Archive for February, 2012

UN starts climate change strategy site

Source: UPI

A new United Nations online database showcases successful strategies by U.S. and world businesses and communities to adapt to climate change, officials said. The database on the Web site of the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change features more than 100 examples from companies such as Coca-Cola Co., Levi Strauss & Co., Microsoft Corp. and Starbucks Coffee Co., sharing the details of their business-friendly adaptation practices, they said.
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Rodney Bent named new UN head in Washington DC

Source: United Nations

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has appointed Rodney Bent Director of the United Nations Information Centre in Washington, D.C. He assumed his new duties on 26 January.
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Heroes of the United Nations - Men and Women Who Made the World a Better Place
A book about great heroes, heroes of the United Nations. Indeed, Dag Hammarskjöld, Angela King, Graça Machel, Eleanor Roosevelt, Helvi Sipilä, Carlo Urbani, Sergio Vieira de Mello, and Nadia Younes have all contributed to make the world a better place. Some of them have lost their life under the UN flag, others are still working to better the lives of the world's poorest.

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A cartoon documentary series on the United Nations and its work around the world

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