure on food prices in the year ahead 2023-01-11T05:00:00Z On Saturday, Emma Watson delivered a rousing speech at the UN Women’s HeforShe launch event, calling on men to join the global fight for women’s equality. Emma Watson Asked Men to Support Women And Here's How They Responded 2014-09-23T04:00:00Z And the UN investigators went in and didn't find any conclusive evidence of WMDs. Why Ari Fleischer is against resurrecting the extinct White House press briefings 2020-01-12T05:00:00Z Pitt, who plays a UN worker torn between protecting his family and finding a cure for the zombie infection, hinted at a sequel during the film's Moscow premiere last week. World War Z earns sequel after gobbling up global box office 2013-06-24T10:02:26Z This is a longtime labor of love for Watson, who founded the gender equality organization HeForShe in 2014, the year she was appointed a UN Global Goodwill Ambassador. Emma Watson Says Being Called a 'Feminazi' Won't Stop Her 2016-03-08T05:00:00Z After Paco had spent eight years on death row and following intervention by the charity Fair Trials Abroad, the Spanish government and the UN, the new president, Gloria Arroyo, abolished the death penalty. The Crimson Petal and the White and Innocent! Paco & the Struggle for Justice: TV review 2011-04-07T07:00:00Z Set in Kabul's UN compound as Taliban forces close in, the play is suspended somewhere between whimsical fantasy and surreal reality. The Great Game: Afghanistan 2010-08-02T20:31:00Z The author of 30 books, he is a professor of philosophy at Birbeck College in London, and a supernumerary of St Anne's College, Oxford, as well as a UN human rights activist. AC Grayling: 'How can you be a militant atheist? It's like sleeping furiously' 2011-04-03T20:00:01Z For example: The UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, whose job it has been for 20 years to ensure the stabilisation of greenhouse gases in the Earth's atmosphere: Failed. Humans – the real threat to life on Earth 2013-06-29T23:05:50Z Ben Walsby was working as a human rights officer for the UN when he travelled to Damascus, Syria, for a peacekeeping mission in May 2012. How we met: 'We were being fired at by a sniper' 2020-08-10T04:00:00Z The number of confirmed infections jumped by 113 from last Thursday to Saturday, bringing the total number of cases to 2,240, the UN health agency said. Missing Ebola patients found, says Liberian government 2014-08-19T04:00:00Z The area is currently the subject of a UN International Court of Justice probe to decide its future. Thailand bans documentary about Thai-Cambodia boundary dispute 2013-04-24T11:45:34Z I was recently waiting for a flight in Delhi, when I overheard a conversation between a Spanish UN peacekeeper and an Indian soldier. A global tongue 2010-05-08T23:05:00Z Sidibé said he wants the agency to become a model for the rest of the UN to follow. UNAids chief refuses to quit over handling of sexual misconduct claims 2018-07-18T04:00:00Z The UN reached its first convention on drugs in 1961, which set a framework for drug criminalization. Faith leaders to tackle drug war's racial divide in Harlem as UN meets nearby 2016-04-18T04:00:00Z They predicted that the UN target to stop the rise of childhood obesity by 2025 would be missed. Junk food shortening lives of children worldwide, data shows 2016-10-07T04:00:00Z Even though the UN Food and Agriculture Organization provides guidance on the use of pesticides by legacy British tea companies like Finlays, "Pesticides are regularly used on tea plantations," says Huq. An exploration of the wonderful world of teas 2023-04-05T04:00:00Z Last month, Ms. Shahidi met with UN Women, an organization dedicated to gender equality. ‘Black-ish’ Star Yara Shahidi Is a Role Model Off-Screen 2015-11-27T05:00:00Z "This phenomenon strongly suggests the existence of an invisible caseload of patients who are not being detected by the surveillance system," the UN health agency said. Ebola outbreak: British national living in Sierra Leone tests positive for virus 2014-08-23T04:00:00Z British actress Emma Watson is the new Goodwill Ambassador for the United Nations’ gender equality arm, UN Women, the organization announced Monday. Actress Emma Watson Named UN Ambassador 2014-07-07T04:00:00Z The festival is designed to coincide with the UN General Assembly meeting and put pressure on world