Source: Amanda Connolly, globalnews.ca, June 18 2020 Recently, the United Nations held a vote for which countries would have a seat on the Security Council. Canada’s loss to Norway and Ireland marks the second consecutive failed quest. Canada has lost its high-profile bid for one of the rotating seats on the United Nations Security Council.… Continue reading Canada Loses It’s Bid for UN Security Council Seat
Tag: UN
UN expert says most of world lacks real religious freedom
Source: Edith M. Lederer, The Associated Press, October 24, 2017 Three-quarters of the world’s people live in countries that either restrict the right to religion or belief or have “a high level of social hostility involving religion or belief,” the UN special investigator on religious rights said Tuesday. Ahmed Shaheed told the General Assembly’s human rights… Continue reading UN expert says most of world lacks real religious freedom
130M people need assistance to survive: UN chief
By The Associated Press, August 19, 2016 Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon says in a message on World Humanitarian Day that a record 130 million people depend on assistance to survive, a staggering number that would comprise the tenth most populous nation on earth. At an event in the UN General Assembly on Friday night to mark… Continue reading 130M people need assistance to survive: UN chief