Tag: United Nations
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Hillsborough Girl Scout selected to represent group at the United Nations
Four girls from Girl Scouts Heart of New Jersey (GSHNJ) joined hundreds of women and girls from around the world at the United Nations headquarters in New York to participate in the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW). Representatives of member states, UN entities, and the United National Economic and Social Council accredited non-governmental…
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SOLUTIONS 3/11: What’s at stake? Everything!
By Huck Fairman The United Nations (UN) Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) just issued its latest warning: “The scientific evidence is unequivocal: climate change is a threat to human well-being and the health of the planet,” said Hans-Otto Pörtner, a co-chair of working group 2 of the IPCC. “Any further delay in concerted global…
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Reader: Loss of importance of UN ‘sad’
It is sad that the United Nations lost its importance in the hands of various countries who do not comply and act on resolutions passed by the UN in the last 50 years on disputed lands in various part of the world in order to bring peace. Palestinians and Kashmiris are still struggling for their…
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United Nations report sounds alarm on nature’s decline
By Michele S. Byers Would you care if northeastern beach tiger beetles and arogos skipper butterflies disappeared? How about blue-spotted salamanders and southern gray tree frogs, or peregrine falcons and piping plovers? What if bobcats, Indiana bats and North Atlantic right whales vanished? All of these creatures are on New Jersey’s list of endangered species,…
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Diversity Wall at South Brunswick Library includes 196 U.N. member country flags
SOUTH BRUNSWICK – In a symbol of unity and harmony for South Brunswick, a local Boy Scout created the Diversity Wall for inclusion at the South Brunswick Library. The Eagle Scout Service Project by Param Shah, a resident of South Brunswick who attends high school at Rutgers Preparatory School, was unveiled on Nov. 18. The…
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Mater Dei Prep senior selected to serve on UN international committee
MIDDLETOWN – At just 18 years old, Katelyn Grano has been internationally recognized as an advocate for global peace. The Mater Dei Prep senior was selected to become a member of the United Nations Department of Public Information Non-Governmental Organization Youth Representatives Steering Committee, which is an international organization with a goal of securing global…
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Pop star spreads positive message of overcoming bullying
WOODBRIDGE — At age 12, Meredith O’Connor was the lead in her school play and modeling for a model agency. Despite such accomplishments at a young age, O’Connor was being bullied by some of her peers. The bullying had started as early as elementary school. This left her with low self-esteem. She said she was…
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Nov. 28 concert to recall historic vote
More than 80 singers from Neve Shalom, Edison, Temple Sinai in Summit and Mercaz Jewish Choir, Central New Jersey, will sing historic songs from Israel at 7 p.m. Nov. 28 at Neve Shalom, 250 Grove Avenue, Metuchen. The concert will recognize the day, 70 years ago, when the United Nations took a vote which allowed…
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Future leaders visit United Nations
MIDDLETOWN More than 25 students from the Mater Dei Preparatory School’s Emerging Global Leaders program attended the United Nations’ International Day of Peace conference to present their “Education Tool Kit” project. The theme of the 2017 International Day of Peace Conference was “Together for Peace: Respect, Safety and Dignity for All” and focused on engaging and…