leaders to address the needs of the world's poor. Wonder, Kings, Keys, Mayer headline Global Fest 2013-07-11T13:08:58Z The Taliban had a few things they wanted, too, including to be off the UN’s list of terrorist organizations, a political office, and they wanted their prisoners back, which is where Bergdahl came in. Serial recap – season two, episode nine: Trade Secrets 2016-03-04T05:00:00Z “They thought that the bullets would silence us, but they failed,” Malala said at the UN in July 2013, in her first public appearance since the Oct. Why Malala's Story Sounds Like Another Story You Already Know 2014-10-13T04:00:00Z Discussion must start with the situation in 1947 when the UN approved the partition, not with the situation now – nor even the situation in 1949. Letters: To achieve Middle East peace, first we need justice 2011-01-25T00:06:02Z This summer, a UN report identified destruction of forests and emissions from cattle and other intensive farming practices as major factors driving the climate crisis towards a point of no return. Why do people hate vegans? 2019-10-25T04:00:00Z Despite repeated criticism and pressure from the UN and other groups to raise the age to at least 12, the internationally recognised minimum, the UK government has so far resisted. Age of criminal responsibility must be raised, say experts 2019-11-04T05:00:00Z In fact, by 2050, according to UN statistics, America will be a younger country than China, with median ages of 40 and 48, respectively. Will China abandon its one-child policy? 2012-07-12T16:25:00Z At risk of being sent to Robben Island, where Nelson Mandela was imprisoned for almost two decades, he left South Africa, helped to resettle by the UN’s Refugee Agency UNHCR. Gugu Mbatha-Raw: ‘It’s an actor’s duty to help the culture to evolve’ 2019-11-30T05:00:00Z Five years into the Syrian conflict, she said brutal violence rages while the UN Security Council remains divided on a political solution. UN special envoy Jolie blasts funding gap for Syrians 2016-09-09T04:00:00Z And it led the UN to feed some of these people and avert starvation. 2010-02-17T09:00:00Z Kony is still out there but the implementation of UN strategy is the thing that will make a difference. Jason Russell: Kony2012 and the fight for truth 2013-03-03T00:05:34Z The digital divide will grow and worsen beyond the control of nations or global organizations such as the UN. Dystopian doom or global village? What the internet will look like in 2025 2014-03-12T17:00:00Z The envoy for the UN refugee agency said Myanmar must “show genuine commitment” to end violence that has driven hundreds of thousands of Rohingya Muslims into neighbouring Bangladesh. 'Treated like cattle': Angelina Jolie takes aim at Myanmar over Rohingya plight 2019-02-05T05:00:00Z Of all the people who crossed paths with the UN monitor, Chambers was the most dismissive of the American Dream. A journey through a land of extreme poverty: welcome to America 2017-12-15T05:00:00Z The rotating position of the UN Security Council President is a rotating position that is alphabetical by the country’s name, so the U.S. is always going to be in the back of the class. This is why Stephen Colbert keeps losing to Jimmy Fallon 2015-12-18T05:00:00Z Britain should declare its total support for the draft UN security council resolution on settlements as part of a zero-tolerance policy towards these colonies. Letters: To achieve Middle East peace, first we need justice 2011-01-25T00:06:02Z Maybe that's why Nick's little helpers are always dressed in UN peace keeping blue. Property shows: room for improvement? 2011-08-10T13:27:22Z The two-state solution favoured by the UN and the EU is still possible – just – but only if Israel will acknowledge the historical facts of 1947-49 and subsequently accepts the rule of law. Letters: To achieve Middle East peace, first we need justice 2011-01-25T00:06:02Z Being at the UN was a bit like trying to get heard at an Irish dinner table. Samantha Power: ‘Being at the UN is like trying to get heard at an Irish dinner table’ 2018-01-07T05:00:00Z UN sanctions ban the export of luxury goods to the state. North Korea's Kim Jong-un gets new official theme song 2012-07-06T15:41:46Z Last Friday, just after Michael D. Cohen, President Trump’s prison-bound former lawyer, testified before Congress, several dozen socialites gathered at