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UN General Assembly President hails annual debate

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UN General Assembly President hails annual debate as ‘historic and seminal’
Source:UN News.

3 October 2015 – The United Nations General Assembly wound up its 70th annual General Debate today, attended by the highest number of Heads of State and Government ever, with Assembly President Mogens Lykketoft calling it a “historic” event crowned by the “truly seminal commitment” to achieving ambitious new development goals by 2030.

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Dream of smoke-free society

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Join hands to make the ,dream of smoke-free society a reality!
Shobha Shukla, Citizen News Service - CNS

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Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons

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UN-led International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons

Rene Wadlow*

"The struggle against the nuclear weapon cult and threats it poses to the international peace, security and development, like all struggles against belief systems which have outlived their times, is going to be long and arduous."

K. Subrahmanyam. Nuclear Proliferation and International Security.

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Socrates in the Classroom and the Community Hall

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Socrates in the Classroom and the Community Hall

Dr. Yossef Ben-Meir

Socrates, I imagine, might well have found himself at home at a modern-day community meeting, during which local people discuss the socio-economic and environmental challenges they face and determine solutions to meet their needs, in order of priority.

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Nepal makes major strides in tobacco control

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Despite crippling challenges, Nepal makes major strides in tobacco control
Shobha Shukla, Citizen News Service - CNS

Photograph is online at: http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-VZ0wdv03-so/VgNEEU3yZEI/AAAAAAAAPY0/xQG90naPwQ...

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Billions of people in developing world still without Internet access

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Billions of people in developing world still without Internet access, new UN report finds

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Refugee Mass Exodus: Need for a UN-led World Conference

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Refugee Mass Exodus: Need for a UN-led World Conference

Rene Wadlow  |  September 15, 2015

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Leadership to spearhead sustainable energy efforts

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UN announces new partnership and leadership to spearhead sustainable energy efforts

Source:UN News.

16 September 2015 – A firm foundation to ensure affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all has been built but a solid long-term institutional arrangement is needed, the United Nations Secretary-General said today, as he announced the creation of an international not-for-profit organization to spearhead renewable energy efforts.

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Fight against TB in Papua New Guinea

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Fight against TB in Papua New Guinea: 'Embarrassment of riches' moment?

Bobby Ramakant, Citizen News Service (CNS)

Video interview with Dr Paison Dakulala of PNG is online at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KZZPWIXWux8

Photograph of Dr Paison Dakulala is online at: http://bit.ly/1KPxD1E

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Denis De Rougemont : The Future Is Within Us

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Denis De Rougemont (1906-1985): The Future Is Within Us

BIOGRAPHIES, 7 September 2015

René Wadlow –

Self-government will be, first of all, the art of getting people to meddle in things which concern them. It will soon call for the skill of challenging once again, decisions which concern them, and which have been taken without them…Self-government specifically consists in finding one’s own way along uncharted paths. — Denis de Rougemont

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