the United Nations for an awards luncheon celebrating the UN Women for Peace Association. Movie Stars and ‘Housewives’ Circle the Red Carpet 2019-03-06T05:00:00Z Clea, his London-born daughter, is a forensic anthropologist who worked for the UN's international criminal tribunal in Rwanda and the former Yugoslavia; she wrote about the horrors she uncovered in 2004's The Bone Woman. Film-maker David Koff on his radical documentary Occupied Palestine 2013-05-01T08:00:02Z According to the UN’s International Labour Organization, about 1.3 million children work in tobacco fields, with the number increasing in certain countries like India and Zimbabwe. Bitter leaves: tobacco's devastating global legacy 2019-08-21T04:00:00Z Once the election began, the UN Foundation, which is nonpartisan, officially parted ways with Ms. Trump. Will Ivanka Trump Be the Most Powerful First Daughter in History? 2016-12-03T05:00:00Z The company is allegedly in talks with UN and diplomatic agencies, human rights experts, trade unions and other multinational businesses. H&M responds to Myanmar conflict by pausing orders with suppliers: Report 2021-03-09T05:00:00Z I wanted to follow the people in the UN food program. “Some folks believe blockchain will save the universe”: Inside Alex Winter’s “Trust Machi... 2018-10-22T04:00:00Z Professor Philip Alston is an Australian academic with a formal title: UN special rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights. A journey through a land of extreme poverty: welcome to America 2017-12-15T05:00:00Z The piece, titled “Sea Rise,” uses just a few pieces of beautifully crafted wood to exemplify the environmentally themed show’s title: “UN/Sustainable.” Review | In the galleries: At U-Md. space, “UN/Sustainable” contemplates the environment 2019-06-28T04:00:00Z The UN created its list of intangible cultural heritage in 2008 for traditional events, rituals and social practices. Sante! Belgium wants its beer on global culture list 2016-11-25T05:00:00Z "While at the UN, I met Norway's new environment minister who told me he's aware of the giant horn piece and says he's a fan of my work," Ratkje says. Opera for babies 2012-11-15T21:00:02Z "The UN Decade for Women — An Offer We Couldn't Refuse" tells the story of a painstaking 10-year struggle to force the UN to recognise women's unpaid work. A life in writing: Selma James 2012-06-08T21:45:05Z News stories were widely quoting a spokesperson for the UN peacekeeping mission in Haiti warning on January 14 that Haitians were “slowly getting more angry and impatient.” Finding peace in post-disaster Haiti 2013-05-26T14:00:00Z I mean, it was the UN climate report. Anne Lamott on coping with "existential exhaustion," from the healing power of Target to forgiveness 2021-03-10T05:00:00Z Above all, the UN definition of the indigenous speaks to the collective oppression that a population experiences at the hands of a more powerful and dominant group. For white folks who teach in the hood: A lesson in campus colonialism 2016-03-26T04:00:00Z The indicator is also recognised by the UN agency for air travel, the International Civil Aviation Organisation. United becomes first airline to introduce non-binary gender option on bookings 2019-03-27T04:00:00Z What would you propose as an alternative to intervention and prevention of allowing a UN member state from falling in to the hands of Islamic fundamentalists pending their govt's request for assistance? Glenn Greenwald's reader Q&A: the highlights 2013-01-24T23:07:00Z The fashion industry accounts for 8-10% of global carbon emissions, more than all international flights and maritime shipping combined, according to the UN Environment Programme. Model Arizona Muse urges fashion industry to change in climate fight 2020-02-13T05:00:00Z UN Women Goodwill ambassador Emma Watson is starting a feminist book club. Emma Watson Wants You to Name Her Feminist Book Club 2016-01-06T05:00:00Z The black belt region has been historically one of the most disadvantaged areas of the US and was recently toured by the UN rapporteur on extreme poverty. Alabama: black women die of cervical cancer at more than twice national average 2018-11-29T05:00:00Z In June this year, North Korea described the film as an act of war and an "undisguised sponsoring of terrorism", and called on the US and the UN to block it. Rogen 'objected to Jong-un film cut' 2014-12-11T05:00:00Z He also voted for the war in Iraq and was criticised for hypocrisy over his campaign for UN diplomats to pay parking tickets when his own vehicles were found to have racked up unpaid fines. Weiner: 10 political lessons from the warts-and-all documentary 2016-05-20T04:00:00Z A few years after the UN's 1980 resolution establishing a cultural boycott, Simon traveled to South Africa to record with black musicians. When musicians boycott countries there are no clear winners 2010-05-26T15:09:00Z Was it Britain's prehistoric equivalent of the UN building in New York? Sheffield university helps to crack the mystery of Stonehenge - possibly 2012-06-22T16:57:00Z "I hope everyone will pledge to complete at least one humanitarian action - however great or small," said UN aid chief Valerie Amos. Beyonce sings at United Nations 2012-08-12T14:28:50Z He supports interventions, such as that in Kosovo, that occur without UN security council sanction. Interventions: : A Life in War and Peace by Kofi Annan – review 2012-11-15T08:00:04Z World leaders called for the decriminalization of drugs on Monday, in a report released by a commission that includes former UN secretary-general Kofi Annan and former presidents of Colombia, Mexico and Brazil. It's time to decriminalize drugs, UN commission report says 2016-11-21T05:00:00Z The UN envoy on Ebola, David Nabarro, this week criticised airlines for scrapping flights, warning that Ebola-hit countries faced increased isolation and that it made it harder for the UN to carry out its work. Ebola epidemic will get worse before it gets better, top US health body warns 2014-08-28T04:00:00Z According to their opponents, Obama and Clinton and, in particular, UN ambassador Susan Rice knowingly claimed the attack was a result of the Innocence of Muslims film, rather than a terrorist plot. Fighting dirty: could Michael Bay’s Benghazi movie take down Hillary Clinton? 2016-01-27T05:00:00Z The UN World Happiness Report for 2018 put the Nordic nations in the top four slots as usual, based on healthy life expectancy, social support, freedom, trust and generosity. Uncovering the secret to collective happiness | Helen Russell 2018-10-27T04:00:00Z "Being asked to serve as UN Women's Goodwill Ambassador is truly humbling," Watson, 24, said in a statement. UN Women names actress Emma Watson goodwill ambassador 2014-07-08T04:00:00Z Photograph: David Levene "Urbanisation is unstoppable, says UN," ran the headline in last week's Guardian. The urban age: how cities became our greatest design challenge yet | Justin McGuirk 2010-03-29T13:39:00Z Instead, he argues that there was no reason for the UN to share Dallaire's fears. Interventions: : A Life in War and Peace by Kofi Annan – review 2012-11-15T08:00:04Z A report from the UN mission in Congo on Tuesday said 13 people there had died from Ebola, including five health workers. Ebola: worker infected at WHO laboratory in Sierra Leone 2014-08-27T04:00:00Z UN Women did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Hackers threaten to leak nude photos of actress Emma Watson 2014-09-24T04:00:00Z We need to eliminate flags of convenience at the UN level because it allows ships to avoid regulation. Callum Roberts' Ocean of Life is a manifesto for marine management 2012-06-07T06:30:01Z But the idea that the play's returning soldiery are members of a UN peacekeeping mission is clearer from the programme than the production. Much Ado About Nothing – review 2012-08-02T10:52:23Z But it’s true not everyone was so dumb as to invite the 37 women ambassadors to the UN and Gloria Steinem to their party along with a documentary film crew… Samantha Power: ‘Being at the UN is like trying to get heard at an Irish dinner table’ 2018-01-07T05:00:00Z Urgent action is needed to help and protect girls and young women from Aids in sub-Saharan Africa, thousands of whom are still being infected with HIV every week, the UN says. UN calls for urgent action to protect young women from HIV/Aids in Africa 2016-11-21T05:00:00Z In the 1960s he got in touch with the Brazilian architect Oscar Niemeyer, a communist, who was not allowed into the US to supervise the construction of the UN building. Joseph Strick obituary 2010-06-17T18:02:00Z In Nigeria, none of the major restaurant chains offer meat substitutes and meat consumption is growing, according to the UN Food and Agriculture Organization. Vegans see green shoots in meat-loving Nigeria 2020-02-06T05:00:00Z Sarandon will visit refugee camps in Turkey with the UN in February. Susan Sarandon's Christmas with refugees: 'I want to humanise the issue' 2015-12-29T05:00:00Z Some of this is fuelled by demand for wood and charcoal, which the UN estimates is still used in almost 80% of African homes as a cheaper option to gas. Africa innovations: 15 ideas helping to transform a continent 2012-08-25T23:05:54Z The government was bad before, one senior UN official tells me wearily – now it has all but disappeared. Haiti earthquake: six months on 2010-07-10T10:00:00Z Kofi Annan, then UN secretary general, sent his special envoy to urge the Taliban leadership not to destroy the centuries' old treasures. Afghanistan's surviving treasures 2011-03-04T09:00:01Z Or the catastrophes that happened on his various watches at the UN: Srebenica, Somalia, Darfur – and above all, Rwanda? Interventions: : A Life in War and Peace by Kofi Annan – review 2012-11-15T08:00:04Z A 2008 fake edition of the New York Times announced the end of the Iraq War, a UN weapons ban, national public health insurance in the U.S. and free tuition at American public universities. Humor and media hoaxes put social justice ideas on the map 2019-01-20T05:00:00Z The magenta sounds lovely, but somehow I doubt Boko Haram has been waiting to release the girls until the UN developed the perfect shade of pink. When Is 'Awareness' Awareness Month? 2014-10-06T04:00:00Z It informs intelligently, and ends with a powerful assertion of the children's rights that are enshrined, thanks to Dr Korczak's example, in the UN charter. Dr Korczak's Example – review 2012-09-28T17:15:44Z "From religious leaders, from the UN Human Rights Council — Donald Trump finally took full responsibility for the policy and promised a swift end to this humanitarian disaster." Colbert condemns Trump: Migrant family separation “another scoop from your chum bucket of cruel... 2018-06-19T04:00:00Z But the top Gazan students on human rights courses taught in UN schools were lucky. Coming to America: Gaza boys take trip of a lifetime 2010-12-10T17:16:00Z We'll no longer need to write 0000 where a post code is required and will stop being the zero people four times over, all thanks to the UN vote. Palestine: Diary of a historic month 2012-12-14T10:00:02Z Speaking at the forum organised by trade magazine Variety and UN Women’s HeForShe campaign, the actors spoke of their own experiences of institutional sexism and called on studios, audiences and journalists to alter the discourse. Salma Hayek, Aishwarya Rai and Parker Posey hit back at gender inequality 2015-05-16T04:00:00Z My first job after graduating was at the UN foundation. From a gun-toting firebrand to a Southern professor, "First Vote" examines Asian American voters 2020-10-20T04:00:00Z Ja enclosed a copy of the statement with his UN letter. North Korea complains to UN about Seth Rogen comedy The Interview 2014-07-10T04:00:00Z Cappa said the struggle to change attitudes faster than population growth was extremely difficult to square with the inclusion of a target to eliminate FGM by 2030 in the UN’s new sustainable development goals. Number of FGM victims found to be 70 million higher than thought 2016-02-04T05:00:00Z Fewer than 20 people were killed by government artillery fire, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights spokesman Rupert Colville told a news conference in Geneva on Wednesday. 50 marathons in 50 days 2012-06-06T22:24:00Z Ms. Mlambo-Ngcuka, of UN Women, said that countries had little incentive to collect and publicize information that could be detrimental to their image. Adventurous. Alone. Attacked. 2019-03-25T04:00:00Z The UN organisation regularly inspects sites to make sure they are not becoming degraded, or overwhelmed by development. Forth rail bridge and Gibraltar cave in running for world heritage site status 2012-05-28T16:10:36Z Afghanistan now has more refugees around the world than any other country: three million Afghans have been displaced since 2002, according to the UN's High Commission for Refugees. How do you put the Kite Runner on stage? 2013-05-14T17:39:40Z In November 1947 the UN published its plan for dividing Palestine into an Arab and a Jewish state. From Bauhaus to doghouse 2015-02-05T05:00:00Z “The American people paid for that mission, on rockets built by Americans, with American technology & carrying American astronauts. It wasn’t a UN mission.” 'If anyone can Maga, it is Nasa': how First Man put a rocket up the politics of space 2018-09-06T04:00:00Z In 2003, Kami was appointed as a global "Champion for Children" by the UN Children's Fund. 16 Muppets who moved to “Sesame Street," from Ji-Young to Abby Cadabby 2021-11-26T05:00:00Z Ms. Chattas, a chef who is from Argentina and works at her three restaurants in Miami and Bal Harbour, Fla., is the new culinary director for the kosher UN Plaza Grill. Caviar Russe in Midtown Opens a Lower-Level Bar and Lounge 2021-11-16T05:00:00Z In its role as early human-rights declaration, a replica of the Cyrus cylinder is displayed in the UN headquarters, he pointed out. Babylonian relic to visit US with historic message of tolerance 2012-11-27T19:03:48Z Its hero is an idealistic American UN worker who meets a beautiful Afghan girl at a border checkpoint. Arabic dress and Iranian accents ? Hollywood's take on Afghan women 2011-02-12T10:59:00Z Founding member Rich Evans summed up the punchline best: “Strangely everyone seems to think that the UN has actual powers. That was the most jarring thing for me.” We can’t be Captain America: “Civil War” never considers the possibility of President Trump 2016-05-15T04:00:00Z Her ensemble for the UN World Food Programme dinner is a master class on how to put together a look that’s casual yet chic, buttoned up yet intriguing. Top 10 Best Dressed 2013-12-21T19:35:51Z Since Israel started its counter-attack, Gaza's Hamas-run health ministry has said at least 11,400 people have been killed in the territory and the UN has warned of a "humanitarian disaster". Israel Gaza: Al-Shifa Hospital director says no water or oxygen left 2023-11-16T05:00:00Z The UN said a blackout could jeopardise civil order and undermine aid efforts. Gaza faces communications blackout due to lack of fuel 2023-11-16T05:00:00Z Kenya's offer won UN Security Council's approval last month, but the plan has been opposed by the main opposition party. Kenya's parliament back Haiti mission despite court case 2023-11-16T05:00:00Z She pointed out that it was already hosting more than 130,000 refugees and had been commended by international organisations, including the UN, over the years for their treatment of refugees and guarantee of safety. James Cleverly makes Rwanda vow as Lord Sumption queries plan 2023-11-16T05:00:00Z According to the UN, the number of people displaced by the fighting has reached two million, and the secretary-general appealed to all sides to protect non-combatants and open access for humanitarian aid. Myanmar junta's war against rebels displaces millions: UN 2023-11-16T05:00:00Z The BBC also spoke to the UN and Human Rights Watch - both of which said they had no reason to disbelieve the figures released by the health ministry in Gaza. How the dead are counted in Gaza 2023-11-16T05:00:00Z One tanker carrying 23,000 litres of diesel crossed from Egypt on Wednesday, but Israel restricted its use only for the refuelling of UN aid lorries. Gaza faces communications blackout due to lack of fuel 2023-11-16T05:00:00Z Kenya has said it will send 1,000 police officers to Haiti to help restore order - a move that has been backed by the UN. Haiti: Gang violence prompts hospital evacuation 2023-11-15T05:00:00Z At least 32 people have been killed across the country and the UN warns that more than 1.6 million people could be affected in the devastating floods which follow years of drought. Somalia floods: Bodies unearthed and bridges swept away 2023-11-15T05:00:00Z An Israeli defence ministry body said it had agreed to allow UN aid lorries to be refuelled following a request from the US government. First fuel tanker enters Gaza from Egypt since start of war 2023-11-15T05:00:00Z The UN relies on the health ministry as a source for casualty figures in the area. How the dead are counted in Gaza 2023-11-16T05:00:00Z The head of the UN agency for Palestinian refugees, Unrwa - which runs the largest humanitarian operation in Gaza - said he feared the blackout could cause a further breakdown of civil order. Gaza faces communications blackout due to lack of fuel 2023-11-16T05:00:00Z Thousands of Haitians have fled their homes in the capital, while more than 2,400 others have been killed, according to the latest figures from the UN. Haiti: Gang violence prompts hospital evacuation 2023-11-15T05:00:00Z The UN says the delivery comprises only a fraction of what's needed for humanitarian operations, and the entry of fuel to run generators at hospitals and at water and sanitation facilities remains banned. Bowen: Al-Shifa Hospital raid comes as clock ticks on war 2023-11-15T05:00:00Z Gaza's Hamas-run health ministry has said 11,000 people have been killed in the territory since then and the UN has warned of a "humanitarian disaster". First fuel tanker enters Gaza from Egypt since start of war 2023-11-15T05:00:00Z Observers said it was a positive sign ahead of a UN climate summit. Climate change: US and China take 'small but important steps' 2023-11-15T05:00:00Z Mr Griffiths, the UN's under secretary general for humanitarian affairs said: "The protection of newborns, patients, medical staff and all civilians must override all other concerns." What we know about Israel's raid on al-Shifa hospital 2023-11-15T05:00:00Z For the study, researchers looked at an ensemble of 40 climate models that informed the UN's 2021 climate change report*. Faster Arctic warming hastens 2C rise by eight years 2023-11-13T05:00:00Z Arab and Muslim leaders are frustrated that the UN Security Council has failed in their eyes to exercise any restraint on Israel's military in Gaza. Arab and Muslim leaders blame West for Gaza misery 2023-11-14T05:00:00Z Palestinian telecommunications firms have also said that they expect to switch off phone and internet services on Thursday due to a lack of fuel for data centres and exchanges, according to the UN. First fuel tanker enters Gaza from Egypt since start of war 2023-11-15T05:00:00Z The world's second largest economy doesn't currently count methane as a warming gas in its submissions to the UN. Climate change: US and China take 'small but important steps' 2023-11-15T05:00:00Z UN humanitarian chief Martin Griffiths said he was "appalled" and that "hospitals are not battlegrounds". What we know about Israel's raid on al-Shifa hospital 2023-11-15T05:00:00Z "Unesco is deeply concerned about the population relocation programme in Angkor," the UN body said in a statement. Cambodia accused of forced evictions at Angkor Wat Unesco site 2023-11-14T05:00:00Z Sitting on a straw mat in a corner of a school shelter run by the UN in Rafah, in southern Gaza, Keifaia cradles her baby daughter, who is wrapped in a red blanket. 'Unclean and unbearable' - Giving birth under the bombs in Gaza 2023-11-14T05:00:00Z The UN has described that as a "drop in the ocean", noting that about 500 lorries would cross into Gaza each day on average before the war began. First fuel tanker enters Gaza from Egypt since start of war 2023-11-15T05:00:00Z The UN reported clashes between supporters of rival opposition parties. Liberia presidential election: George Weah and Joseph Boakai vie for top job 2023-11-13T05:00:00Z Two speakers singled out the group UN Women, which last month put out a report on the impact of the crisis on Palestinian women and girls in Gaza. 'Where are you?' - Israeli hostage families urge women's groups to speak up 2023-11-13T05:00:00Z On Tuesday, Mr. Austin is set to oversee a conference of officials from the UN Command’s 16 “sending states” that fought for South Korea during the 1950-53 war. In Seoul, Austin promises ‘ironclad’ U.S. security upgrade against rising threat from North Korea 2023-11-13T05:00:00Z The UN has said Gaza's health system is in a state of "total collapse" and that a third of hospitals have shut down, increasing the pressure on facilities still operational. 'Unclean and unbearable' - Giving birth under the bombs in Gaza 2023-11-14T05:00:00Z Hasani thanked Israel and Egypt for their cooperation and UN migration and the International Committee of the Red Cross for their support “in this complex operation.” Live updates | Fighting outside Gaza’s largest hospital prompts thousands to flee 2023-11-13T05:00:00Z Before his Cambridge university student days, Mr Mitchell served in the Royal Tank Regiment and was a UN peacekeeper in Cyprus in the 1970s. Rishi Sunak’s cabinet: Who is in the prime minister’s top team? 2023-11-13T05:00:00Z UN Women did not respond to a request for comment. 'Where are you?' - Israeli hostage families urge women's groups to speak up 2023-11-13T05:00:00Z Critical infrastructure has been damaged, according to the UN. Gaza hospitals caught on front line of Israel-Hamas war 2023-11-13T05:00:00Z They are all currently living in a different overcrowded UN school shelter in Rafah. 'Unclean and unbearable' - Giving birth under the bombs in Gaza 2023-11-14T05:00:00Z Gaza locked down, and after four days of "non-stop" bombing Nick was evacuated by the UN. Gaza: Surgeon ready to help says moral duty trumps fear 2023-11-13T05:00:00Z The refugees in Deir al-Balah are crammed into school buildings hastily repurposed as UN shelters, up to 70 people in a single classroom, surrounded by food waste and swarmed by flies. In Gaza, fleeing refugees face hunger and disease: 'We are in the Dark Ages’ 2023-11-12T05:00:00Z The world is currently producing about 400 million tonnes of plastic waste every year, with less than 10% of it being recycled, according to the UN Environment Programme, choking landfills and despoiling oceans. In UN talks for a global plastic treaty, delegates to face off over production limits 2023-11-12T05:00:00Z The UN's office for humanitarian affairs said in its Saturday update that the Swedish clinic, west of Gaza City, had been "hit and destroyed" by an air strike. Gaza hospitals caught on front line of Israel-Hamas war 2023-11-13T05:00:00Z The UN says each person has access to only three litres of water a day for all their needs. 'Unclean and unbearable' - Giving birth under the bombs in Gaza 2023-11-14T05:00:00Z The UN Secretary General says Gaza is turning into a graveyard for children. Macron condemns rising antisemitism and Israeli bombing of civilians 2023-11-11T05:00:00Z Before the beginning of this war, the UN's refugee agency, Unwra, had contingency planning in place to house 1,500 displaced people in each school, the agency's Gaza director, Thomas White, told the BBC. In Gaza, fleeing refugees face hunger and disease: 'We are in the Dark Ages’ 2023-11-12T05:00:00Z Translators who work for German peacekeepers in Mali have told the BBC they fear for their lives as the UN mission winds up its mission in the West African country. Translators for German UN troops in Mali fear Taliban-style fate 2023-11-10T05:00:00Z Martin Griffiths, the UN's Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief coordinator, said: "Extreme weather linked to the ongoing El Niño risks further driving up humanitarian needs in already-vulnerable communities in Somalia and many other places." Somalia floods: UN warns of 'once-in-a-century event' 2023-11-10T05:00:00Z "Extreme weather linked to the ongoing El Niño risks further driving up humanitarian needs in already-vulnerable communities in Somalia and many other places," said Martin Griffiths, Under-Secretary-General, the UN's Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator. Once-in-a-century flooding swamps Somalia after historic drought -UN 2023-11-10T05:00:00Z The UN and many countries say all settlements are illegal under international law. Divided communities in the occupied West Bank 2023-11-09T05:00:00Z While visiting Egypt's Rafah Crossing with Gaza on Wednesday, UN human rights chief Volker Türk said both sides in the conflict had committed war crimes. US says Israel to begin daily four-hour military pauses in Gaza 2023-11-09T05:00:00Z The 19 interpreters wrote to the German government on 7 August asking for protection as the jihadist groups that operate in northern Mali regard those who work with the UN as traitors. Translators for German UN troops in Mali fear Taliban-style fate 2023-11-10T05:00:00Z The UN humanitarian agency said rescue efforts were being delayed because roads had been cut. Somalia floods: UN warns of 'once-in-a-century event' 2023-11-10T05:00:00Z While the UK does not recognise Palestine as an independent state, Mr Walker said it was "a partially recognised sovereign state amongst the international community" as 138 of the UN's 193 member states recognise it. When can protesting over the Gaza war be illegal in the UK? 2023-11-09T05:00:00Z Former UN Ambassador Nikki Haley, meanwhile, said that Mr Trump was "the right president at the right time" but was no longer the right candidate. Third Republican debate: Four takeaways from the Miami event 2023-11-08T05:00:00Z |
| 随便看 |
|
英语例句辞典收录了117811条英语例句在线翻译词条，基本涵盖了全部常用单词及词组的例句翻译及用法，是英语学习的有利工具。